Andrew T. Turk, MD

Pathology - Anatomic & Clinical
Pathology - Molecular Genetic
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Overview

I have been a proud member of the Columbia University community since August 2003, when I started medical school at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. I then stayed for residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, fellowship in Surgical Pathology. Following a fellowship in Molecular Genetic Pathology at Weill Cornell Medical College, I returned to Columbia as an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology in July 2014.

My clinical responsibilities are split between the Surgical Pathology service, and the Laboratory of Personalized Genomic Medicine. My areas of academic focus are are head and neck / endocrine pathology, particularly carcinomas of salivary gland, thyroid, and upper aerodigestive tract mucosa.

Email: att2101@cumc.columbia.edu

Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Gender

  • Male

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • MD, 2008 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Residency: 2012 NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical C
  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Committees, Societies, Councils

College of American Pathologists

United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

American Society for Clinical Pathology

American Association for Cancer Research

Association for Molecular Pathology

Board Certifications

  • Pathology-Anatomic/Pathology-Clinical
  • Pathology - Molecular Genetic

Honors & Awards

Pathology Leadership Academy (2017)

American Society for Clinical Pathology Subspecialty Grant (2010)

Endocrine Society Medical Student Achievement Award (2008)

Research

Selected Publications

Turk AT, Wenig BM. Pitfalls in the biopsy diagnosis of intraoral minor salivary gland neoplasms: diagnostic considerations and recommended approach. Adv Anat Pathol. 2014 Jan;21(1):1-11. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000000. Review. PMID: 24316905

Scherl S, Mehra S, Clain J, Dos Reis LL, Persky M, Turk A, Wenig B, Husaini H, Urken ML. The effect of surgeon experience on the detection of metastatic lymph nodes in the central compartment and the pathologic features of clinically unapparent metastatic lymph nodes: what are we missing when we don't perform a prophylactic dissection of central compartment lymph nodes in papillary thyroid cancer? Thyroid. 2014 Aug;24(8):1282-8. doi: 10.1089/thy.2013.0600. Epub 2014 Jun 3. PMID: 24787362

Clain JB, Scherl S, Dos Reis L, Turk A, Wenig BM, Mehra S, Karle WE, Urken ML. Extrathyroidal extension predicts extranodal extension in patients with positive lymph nodes: an important association that may affect clinical management. Thyroid. 2014 Jun;24(6):951-7. doi: 10.1089/thy.2013.0557. Epub 2014 May 5. PMID: 24443878

Turk AT, Asad H, Trapasso J, Perilli G, LiVolsi VA. Mixed corticomedullary carcinoma of the adrenal gland: a case report. Endocr Pract. 2012 May-Jun;18(3):e37-42. doi: 10.4158/EP11222.CR. Review. PMID: 22548942

Turk A, Kopp P, Colangelo LA, Urbanek M, Wood K, Liu K, Skinner HG, Gapstur SM. Associations of serum sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels with SHBG gene polymorphisms in the CARDIA Male Hormone Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Feb 15;167(4):412-8. Epub 2007 Dec 4. PMID: 18056923

Pfarr N, Borck G, Turk A, Napiontek U, Keilmann A, Müller-Forell W, Kopp P, Pohlenz J. Goitrous congenital hypothyroidism and hearing impairment associated with mutations in the TPO and SLC26A4/PDS genes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Jul;91(7):2678-81. Epub 2006 May 9. PMID: 16684826