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Albert L. Pisani, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

Women's Cancer Center
900 Welch Road, Suite 300
Palo Alto, California 94304

Phone: (650) 326-6500
Fax: (650) 326-6553

EDUCATION:

Northwestern University School of Speech
Evanston, Illinois
Major: Communicative Disorders with specialization in Human Communication- Sciences
B.S., with Distinction, 1984

Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois
Doctor of Medicine, 1988

POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING:

UCLA School of Medicine
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency, 1989-1992
Internship, 1988-1989

UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Fellowship, 1993-1995

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

Diplomate, National board of Medical Examiners
1989

Diplomate, Obstetrics and Gynecology
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1996

Board Certified, Gynecologic Oncology
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

LICENSURE:

California Medical License
Illinois Medical License

HONORS:

Leo G. Rigler Award
For Outstanding Performance as a House Officer
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 1991-1992

Administrative Chief Resident,
Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 1991-1992

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
Candidate Member, February 1996 to present

American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
Junior Fellow, 1989 to present

Chicago Medical Society
Member, 8/95 - 8/96

Los Angeles Obstetrical & Gynecological Society
Associate Fellow, 1994 to 11/96

American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
Member, September 1995 to present

Housestaff Executive Committee,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Vice-Chair, 1991-1992

EMPLOYMENT:

Associate Surgeon Women's Cancer Center, August, 1996 to present
Assistant Professor Rush University, August, 1995 to July, 1996
Attending Physician Cook County Hospital, August, 1995 to June, 1996
Clinical Instructor UCLA School of Medicine, 1993-1995
Attending Medical Staff Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 1992-1995
Attending Medical Staff California Medical Center, 1992-1995
Attending Medical Staff Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 1992-1995
Attending Medical Staff Olive View Medical Center, 1993


RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS:

1. Casey, AC, Farias-Eisner, R, Pisani, AL, et al.: What is the Role of Reassessment Laparoscopy in the Management of Gynecologic Cancers in 1995? Gynecol Oncol 60: 454-461, 1996.

2. Pisani , AL, Barbuto, DB, Chen, MD, Cane, P, Lagasse, LD and Karian, BY.: HER-2/neu, P53, DNA Ploidy and %S-Phase as Prognosticators for Survival in Endometrial Carcinoma. Obstet and Gynecol, Vol. 85, No. 5: 729-734, 1995.

3. Pisani, AL, Davis, JL, Carlson, DE, Platt, LD: Mid-Trimester Ruptured Cornual Pregnancy. Journal of Diagnostic and Medical Sonography, Vol. 10, No. 6: 329-331, 1994.

4. Davis, JL, Pisani, AL, Morgan, BR, Wall, F, Greenspoon, J.: Adolescent Pregnancy Outcome. Abstract, Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, 1992.

5. Eisenkop SM, Spirtos NM, Friedman RL, Lin W-C ML, Pisan AL, Perticucci S.: Relative influences of tumor volume before surgery and the cytoreductive outcome on survival for patients with advanced ovarian cancer: a prospective study. Gynecol Oncol 2003;90:390-396.

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