Helena Hwang, M.D.

 

Helena Hwang, M.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. After completing pathology residency training at Northwestern University, she did a breast surgical pathology felloswhip at Northwestern University. Dr. Hwang currently specializes in breast pathology and has extensive experience in this area. She is the author of several book chapters, review articles, and original articles. She also subspecializes in soft tissue and bone pathology.

Medical School

Keck School of Medicine of USC (2000)

Residency

University of California San Diego Medical Center (2002), Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Residency

University of New Mexico School of Medicine (2004), Internal Medicine

Residency

Northwestern University Medical School (2006), Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Fellowship

Northwestern University Medical School (2007), Breast Pathology

• Breast cancer, sarcoma

Featured Publications

Frequency of breast cancer subtypes among African American women in the AMBER consortium.

Allott EH, Geradts J, Cohen SM, Khoury T, Zirpoli GR, Bshara W, Davis W, Omilian A, Nair P, Ondracek RP, Cheng TD, Miller CR, Hwang H, Thorne LB, O'Connor S, Bethea TN, Bell ME, Hu Z, Li Y, Kirk EL, Sun X, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Perou CM, Palmer JR, Olshan AF, Ambrosone CB, Troester MA Breast Cancer Res. 2018 Feb 20 1 12

Pathologic Findings of Breast Lesions Detected on Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Jabbar SB, Lynch B, Seiler S, Hwang H, Sahoo S Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 2017 Aug

Primary cutaneous histiocytoid carcinoma with distant metastasis.

Philips R, Langston L, Hwang H, Vandergriff T, Trynosky T, Berlingeri-Ramos AC J. Cutan. Pathol. 2017 Apr 44 4 376-380

Parity and breastfeeding among African-American women: differential effects on breast cancer risk by estrogen receptor status in the Women's Circle of Health Study.

Ambrosone CB, Zirpoli G, Ruszczyk M, Shankar J, Hong CC, McIlwain D, Roberts M, Yao S, McCann SE, Ciupak G, Hwang H, Khoury T, Jandorf L, Bovbjerg DH, Pawlish K, Bandera EV Cancer Causes Control 2014 Feb 25 2 259-65

 Featured Books

Lobular Neoplasia: Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia and Lobular Carcinoma in Situ. In Needle Core Biopsies of the Breast

Hwang H, Sahoo S. (2016). New York, Springer

Invasive Lobular Carcinoma. In Needle Core Biopsies of the Breast

Hwang H, Sahoo S. (2016). New York, Springer