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Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
S-417 BST
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
(412) 648-1260


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Department of Pathology - Faculty


Sara E. Monaco, M.D.

Dr. Monaco

Dr. Monaco is a member of Division of Cytopathology at UPMC Shadyside.

Office Location:
UPMC Shadyside Hospital
5230 Centre Avenue, Suite WG02.1
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Contact Information:
Office Phone: (412) 623-3745
Fax: (412) 682-6450
Email Address: monacose@upmc.edu

Research Interests:

Dr. Monaco's interests include fine-needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis, cytology-histology correlations, and the application of ancillary studies and molecular diagnostics in cytopathology. She is also interested in breast/gynecologic surgical pathology and cytology.

Selected Publications:

Schneider LF, Monaco SE, Warren MP. Elevated ghrelin level in women of normal weight with amenorrhea is related to disordered eating. Fertility & Sterility 2008; 90 (1): 121-128.

Monaco SE, Angelastro JM, Szabolcs M, Greene LA. The transcription factor ATF5 is widely expressed in carcinomas, and interference with its function selectively kills neoplastic, but not non-transformed breast cell lines. International Journal of Cancer 2007 May; 120(9): 1883-90.

Monaco S, Tsao L, Oesterheld J, Bhagat G, Alobeid B. Pediatric ALK+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma with t(3;8)(q26.2;q24) translocation and c-myc rearrangement terminated in a leukemic phase. Am J Hematol. September 2006;82(1):59-64.

Puder JJ, Monaco SE, Gupta SS, Wang J, Mayer L, Ferin M, Warren MP. Estrogen and exercise may be related to body fat distribution and leptin in young women. Fertility & Sterility 2006; 86 (3): 694-699.

Tong G, Hamele-Bena D, Borczuk A, Monaco S, Khosh MM, Greenbaum E. Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Oral Cavity: Report of One Case and Review of Literature. Diagnostic Cytopathology 2006 March; 34(3): 218-223.

Tay SHK, Nordli DR, Bonilla E, Null E, Monaco S, Hirano M, DiMauro S. Aortic Rupture in Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-Like Episodes. Arch Neurol 2006 Feb;63: 281-283.

McClelland S, Garcia RE, Monaco SE, Goldman JE, Olson TJ, Kim GH, Petrylak DP, Goodman RR. Carcinomatous meningitis from urachal carcinoma: the first reported case. J Neurooncol 2006 Jan; 76(2):171-4.

Monaco SE, Davis M, Huang AC, Bhagat G, Baergen RN, Lorenz JM, Chung WK, Thaker HM. A Case of Alpha-Thalassemia Major Presenting In A Term Neonate Without Hydrops. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2005 Nov-Dec; 8(6): 706-9.



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