Professor, Department of Pathology, UCSF; Director, Tissue Core Facility, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Education
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, BS, 1971
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, MD, 1975
Koping Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Intern, 1975-77, Rotating
Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Resident, 1977-78, Oncology
Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Resident, 1978-80, Cytology
University Of California, Los Angeles, School Of Medicine, Resident, 1980-83, Pathology
Professional Experience
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1981-83
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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1983-89
Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
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1989-95
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology, UCSF
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1994-99
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Director Division Cytopathology
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1994-present
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Director,Cytopathology Fellowship Program
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1995-present
University Of California, San Francisco Full Professor
Honors & Awards
- 1987
1987 Year Book of Cancer - 1987
Academic Senate Committee on Equal Opportunity Faculty Development Affirmative Action Award - 1994
Outstanding Lecture, UCSF Medical Students - 1995
Honorary Visiting Professor of Cytology, University of Iowa - 1997
John K. Frost Lectureship, 38th Annual Postgraduate Institute Johns Hopkins University - 1999
Elected to Gerson Lehrman Group's Council of Healthcare Advisors - 2000
Best Abstract Presentation by Senior Faculty Member, UCSF - 2001
Nominated for "An Outstanding Lecture" UCSF Medical Students - 2001
Outstanding Lecture Series, UCSF Medical Students - 2002
Selected Top Doctor in Pathology, www.guidetotopdoctors.org. - 2004
Bay Area Top Doctors ( 8 mentions) - 2009
America’s Top Doctors for Cancer, Castle Connolly American Registry - 2010
Yolanda Oertel Interventional Cytopathologist of the Year, Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology - 2010
College of American Pathologists Excellence in Education Award
Selected Publications
- Ljung BM. Thyroid fine-needle aspiration: smears versus liquid-based preparations. Cancer. 2008 Jun 25; 114(3):144-8.
View on PubMed - Ljung BM, Langer J, Mazzaferri EL, Oertel YC, Wells SA, Waisman J. Training, credentialing and re-credentialing for the performance of a thyroid FNA: a synopsis of the National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration State of the Science Conference. Diagn Cytopathol. 2008 Jun; 36(6):400-6.
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