Stephen Sternberg

Stephen S. Sternberg
Born(1920-07-30)July 30, 1920[1]
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 12, 2021(2021-05-12) (aged 100)
NationalityAmerican
EducationColby College; New York University School of Medicine
Occupation(s)Physician; Pathologist; Author; Editor
Employer(s)Cornell University; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Known forWork in experimental pathology; book and journal editorship in anatomic pathology & histology

Stephen Stanley Sternberg (July 30, 1920 – May 12, 2021) was an American surgical pathologist,[2] who worked at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for his entire career.

He was well known because of his editorship of two widely used reference books in anatomical pathology (Diagnostic Surgical Pathology[3] [now Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology[4]] and Histology for Pathologists[5]). He was also the founding Editor-in-Chief of The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, a position he held for 24 years,[6] and an expert in colorectal neoplasia.[7]

  1. ^ "Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965". FamilySearch. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  2. ^ Sternberg, Stephen S. New York State Education Department (Office of the Professions). URL: http://www.nysed.gov/coms/op001/opscr2?profcd=60&plicno=046826. Accessed on: July 11, 2008.
  3. ^ Stephen S Sternberg (1999). Diagnostic Surgical Pathology: 3. ed. ISBN 978-0-397-58792-6.
  4. ^ Stephen S. Sternberg; Stacey E. Mills; Darryl Carter (2004-03-01). Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 4e. ISBN 978-0-7817-4051-7.
  5. ^ Stephen S. Sternberg (1997). Histology for Pathologists. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-0-397-51718-3.
  6. ^ Sternberg SS (June 2004). "Memoirs of an editor". Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 28 (6): 821–824. doi:10.1097/01.pas.0000126721.16602.a8. S2CID 72281660.
  7. ^ Rosenblum MK (January 2002). "2001 Fred Waldorf Stewart Award recipient: Stephen S. Sternberg, MD". Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 26 (1): 97–8. doi:10.1097/00000478-200201000-00012. PMID 11756775. S2CID 7902091.