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Yael Kushner Heher, M.D.

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  1. Lamothe S, Peric M, Glickman JN, Heher YK. Erroneous Patient Tissue Contaminants in 1574 Surgical Pathology Slides: Impact on Diagnostic Error and a Novel Framework for Floater Management. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2023 Feb 02. PMID: 36730470.
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  2. Lennerz JK, Salgado R, Kim GE, Sirintrapun SJ, Thierauf JC, Singh A, Indave I, Bard A, Weissinger SE, Heher YK, de Baca ME, Cree IA, Bennett S, Carobene A, Ozben T, Ritterhouse LL. Diagnostic quality model (DQM): an integrated framework for the assessment of diagnostic quality when using AI/ML. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2023 03 28; 61(4):544-557. PMID: 36696602.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  3. Harris CK, Pyden A, Onken AM, Yarsky B, Hayne C, Glickman J, Heher YK. Prioritizing Patient Safety and Minimizing Waste: Institutional Review of Cases and a Proposed Process for Designing a Surgical Pathology Gross-Only Examination Policy. Am J Clin Pathol. 2022 11 03; 158(5):598-603. PMID: 35972436.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  4. Harris CK, Chen Y, Yarsky B, Haspel RL, Heher YK. Pathology trainees rarely report safety incidents: A review of 13,722 safety reports and a call to action. Acad Pathol. 2022; 9(1):100049. PMID: 36061266; PMCID: PMC9436704.
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  5. Harris CK, Chen Y, Jensen KC, Hornick JL, Kilfoyle C, Lamps LW, Heher YK. Towards high reliability in national pathology education: Evaluating the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology educational product. Acad Pathol. 2022; 9(1):100048. PMID: 36061265; PMCID: PMC9429554.
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  6. Stuart LD, Torous VF, Chen Y, Pitman MB, Heher YK. Diagnostic error, interlaboratory communication, and resource management in cytopathology-surgical pathology collaboration: A 58-year-old woman with metastatic disease of unknown primary. Cancer Cytopathol. 2023 02; 131(2):75-77. PMID: 35969096.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  7. Harris CK, Darrell CM, VanderLaan PA, Heher YK. Patient-facing communication for cytopathologists: A framework for disclosing diagnostic error. Cancer Cytopathol. 2023 01; 131(1):10-18. PMID: 35904882.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  8. Torous VF, Pitman MB, Heher YK. The value of monitoring amended reports in cytopathology quality programs: A biennial review. Cancer Cytopathol. 2022 11; 130(11):860-871. PMID: 35666141.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  9. Weiss VL, Heher YK, Seegmiller A, VanderLaan PA, Nishino M. All in for patient safety: a team approach to quality improvement in our laboratories. J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2022 Mar-Apr; 11(2):87-93. PMID: 34996748; PMCID: PMC8885884.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  10. Chen Y, VanderLaan PA, Heher YK. Using the Model for Improvement and Plan-Do-Study-Act to effect SMART change and advance quality. Cancer Cytopathol. 2021 01; 129(1):9-14. PMID: 32749742.
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  11. Heher YK. Something's Lost and Something's Gained: Seeing Reference Laboratory Quality from Both Sides, Now. Clin Lab Med. 2020 09; 40(3):341-356. PMID: 32718504.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  12. Agarwal KA, Heher YK, Denker BM. Drug-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy Resulting in ESRD. Kidney Int Rep. 2020 Aug; 5(8):1350-1355. PMID: 32775839; PMCID: PMC7403540.
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  13. Heher YK. Reduction of diagnostic error: Following cytopathology's lead. Cancer Cytopathol. 2020 12; 128(12):914-916. PMID: 32543776.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  14. Samulski TD, Chen YV, Scanga LR, Heher YK. Cytology specimen contamination leads to a false-positive surgical pathology diagnosis: Root cause analysis and patient safety lessons. Cancer Cytopathol. 2019 10; 127(10):618-620. PMID: 31174232.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  15. Chen Y, Anderson KR, Xu J, Goldsmith JD, Heher YK. Frozen-Section Checklist Implementation Improves Quality and Patient Safety. Am J Clin Pathol. 2019 05 03; 151(6):607-612. PMID: 30892600.
    Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  16. Stravitz PE, Cibas ES, Heher YK. Targeting specimen misprocessing safety events with failure modes and effects analysis. Cancer Cytopathol. 2019 04; 127(4):213-217. PMID: 30689294.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  17. Chen Y, VanderLaan PA, Heher YK. False positive diagnosis of lymph node metastases in a 34-year-old woman with a history of extraskeletal myxoid chondroscarcoma: A root cause analysis. Cancer Cytopathol. 2019 02; 127(2):69-71. PMID: 30394675.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  18. Heher YK, Chen Y, VanderLaan PA. Pre-analytic error: A significant patient safety risk. Cancer Cytopathol. 2018 08; 126 Suppl 8:738-744. PMID: 30156766.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  19. VanderLaan PA, Chen Y, DiStasio M, Rangachari D, Costa DB, Heher YK. Molecular Testing Turnaround Time in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Monitoring a Moving Target. Clin Lung Cancer. 2018 09; 19(5):e589-e590. PMID: 29798809.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  20. Heher YK, Dintzis SM. Disclosure of Harmful Medical Error to Patients: A Review With Recommendations for Pathologists. Adv Anat Pathol. 2018 Mar; 25(2):124-130. PMID: 29356714.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  21. Heher YK, Chen Y. Process mapping: A cornerstone of quality improvement. Cancer Cytopathol. 2017 12; 125(12):887-890. PMID: 29165909.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  22. Heher YK, Chen Y, VanderLaan PA. Measuring and assuring quality performance in cytology: A toolkit. Cancer Cytopathol. 2017 06; 125(S6):502-507. PMID: 28609007.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  23. DiStasio M, Chen Y, Rangachari D, Costa DB, Heher YK, VanderLaan PA. Molecular Testing Turnaround Time for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Routine Clinical Practice Confirms Feasibility of CAP/IASLC/AMP Guideline Recommendations: A Single-center Analysis. Clin Lung Cancer. 2017 09; 18(5):e349-e356. PMID: 28377205.
    Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  24. Heher YK. A brief guide to root cause analysis. Cancer Cytopathol. 2017 02; 125(2):79-82. PMID: 28128529.
    Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  25. Heher YK, Chen Y, Pyatibrat S, Yoon E, Goldsmith JD, Sands KE. Achieving High Reliability in Histology: ?An Improvement Series to Reduce Errors. Am J Clin Pathol. 2016 Nov 01; 146(5):554-560. PMID: 28430956.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  26. Mengel M, Chan S, Climenhaga J, Kushner YB, Regele H, Colvin RB, Randhawa P. Banff initiative for quality assurance in transplantation (BIFQUIT): reproducibility of C4d immunohistochemistry in kidney allografts. Am J Transplant. 2013 May; 13(5):1235-45. PMID: 23464533.
    Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
  27. Kher A, Raven KE, Kushner YB, Mandelbrot DA. Fever, abdominal pain and renal failure in a kidney transplant recipient. Am J Transplant. 2013 Feb; 13(2):518-20. PMID: 23356898.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  28. Glassock RJ, Khorashadi L, Kushner YB. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 32-2012. A 35-year-old man with respiratory and renal failure. N Engl J Med. 2012 Oct 18; 367(16):1540-53. PMID: 23075181.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  29. Bazari H, Guimaraes AR, Kushner YB. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 20-2012. A 77-year-old man with leg edema, hematuria, and acute renal failure. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jun 28; 366(26):2503-15. PMID: 22738101.
    Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  30. Varma MC, Kushner YB, Ko DS, Kawai T, Martins PN, Martins P, Kaur P, Markmann JF, Kotton CN. Early onset adenovirus infection after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant. Am J Transplant. 2011 Mar; 11(3):623-7. PMID: 21342452.
    Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  31. Kushner YB, Brimo F, Schwartzman K, Auger M. A rare case of pulmonary cryptococcal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. Diagn Cytopathol. 2010 Jun; 38(6):447-51. PMID: 19937947.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
  32. Geyer FC, Kushner YB, Lambros MB, Natrajan R, Mackay A, Tamber N, Fenwick K, Purnell D, Ashworth A, Walker RA, Reis-Filho JS. Microglandular adenosis or microglandular adenoma? A molecular genetic analysis of a case associated with atypia and invasive carcinoma. Histopathology. 2009 Dec; 55(6):732-43. PMID: 19922592.
    Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  33. Huang F, Kushner YB, Langleben A, Foulkes WD. Eleven years disease-free: role of chemotherapy in metastatic BRCA2-related breast cancer. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2009 Aug; 6(8):488-92. PMID: 19644536.
    Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  34. Al-Thihli K, Palma L, Marcus V, Cesari M, Kushner YB, Barkun A, Foulkes WD. A case of Cowden's syndrome presenting with gastric carcinomas and gastrointestinal polyposis. Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Mar; 6(3):184-9. PMID: 19190598.
    Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  35. Salem SB, Kushner Y, Marcus V, Mayrand S, Fallone CA, Barkun AN. The potential impact of contemporary developments in the management of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease undergoing an initial gastroscopy. Can J Gastroenterol. 2009 Feb; 23(2):99-104. PMID: 19214284.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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