Stony Brook University | School of Medicine | Health Sciences Center
Sonya Hwang, MD
Sonya Hwang, MD
Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor
University Hospital, Level 2, Rm 766
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, NY 11794-7025
Tel: (631) 444-2222
Fax: (631) 444-3419
Email: sonya.hwang@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Clinical Practice:
Dr. Hwang is Board Certified in Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology (2003).
| Education: | |||
| Institution and Location | Degree | Year(s) | Field of Study |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | B.S. | 1989 | Life Sciences |
| SUNY, Downstate Medical | M.D. | 1998 | Medicine |
| Positions and Employment: | |
| 1998-99 |
Resident in Obstetrics/Gynecology, Mount Sinai Medical Center |
| 1999-2003 |
Resident in Anatomic Pathology, New York University Medical Center |
| 2002-03 | Chief Resident in Anatomic Pathology, New York University Medical Center |
| 2001-02 | Fellow in Cytopathology, New York University Medical Center |
| 2003-05 |
Anatomic Pathology Coordinating Manager - HHC hospital networks, Bellevue Hospital |
| 2003-05 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology NYU School of Medicine |
| 2005-present |
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University |
| Other Experience and Professional Memberships: |
| US-Canadian Academy of Pathology |
| College of American Pathologists |
| American Society of Cytopathology |
| Suffolk County Society of Pathology |
| Honors: |
| Class of 1950 Scholar (MIT) |
| AMWA’s Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Award |
| Alpha Omega Alpha - ETA Chapter of New York |
| Cum Laude (SUNY – Downstate Medical Center) |
Peer Reviewed Publications:
Hwang S, Ioffe O, Lee I, Waisman J, Cangiarella J, Simsir A. Cytologic diagnosis of invasive lobular carcinoma: factors associated with negative and equivocal diagnoses. Diagn Cytopathol 31(2):87-93, 2004.
Simsir A, Hwang S, Cangiarella J, Elgert P, Levine P, Sheffield MV, Roberson J, Talley L, Chhieng DC. Glandular cell atypia on Papanicolaou smears: interobserver variability in the diagnosis and prediction of cell of origin. Cancer Cytopathology 99(6):323-30, 2003.
Hwang S, Simsir A, Waisman J, Moreira A. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis as a mimicker of neoplasia. Diagn Cytopathol 30(2):82-7, 2003.
Hwang SJ, Moreira AL, Simsir A. Cytologic Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Granuloma in a Child. ASCP CheckSample 2003.
Ventura K, Hwang SJ, Moreira AL, Cangiarella J. Cytologic Diagnosis of Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma. ASCP CheckSample 2002.
Yang GC, Hwang SJ, Yee HT. Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology of Unusual Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum: Atypical Seminoma and Parietal Yolk Sac Tumor. Diagn Cytopathol 27(2):69-74, 2002.
Krause DS, Theise ND, Collector MI, Henegariu O, Hwang S, Gardner R, Neutzel S, Sharkis SJ. Multi-organ, Multi-lineage Engraftment by a Single Bone Marrow-derived Stem Cell. Cell 105(3):369-77, 2001.
Ding A, Hwang S, Lander HM, Xie Q. Macrophages Derived from C3H/HeJ (Lpsd) Mice Respond to Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide by Activating NF-kB. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 57:174, 1995.
Hwang S, Ding A. Activation of NF-kB in Murine Macrophages by Taxol. Cancer Biochemistry Biophysics 14(4):265, 1995.
Ding A, Hwang S, Schwab R. Effect of Aging on Murine Macrophages: Diminished Response to IFN-g for Enhanced Oxidative Metabolism. The Journal of Immunology 153:2146, 1994.
