Britt-Marie Ljung, MD

Professor, Department of Pathology, UCSF; Director, Tissue Core Facility, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Phone: (415) 353-7048 (appts)
Box 1785, UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-1785

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Additional Websites

• Physician Referral Directory

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

• 1981-83
  Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
• 1983-89
  Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
• 1989-95
  Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology, UCSF
• 1994-99
  University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Director Division Cytopathology
• 1994-present
  University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Director,Cytopathology Fellowship Program
• 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

1. Ljung BM. Thyroid fine-needle aspiration: smears versus liquid-based preparations. Cancer. 2008 Jun 25; 114(3):144-8.
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2. 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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