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Associate Professor and Director of Head & Neck Pathology

M. Sherif Said, MD, PhD



 

Education:

  • MB, BCh, Am-Shams University Medical School, Cairo Egypt (1978)

  • PhD, Anatomy (Neuroscience) Medical College of Virginia, VCU at Richmond (1993)

Postdoctoral Education:

  • Resident in Pathology Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Medical Center (1999)

  • Fellow in Cytopathology Jackson Memorial Hospital & University of Miami Medical Center (1998)

  • Fellow, Head & Neck Surgical Pathology Presbyterian Hospital/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2000)

 

Board Certification: Board certified in Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology

 

Research Activities:

  • Salivary gland tumors research, including genetic mutations acquisitions, prognostic factors and presentation with particular emphasis on adenoid cystic carcinoma.

  • Squamous cell carcinoma of the Head and neck, identification of genetic markers and prognostic factors.

  • Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus, identification of molecular targets for therapy.

 

Selected Recent Publications:

  • S Said, J Campana. Myoepithelial carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of salivary glands: A problematic diagnosis. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology , Volume 99 , Issue 2 , Pages 196 - 201

  • V Durairaj, H Bartlett, S Said. Malignant Hidradenoma of the Medial Canthus With Orbital and Intracranial Extension. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg;22(3):229-232

  • R Greer Jr, S Said, K Shroyer, V Marileila, S Weed. Overexpression of cyclin D1 and cortactin is primarily independent of gene amplification in salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma . Oral Oncology , Volume 43 , Issue 8 , Pages 735 - 741

  • C Chen, M Kane, J Song, J Campana, A Raben, K Hu, L Harrison, H Quon, J Dancey, A Baron, S Said, SG Eckhardt, D Raben. Phase I Trial of Gefitinib in Combination With Radiation or Chemoradiation for Patients With Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Head and Neck Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 25, No 31 (November 1), 2007: pp. 4880-4886

 

Office Location:

Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion

Room 3014

Contacts:

Phone: (720) 848-4423

Pager:  (303) 266-4206

E-mail: Sherif.Said@ucdenver.edu

Mailing Address:

University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine

Department of Pathology

Mail Stop 8104, P.O. Box 6511

Aurora, CO 80045