Sharon Weiss

For the American professor of electrical engineering and physics, see Sharon M. Weiss.
Sharon W. Weiss
BornJune 1945 (age 79)
Lynn, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Alma materJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Known forResearch in Soft Tissue Pathology and Surgical pathology.
AwardsMaude Abbott Lecture and Award, Lifetime Achievement Award (United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Wellesley Alumnae Achievement Award, Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars (distinguished alumna), A James French Professor of Diagnostic Pathology (University of Michigan)
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine & Pathology

Sharon Ann Whelan Weiss[1] is an American pathologist who is best known for her contribution to the subspecialty of soft tissue pathology. She is the main author of Soft Tissue Tumors,[2] one of the most widely used textbooks in the field of sarcoma and soft tissue pathology. She is also well known for her seminal descriptions of multiple soft tissue tumors, such as epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts ("PHAT" which is categorized as a rare and locally aggressive neoplasm occurring in the lower extremities of a patient)[3] among others. She has also mentored and trained other well-known soft tissue pathologists.[4]

  1. ^ "Sharon Ann Whelan Weiss, 1997-98". United States College of American Pathologists. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  2. ^ MD, Sharon W. Weiss; FACG, John R. Goldblum MD FCAP FASCP; MD, Andrew L. Folpe (14 December 2007). Enzinger and Weiss's Soft Tissue Tumors, 5e. Mosby. ISBN 978-0323046282.
  3. ^ Yamamoto A., Kikuchi Y., Abe S., Ishida T., Kaminaga T. High FDG Uptake in Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor. Clin. Nucl. Med.. 2020;45(5):407-409. doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000003001
  4. ^ "Pathology Faculty Member". pathology.emory.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-04-14. Retrieved 2010-09-23.