Sara Kwong, M.D.

Cytopathology Fellow

Medical School:
Ross University

Residency:
Saint Louis University

Personal Interests:
Yoga, Pure Barre, Cooking, Traveling, and Child Psychology

Reason for Choosing UC Davis:
Greatly enjoyed the warm and cozy environment with friendly faculty and staff during the interview. Moreover, Sacramento is surrounded by many exciting activities to do and it is an ideal location to raise a family.

 

Clinical Interests:

  • Surgical Pathology
  • Cytopathology

Research Interests:

  • Cytopathology
  • Digital Pathology

CV Highlights / Brief Biography:

  • Residency Training: Saint Louis University 2015-2019
  • Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine 2010-2014
  • Undergraduate School: University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, California 2004-2009

Publications, Abstracts and/or Posters:

  1. Kurta AO, Piao J, Hurley MY, Abate M. Extensive Skin Necrosis. JAAD Case Rep. 2018 Dec 6;5(1):66-68.
  2. Yin F, Piao J, Liu X, Lai J. Foamy Histiocyte-like Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Unusual Morphology and Diagnostic Pitfalls. Anticancer Res. 2018 Oct;38(10):5999-6002.
  3. Sochat MM, Piao J, Poddar N. Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Orbital Metastasis: a Unique Multidisciplinary Case Report. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2018 Aug 13.
  4. Panuganti B, Chang ES, Helm CW, Schwartz T, Hsueh EC, Piao J, Lai J, Veerapong J. Cytoreductive Surgery and Normothermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Signet Ring Cell Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma with Peritoneal Metastases in the Setting of Cirrhosis. Gastroenterology Res. 2018 Jun;11(3):247-251.
  5. Xiang X, Zhang H, Piao J, Muthusamy S, Wang L, Deng Y, Zhang W, Kuang R, Billadeau D, Huang S, Lai J, Urrutia R, and Kang N. Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein Promotes Liver Metastasis of Gastrointestinal Cancer by Activating a Novel β1-Intergrin-FAK-YAP1/TAZ Signaling Pathway. npj Precision Oncology. 2018;2:2.
  6. Hammami MB, Chhaparia A, Piao J, Zhou Y, Hachem C, Lai J. Mixed Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Duodenum: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Gastroenterol. 2017 Jul 4;11(2):402-410.
  7. Piao J, Friedman P, Siddiqui S, Veerapong J, Lai JP. Synchronous Type 1 Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Patient with Rectal Adenocarcinoma. Anticancer Res. 2016 Sep;36(9):4821-4824.
  8. Piao J, Veerapong J, Li Z, Bolesta E, Poddar N, and Lai JP. Adenocarcinoma Ex Goblet Cell Carcinoid (GCC) of the Appendix: Report of Five Cases and Pitfalls in Diagnosis of GCC. Arch Surg Oncol. 2016, 2:108.
  9. Zhang L, Fan J, Chong JH, Cesena A, Tam BY, Gilson C, Boykin C, Wang D, Aivazian D, Marcotte D, Xiao G, Le Brazidec JY, Piao J, Lundgren K, Hong K, Vu K, Nguyen K, Gan LS, Silvian L, Ling L, Teng M, Reff M, Takeda N, Timple N, Wang Q, Morena R, Khan S, Zh. Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Pyrazolopyrimidine-sulfonamides as Potent Multiple-mitotic Kinase (MMK) Inhibitors (part I). Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2011 Sep 15;21(18):5633-5637.

Abstracts/Posters:

  1. Hammami MB, Pandit P, Piao J, Lai J, and Hachem C. Protein-Losing Hypertrophic Gastropathy; Menetrier’s Disease, Successfully Managed with Long Acting Octreotide. Poster presentation. World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG 2017, Orlando, Florida. October 13-18, 2017.
  2. Krvavac A, Patel P, Piao J, Stoeckel D. Isolated Left Upper Lobe Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica. Poster presentation. American Thoracic Society, Washington, DC, May 19-24, 2017.
  3. Piao J, Rutgers JK, Kang N, and Lai JP. Vasodilator-Stimulator Phosphoprotein (VASP) Immunoreactivity is Associated with the Development of the Intestinal Metaplasia (IM), and Gastric and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Poster presentation at the 2016 Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 2016.
  4. Piao J, Rutgers JK, Chen Y, Crawford S, Phillips N, Hou P, Kang N, and Lai JP. Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein (VASP) Immunoreactivity Is Associated with Lymphovascular Invasion of Colorectal Adenocarcinoma (CRC) Leading to Liver and Lymph Node Metastases. Poster presentation at the USCAP Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, March 12-18, 2016. (CAPA-Go Path Best Abstract Award, Third Place).
  5. Xiang X, Piao J, Muthusamy S, Wang L, Deng Y, Huang S, Urrutia R, Lai J, and Kang N. Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein promotes β1-integrin-FAK-YAP1/TAZ signaling axis that is required for liver metastasis of GI cancer. Poster presentation at AACR Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. April 16-20, 2016.

Link to PubMed:

  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30560189
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Foamy+Histiocyte-like+Esophageal+Adenocarcinoma%3A+Unusual+Morphology+and+Diagnostic+Pitfalls
  3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Hepatocellular+Carcinoma+with+Orbital+Metastasis%3A+A+Unique+Multidisciplinary+Case+Report
  4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Cytoreductive+Surgery+and+Normothermic+Intraperitoneal+Chemotherapy+for+Signet+Ring+Cell+Appendiceal+Adenocarcinoma+with+Peritoneal+Metastases+in+the+Setting+of+Cirrhosis
  5. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41698-017-0045-7
  6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28878613

 

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