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Zubair W. Baloch is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within the field of medicine. Their work covers a broad spectrum of subfields including surgery, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, oncology, epidemiology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their research prominently addresses topics related to thyroid cancer diagnosis and treatment, with additional focus on salivary gland tumors diagnosis and treatment, head and neck anomalies, ear and head tumors, head and neck cancer studies, thyroid and parathyroid surgery, and neuroendocrine tumor research advances.

Recent publications by Baloch include:

  • "Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Thyroid Neoplasms" (2022) published in Endocrine Pathology
  • "The 2023 Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology" (2023) published in Thyroid (authored by Syed Z. Ali but relevant in the same research area)
  • "The 2022 WHO classification of thyroid tumors: novel concepts in nomenclature and grading" (2022) published in Endocrine Related Cancer (authored by C. Christofer Juhlin but related to the field)
  • "The 2023 Bethesda System for reporting thyroid cytopathology" (2023) published in the Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology (authored by Syed Z. Ali)
  • "NTRK Fusions Identified in Pediatric Tumors: The Frequency, Fusion Partners, and Clinical Outcome" (2021) published in JCO Precision Oncology (authored by Xiaonan Zhao)

Baloch has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • William C. Faquin (114 publications together)
  • David Kaminsky (80 publications together)
  • Rhonda K. Yantiss (66 publications together)
  • Daniel J. Brat (66 publications together)
  • Sarah Dry (66 publications together)

Their articles have been published repeatedly in key venues within pathology and cytopathology, such as:

  • Cancer Cytopathology (44 publications)
  • Modern Pathology (35 publications)
  • Laboratory Investigation (35 publications)
  • Diagnostic Cytopathology (26 publications)
  • Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology (10 publications)

Best Publications

  • Laboratory medicine practice guidelines. Laboratory support for the diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid disease.

    Baloch Z;Carayon P;Conte-Devolx B;Demers Lm

  • Nomenclature Revision for Encapsulated Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Paradigm Shift to Reduce Overtreatment of Indolent Tumors

    Yuri E. Nikiforov;Raja R. Seethala;Giovanni Tallini;Zubair W. Baloch

  • Preoperative Diagnosis of Benign Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Cytology

    Erik K. Alexander;Giulia C. Kennedy;Zubair W. Baloch;Edmund S. Cibas

  • Diagnostic terminology and morphologic criteria for cytologic diagnosis of thyroid lesions: a synopsis of the National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration State of the Science Conference.

    Zubair W. Baloch M.D.;Virginia A. LiVolsi;Syl L. Asa M.D.;Juan Rosai

  • The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology: A Meta-Analysis

    Massimo Bongiovanni;Alessandra Spitale;William C Faquin;Luca Mazzucchelli

  • Diagnosis of "follicular neoplasm": a gray zone in thyroid fine-needle aspiration cytology.

    Zubair W. Baloch M.D.;M T Seth Fleisher;Virginia A. LiVolsi;Prabodh K. Gupta

  • Pathologic response to induction chemotherapy in locally advanced carcinoma of the breast: a determinant of outcome.

    D M Sataloff;B A Mason;A J Prestipino;U L Seinige

  • The National Cancer Institute Thyroid fine needle aspiration state of the science conference: a summation

    Zubair W Baloch;Edmund Saulius Cibas;Douglas P Clark;Lester J Layfield

  • Diagnostic value and cost-effectiveness of on-site evaluation of fine-needle aspiration specimens: review of 5,688 cases.

    Joseph F. Nasuti;F.I.A.C. Prabodh K. Gupta M.D.;Zubair W. Baloch M.D.

  • Performance of a Multigene Genomic Classifier in Thyroid Nodules With Indeterminate Cytology: A Prospective Blinded Multicenter Study.

    David L. Steward;Sally E. Carty;Rebecca S. Sippel;Samantha Peiling Yang

  • Follicular-patterned lesions of the thyroid: the bane of the pathologist.

    Zubair W. Baloch;Virginia A. LiVolsi

  • Fine-Needle Aspiration of Thyroid: An Institutional Experience

    Zubair W. Baloch;Martha J. Sack;Gordon H. Yu;Virginia A. Livolsi

  • Impact of reclassifying noninvasive follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma on the risk of malignancy in the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology

    William C. Faquin;Lawrence Q. Wong;Amir H. Afrogheh;Syed Z. Ali

  • Morbidity following central compartment reoperation for recurrent or persistent thyroid cancer

    Michael K. Kim;Susan H. Mandel;Zubair Baloch;Virginia A. LiVolsi

  • Rapid communication: predominant intracellular overexpression of the Na(+)/I(-) symporter (NIS) in a large sampling of thyroid cancer cases.

    Orsolya Dohán;Zubair Baloch;Zsuzsa Bánrévi;Virginia Livolsi

  • Differential Expression of miRNAs in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Compared to Multinodular Goiter Using Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Tissues

    Michael T. Tetzlaff;Aihua Liu;Xiaowei Xu;Stephen R. Master

  • Adenoid cystic carcinoma with high-grade transformation: a report of 11 cases and a review of the literature.

    Raja R. Seethala;Jennifer L. Hunt;Zubair W. Baloch;Virginia A. LiVolsi

  • Fine-needle aspiration of follicular patterned lesions of the thyroid: Diagnosis, management, and follow-up according to National Cancer Institute (NCI) recommendations.

    William C. Faquin;Zubair W. Baloch

  • A Prospective Assessment Defining the Limitations of Thyroid Nodule Pathologic Evaluation

    Edmund S. Cibas;Zubair W. Baloch;Giovanni Fellegara;Virginia A. LiVolsi

  • Relative accuracy of fine-needle aspiration and frozen section in the diagnosis of lesions of the parotid gland.

    Raja R. Seethala;Virginia A. LiVolsi;Zubair W. Baloch

Frequent Co-Authors

Virginia A. LiVolsi
Virginia A. LiVolsi University of Pennsylvania
William C. Faquin
William C. Faquin Harvard University
Yuri E. Nikiforov
Yuri E. Nikiforov University of Pittsburgh
Raja R. Seethala
Raja R. Seethala University of Pittsburgh
Philippe Vielh
Philippe Vielh Institut Gustave Roussy
Sylvia L. Asa
Sylvia L. Asa Case Western Reserve University
Lester D. R. Thompson
Lester D. R. Thompson Kaiser Permanente
Ricardo V. Lloyd
Ricardo V. Lloyd University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ronald Ghossein
Ronald Ghossein Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Douglas L. Fraker
Douglas L. Fraker University of Pennsylvania

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