John M. Stewart, M.D.
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Division of Pathology-Lab Medicine Div
About Dr. Stewart
I am a professor in the Department of Pathology and the Chief of the Cytopathology Section. I graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School and completed residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Rochester... Medical Center. I joined the faculty at MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2001 after completing the Cytopathology Fellowship here.
I am a full-time pathologist and 100% of my clinical service is in cytopathology. I have a special interest and expertise in the interpretation of endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirations and in the clinical use and pre-analytic evaluations of cytologic samples for molecular testing. I have given local, national, and international lectures and workshops on these subjects for pathologists and bronchoscopists.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1993 | University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 1987 | University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA, PHD, Biophysical Chemistry |
| 1982 | Georgetown University, Washington, USA, BS, Chemistry |
Postgraduate Training
| 2000-2001 | Fellow, Cytopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 1999-2000 | Fellow, Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office, Rochester, NY |
| 1998-1999 | Chief Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY |
| 1996-1998 | Wilmot Cancer Research Fellow, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY |
| 1993-1996 | Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY |
| 1990-1991 | Postsophmore Fellow, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
| 1989-1990 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
Board Certifications
| 2012 | Cytopathology |
| 2004 | Anatomic and Clinical Pathology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, Cytotechnology Program, School of Health Professionals, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2016
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2010 - 2016
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2001 - 2010
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Roy-Chowdhuri S, Chow CW, Kane MK, Yao H, Wistuba II, Krishnamurthy S, Stewart J, Staerkel G. Optimizing the DNA yield for molecular analysis from cytologic preparations. Cancer Cytopathol 124(4):254-60, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26630358.
- Goswami RS, Luthra R, Singh RR, Patel KP, Routbort MJ, Aldape KD, Yao H, Dang HD, Barkoh BA, Manekia J, Medeiros LJ, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Stewart J, Broaddus RR, Chen H. Identification of Factors Affecting the Success of Next-Generation Sequencing Testing in Solid Tumors. Am J Clin Pathol 145(2):222-37, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27124905.
- Roy-Chowdhuri S, Goswami RS, Chen H, Patel KP, Routbort MJ, Singh RR, Broaddus RR, Barkoh BA, Manekia J, Yao H, Medeiros LJ, Staerkel G, Luthra R, Stewart J. Factors affecting the success of next-generation sequencing in cytology specimens. Cancer Cytopathol 123(11):659-68, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26230354.
- Maher OM, Prieto VG, Stewart J, Herzog CE. Characterization of metastatic angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 37(4):e268-71, 2015. PMID: 25757019.
- Siroy AE, Boland GM, Milton DR, Roszik J, Frankian S, Malke J, Haydu L, Prieto VG, Tetzlaff M, Ivan D, Wang WL, Torres-Cabala C, Curry J, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Broaddus R, Rashid A, Stewart J, Gershenwald JE, Amaria RN, Patel SP, Papadopoulos NE, Bedikian A, Hwu WJ, Hwu P, Diab A, Woodman SE, Aldape KD, Luthra R, Patel KP, Shaw KR, Mills GB, Mendelsohn J, Meric-Bernstam F, Kim KB, Routbort MJ, Lazar AJ, Davies MA. Beyond BRAF V600: clinical mutation panel testing by next-generation sequencing in advanced melanoma. J Invest Dermatol 135(2):508-15, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25148578.
- Gavini H, Arukal VD, Stewart J, Lee JH. Medulloblastoma metastatic to the pancreas: a case report. Gastrointestinal Intervention 3(2):116-119, 2014.
- Guma SR, Lee DA, Yu L, Gordon N, Hughes D, Stewart J, Wang WL, Kleinerman ES. Natural killer cell therapy and aerosol interleukin-2 for the treatment of osteosarcoma lung metastasis. Pediatr Blood Cancer 61(4):618-26, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24136885.
- Wang J, Katz RL, Stewart J, Landon G, Guo M, Gong Y. Fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of lymphomas with signet ring cell features: potential pitfalls and solutions. Cancer Cytopathol 121(9):525-32, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23536424.
- Rao-Bindal K, Koshkina NV, Stewart J, Kleinerman ES. The histone deacetylase inhibitor, MS-275 (entinostat), downregulates c-FLIP, sensitizes osteosarcoma cells to FasL, and induces the regression of osteosarcoma lung metastases. Curr Cancer Drug Targets 13(4):411-22, 2013. PMID: 23410027.
- Landon G, Stewart J, Deavers M, Lu K, Sneige N. Peritoneal washing cytology in patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations undergoing risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomies: a 10-year experience and reappraisal of its clinical utility. Gynecol Oncol 125(3):683-6, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22425664.
- Zage PE, Nolo R, Fang W, Stewart J, Garcia-Manero G, Zweidler-McKay PA. Notch pathway activation induces neuroblastoma tumor cell growth arrest. Pediatr Blood Cancer 58(5):682-9, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21744479.
- Singh A, Rokes C, Gireud M, Fletcher S, Baumgartner J, Fuller G, Stewart J, Zage P, Gopalakrishnan V. Retinoic acid induces REST degradation and neuronal differentiation by modulating the expression of SCF(β-TRCP) in neuroblastoma cells. Cancer 117(22):5189-202, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21523764.
- Billah S, Stewart J, Staerkel G, Chen S, Gong Y, Guo M. EGFR and KRAS Mutations in Lung Carcinoma. Cancer Cytopathol 119(2):111-7, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21400670.
- Hu Q, Gao F, Tian W, Ruteshouser EC, Wang Y, Lazar A, Stewart J, Strong LC, Behringer RR, Huff V. Wt1 ablation and Igf2 upregulation in mice result in Wilms tumors with elevated ERK1/2 phosphorylation. J Clin Invest 121(1):174-83, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21123950.
- dePadua Silva L, Patah PA, Saliba RM, Szewezyk NA, Gilman L, Neumann J, Han XY, Tarrand J, Ribeiro R, Gulbis A, Shpall EJ, Jones R, Popat U, Walker JA, Petropoulos D, Chiattone A, Stewart J, El-Zimaity M, Anderlini P, Giralt S, Champlin RE, and de Lima M. Hemorrhagic cystitis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants is the complex result of BK virus infection, preparative regimen intensity and donor type. Haematologica 95:1183-1190, 2010.
- Subbiah V, Huff V, Wolff JE, Ketonen L, Lang FF, Stewart J, Langford L, Herzog CE. Bilateral gonadoblastoma with dysgerminoma and pilocytic astrocytoma with WT1 GT-IVS9 mutation: A 46 XY phenotypic female with Frasier syndrome. Pediatr Blood Cancer 53:1349-1351, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19653292.
- Rice DC, Steliga MA, Stewart J, Eapen G, Jimenez CA, Lee JH, Hofstetter WL, Marom EM, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Swisher SG. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration for Staging of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Ann Thorac Surg 88:862-86, 2009.
- Lee JH, Stewart J, Ross WA, Anandasabapathy S, Xiao L, Staerkel G. Blinded Prospective Comparison of the Performance of 22-Gauge and 25-Gauge Needles in Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration of the Pancreas and Peri-pancreatic Lesions. Dig Dis Sci 54:2274-2281, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19669880.
- Reading CF, Schlette EJ, Stewart JM, Keating MJ, Katz RL, Caraway NP. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy findings in patients with small lymphocytic lymphoma transformed to hodgkin lymphoma. Am J Clin Pathol 128(4):571-8, 2007. PMID: 17875507.
- Goy A, Stewart J, Barkoh B, Remache Y, Katz R, Sneige N, Gilles F.. The feasibility of gene expression profiling generated in fine-needle aspiration specimens from patients with follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Cancer 108(1):10-20, 2006.
- Gong Y, Caraway N, Stewart J, Staerkel G.. Metastatic ductal carcinoma of the prostate: cytologic features and clinical findings. Am J Clin Pathol 126(2):302-309, 2006.
- Guan H, Jia SF, Zhou Z, Stewart J, Kleinerman ES. Herceptin down-regulates HER-2/neu and vascular endothelial growth factor expression and enhances taxol-induced cytotoxicity of human Ewing's sarcoma cells in vitro and in vivo. Clin Cancer Res 11(5):2008-17, 2005. PMID: 15756027.
- Assad L, Resetkova E, Oliveira V, Sun W, Stewart J, Katz R, Caraway N. Cytologic features of renal medullary carcinoma. Cancer 105(1):28-34, 2005.
- Gordon N, Arndt C, Hawkins D, Doherty D, Inwards C, Munsell M, Stewart J, Koshkina N, Kleinerman E.. Fas expression in lung metastasis from osteosarcoma patients. J Ped Hem Onc 27(11):611-615, 2005.
- Goy A, Remache YK, Gu J, Stewart J, Hayes KJ, Gold D, Jiang Y, Barkoh BA, Katz R, Cabanillas F, Gilles F. Establishment and characterization of a new mantle cell lymphoma cell line M-1. Leuk Lymphoma 45(6):1255-60, 2004. PMID: 15360009.
- Lafleur E, Nkoshkina N, Stewart J, Jia S, Worth L, Duan X, Kleinerman E. Increased Fas expression reduces metastatic potential of human osteosarcoma cells. Clin Cancer Res 10(23):8814-8819, 2004.
- Wang S, Stewart JM, Ross MI, Prieto VG. Extensive pigmented villonodular synovitis with markedly pigmented lymphadenopathy and its implication for differential diagnosis with malignant melanoma. Ann Diagn Pathol 7(2):95-9, 2003. PMID: 12715334.
- Caraway N, Fanning C, Stewart J, Tarrand J, Weber K. Coccidiodomycosis osteomyelitis masquerading as a bone tumor. Acta Cytol 47(5):777-782, 2003.
- Stewart J, Krishnamurthy S. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of a case of HIV-associated anaplastic myeloma. Diagn Cytopathol 27(4):218-22, 2002.
Invited Articles
- Caraway N, Stewart J, Blakely M.. Primary effusion lymphoma. Pathology Case Revies 11(2):78-87, 2006.
- Herzog C, Stewart J, Blakely M. Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America 12(2):419-448, 2003.
Manuals, Teaching Aids, Other Teaching Publications
- . Small sample tissue acquisition and processing for diagnosis and biomarker-directed therapy of NSCLC (Webinars). World Association for Bronchoscopy and International Pulmonology. Fourteen international faculty from various medical disciplines participated in the development of a series of three non-CME webcasts using a clinical stem, patient-centered case simulation format designed for a global audience of health care providers caring for patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). (http://www.wabipacademy.com/webcast/), 2014.
Book Chapters
- Stewart J. FNA sample prep and triage in evaluating suspected lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Primary effusion lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Small lymphocytic lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Mantle cell lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Nodal marginal zone lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Follicular lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Large b-cell lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Plasmacytoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Plasmablastic lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Peripheral t-cell lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Mycosis fungoides. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Angioimmunoblastic lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Nodular lymphocyte-predominant hodgkin lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Primary effusion lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Mediastinal large b-cell lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. ALK(+) anaplastic large cell lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Caraway N, Stewart J. Classical hodgkin lymphoma. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Anton R, Stewart J. Rosai-Dorfman disease. In: Diagnostic Pathology: Cytopathology. Amirsys, 2014.
- Raney R, Andrassy R, Blakely M, Fanning T, Maor M, Stewart J. Soft-Tissue Tumors. In: Pediatric Oncology. Springer Media, Inc, 2005.
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