Research Summary

Service Activities

Patrice F. Spitalnik, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is the Assistant Director of the M.D-Ph.D Program and teaches general pathology and surgical pathology to second and third year medical students, as well as to M.D-Ph.D students. She is the Section Director of the first year medical student histology course. She recently created a new course for M.D-Ph.D students on "Responsible Conduct of Research" in addition to a new lecture series, Grand Rounds for Graduate Students, in conjunction with the Office of Graduate Affairs. She is interested in medical education related to the interface between basic research and clinical medicine and the training of physician-scientists.

Selected Publications

1. Schwimmer J, Nadasdy TA, Spitalnik PF, Kaplan KL, Zand MS. De novo thrombotic microangiopathy in renal transplant recipients: a comparison of hemolytic uremic syndrome with localized renal thrombotic microangiopathy. Am J Kidney Dis. 2003 Feb;41(2):471-9. Review.

2. Spitalnik PF, Spitalnik SL. Human carbohydrate blood group systems. In Principles of Transfusion Medicine (Simon T, Dzik W, Snyder E, Stowell C, Strauss R, eds.). Third Edition. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 2002, pp. 92-110.

3. Spitalnik PF, di Sant-Agnese PA. Pathology of Cancer. In Clinical Oncology (8th Edition; Philip Rubin, ed.) WB Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 2001, pp 47-61.

4. Kaczorowski JM, Halterman JS, Spitalnik PF, Mannick E, Fong CT, Seaman JM. Pathology Teach and Tell: Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis and Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. Ped. Path. Molec. Med. 20: 245, 2001.

5. Pahlsson P, Spitalnik SL, Spitalnik PF, Fantini J, Rakotonirainy O, Ghardashkhani S, Lindberg J, Konradsson P, Larson G. Characterization of galactosyl glycerolipids in the HT29 human colon carcinoma cell line. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2001 Dec 15;396(2):187-98.

6. Spitalnik PF, Spitalnik SL. The P blood group system: biochemical, serological, and clinical aspects. Transfus Med Rev.1995 Apr;9(2):110-22. Review.

Honors and Awards

1972
Student Fellowship, Hastings Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

1973
Phi Beta Kappa

1987
Young Investigator Award, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists

1992
Commendation for Outstanding Teaching (Class of 1995), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

1996
Commendation for Outstanding Teaching (Class of 1999), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Peter C. Nowell Teaching Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

1997
Commendation for Outstanding Teaching (Class of 2000), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

1998
Commendation for Outstanding Teaching (Class of 2001), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

2000
Herbert W. Mapstone Excellence in Teaching Prize, awarded to the best teacher of the second year (Class of 2002), University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

2001
Herbert W. Mapstone Excellence in Teaching Prize, awarded to the best teacher of the second year (Class of 2003), University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

2002
Faculty Marshall, Graduation, May 26, 2002, selected by the graduating class to lead the faculty

2003
Alpha Omega Alpha

2009
Glenda Garvey Teaching Fellow, Columbia University

2010
Outstanding Teacher Award Class of 2013

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