Dr. Conrad Schuerch

CONRAD SCHUERCH, M.D.
Chairman, Division of Laboratory Medicine

100 North Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822-0131
1 800 695 6491

Dr. Schuerch is the Chairman of the Geisinger Medical Laboratories.

Education:

He received his M.D. at SUNY - Brooklyn Downstate Medical Center, with residency training at Hartford Hospital and a fellowship at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Certifications:

He is certified in anatomic pathology and specializes in head and neck pathology, neuropathology, soft tissue and bone pathology, thoracic pathology, and flow cytometry.

Professional Affiliations:

College of American Pathologists
U.S. and Canadian Academy of Pathology
Pennsylvania Association of Pathologists
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Memorial Hospital Alumni Society
The Compass Group

Research interests:

Flow cytometry, patient safety, laboratory quality improvement.

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals:

Lin , Shi J, Liu H, Hull ME, Dupree W, Prichard JW, Brown RE, Zhang J, Wang HL, Schuerch C. Diagnostic Utility of S100P and von Hippel-Lindau Gene Product (pVHL) in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma-With Implication of Their Roles in Early Tumorigenesis. Am G Surg Pathol 32. 78-91, 2008.

Schuerch C, Selna M, Jones J. Laboratory clinical effectiveness: pathologists improving clinical outcomes. Clin Lab Med 28. 223-244, 2008.

Zhang X, Kryston JJ, Michalak WA, Zhang K, Lin F, Schuerch C. Histiocytic sarcoma in the small intestine: A case report with flow cytometry study and review of the literature. Pathology Research and Practice 204. 763-770, 2008.

Zhang PL, Pellitteri PK, Law A, Gilroy PA, Wood GC, Kennedy TL, Blasick TM, Lun M, Schuerch C, Brown RE. Overexpression of phosphorylated nuclear factor-kappa B in tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma and high-grade dysplasia is associated with poor prognosis. Mod Pathol 18. 924-932, 2005.

Lin F, Brown R, Shen T, Yang X and Schuerch C. Immunohistochemical Detection of P504S in Primary and Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinomas. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 12. 153-159, 2004.

Lin F, Zhang K, Quiery AT,Prichard J, Schuerch C. Plasmablastic lymphoma of the cervical lymph node in an HIV-negative patient – A case report and review of the literature. Arch Pathol Lab Med 128. 581-584, 2004.

Other Publications:

Schuerch C. The Transportation of Clinical Specimens. Excel Education Module, College of American Pathologists , 2003.

Zhang PL, Pellitteri PK, Law A, Gilroy PA, Wood GC, Kennedy TL, Blasick TM, Lun M, Schuerch C, Brown RE. Abstract #1021: Overexpression of Phosphorylated Nuclear Factor-kappaB in Tonsillar Squamous Cell Carcinoma and High Grade Dysplasia is Associated with Poor Prognosis. Modern Pathol 18 A219-A210, 2004.

Schuerch C. Diabetes Mellitus. Excel Education Module, College of American Pathologists , 2004.

Zhu SB, Schuerch C, Lin F. Absent or Low Expression of CK20 and CDX2 Associated with Microsatellite Instability in Poorly Differentiated Colorectal Carcinomas (PDCC). Mod Pathol 18 (#567), 2005.

Schuerch C, Siracuse MB. Patient Safety: Tested Tools for Error Reduction. bloodgas.org November, 2005.

Abstracts, Posters, and Other Presentations:

Zhang PL, Pellitteri PK, Law A, Gilroy PA, Wood GC, Kennedy TL, Blasick TM, Lun M, Schuerch C, Brown RE. Overexpression of Phosphorylated Nuclear Factor-kappaB in Tonsillar Squamous Cell Carcinoma and High Grade Dysplasia is Associated with Poor Prognosis. Abstract 94th Annual USACP Meeting, San Antonio, TX, February 26, 2005.

Zhang K, Jianhui Shi, Lin F, Nawaz NK, Schuerch C. Expression of Inhibin-alpha in Non-Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung with a focus on Adenocarcinoma -A Diagnostic Pitfall for Evaluation of Metastatic Pulmonary Carcinoma. Abstract USCAP Meeting, Denver, CO, March 1-7, 2008.

Dorion RP, Jianhui Shi, Zhang K, Schuerch C, Lin F. Utility of S100P in differentiating adenocarcinoma of the lung from papillary carcinoma and follicular carcinoma of the thyroid. Abstract USCAP Meeting, Denver, CO, March 1-7,2008.

Lin F, Shi J, Yang XJ, Wang HL, Shen SS, Rukstalis D, Schuerch C. Utility of S-100 and MSH-2 in Differentiating Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma from Renal Oncocytoma. Abstract United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 96th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 24-30, 2007.

Lin F, Wang HL, Shi J, Prichard JW, Brown RE, Hull M, Schuerch C. Expression of S100A4, S100A6, and S100P in Pancreatic and Ampullary Adenocarcinomas. Abstract United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 96th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 24-30, 2007.

Lin F, Liu H, Dorion RP, Zhang K, Pellitteri PK, Schuerch C, Wilkerson M, Meschter S. Comparison of clinicopathologic features, preoperative fine needle aspiration, and expression of immunohistochemical markers in thyroid papillary microcarcinoma and thyroid papillary carcinoma. Poster Presentation USCAP Meeting, Boston, March 7-13, 2009.

Hossler E, Schuerch C, Cabell C, Elston DM. Cutaneous meningioma. Poster American Society of Dermatopathology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA , October 16-19, 2008.

Zhang K, Zhang X, Schuerch C, Harrison H. . Dual Expression of CD38 and FMC-7 on CD5+, CD23-/+ (low) Monotypic B-Lymphoid Population Is Highly Predictive of Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Abstract 24th Annual Meeting of Clinical Flow Cytometry, Jacksonville, FL, October 16-21, 2009.

Textbook Chapters

Wu H, Schuerch C, Miller DC. Central and Peripheral Nerve System Tumors. In Handbook of Practical Immunohistochemistry: Frequently Asked Questions. Lin F, Prichard JW, eds. Springer, New York, 2011, 119-135.

Schuerch C. Salivary Gland and Other Head and Neck Structures. In Handbook of Practical Immunohistochemistry: Frequently Asked Questions. Lin F, Prichard JW, eds. Springer, New York, 2011, 173-196.