Carlos A Pagan, MD

Specialties:
Pathology - Anatomic & Clinical, Pathology - Molecular Genetic, Pathology-Anatomic/Pathology-Clinical

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Overview

Email: cap2237@cumc.columbia.edu

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

Molecular Cancer Testing
Molecular Diagnostics
Molecular Pathology

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology at CUMC

Administrative Titles

Director, Residency Program

Hospital Affiliations

NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Languages

Spanish

Gender

Male

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Insurance Accepted

For billing questions, please call (212) 305-7399.

Aetna

Aetna Signature Administrators
EPO
HMO
Medicare Managed Care
NYP Employee Plan
NY Signature
POS
PPO
Student Health

Cigna

EPO
Great West (National)
HMO
POS
PPO

Emblem/GHI

Medicare Managed Care
PPO

Emblem/HIP

ConnectiCare
EPO
Essential Plan
HMO
Medicaid Managed Care
Medicare Managed Care
POS
PPO
Select Care (Exchange)
Vytra

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

EPO
HMO
PPO

Local 1199

Local 1199

MagnaCare (National)

MagnaCare

Medicare

Railroad
Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

Multiplan

Oxford Health Plans

Freedom
Liberty

RiverSpring

Special Needs

UnitedHealthcare

Compass (Exchange)
Empire Plan
HMO
Medicare Managed Care
POS
PPO

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

MD, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Fellowship: 2016 Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center

Board Certifications

Pathology - Molecular Genetic
Pathology-Anatomic/Pathology-Clinical

Research

Selected Publications

Carlos A Pagan, Ryan N Ptashkin, Rona Yaeger, Sumit Middha, Jinru Shia, Kevin P O'Rourke, Michael F Berger, Lu Wang, Robert Cimera, Jiajing Wang, David S. Klimstra, Leonard Saltz, Marc Ladanyi, Ahmet Zehir,Jaclyn F Hechtman. Chromosome 20q Amplification Defines a Subtype of Microsatellite Stable, Left Sided Colon Cancer Associated with Wild Type RAS/ RAF and Better Overall Survival. Molecular Cancer Research, DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-16-0352.
David DiBardino, William Bullman, David Rawson, Carlos A. Pagan, Jonas Heymann, Anjali Saqi. Next Generation Sequencing of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer using a Customized, Targeted Sequencing Panel: Emphasis on Small Biopsy and Cytology. Cytojournal, CytoJournal 2017;14:7.
Scott T. Avecilla, Carlos A. Pagan, Dmitry Fridel, Koen van Besien, Melissa Cushing. An optimized PBSC collection protocol based on pre-harvest CD34 enumeration and plerixafor administration. Transfusion, Volume 55, Issue 8, August 2015, Pages 2010-6.
Timothy J. Judson, Rachel M. Feldman, Kevin Wood, Carlos A. Pagan, David W Wan, Todd Cutler. Celecoxib-induced cholestatic liver injury. Case Reports in Clinical Pathology, September 2014, Volume 1, No. 2, Page 90.
Julia Geynisman, Carlos A. Pagan, Edyta Pirog, Kevin Holcomb, A Rare Pelvic Mass: Cotyledonoid Dissecting Leiomyoma. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, June 2014, Volume 125, Issue 3, Page 284.
Austin A Pitcher, Carlos A. Pagan, Kevin Small, David M Otterburn, Excision of Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa Lesions in a Patient with Hereditary Lymphedema-Case Report and Review of the Literature. The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 54, Issue 4, July-August 2015, Pages 747-750
Carlos A Pagan, Jonas Heymann, Catherine Shu, Naiyer Rizvi, Adrian Sacher, Mark Stoopler, John Crapanzano, Anjali Saqi. Limited Molecular Testing (MT) of Multiple Pulmonary Tumors in a Single Resection Specimen: Correlation with Morphologic Staging.
Jonas Heymann, Carlos A Pagan, Ladan Fazlollahi, William Bulman, Catherine Shu, Naiyer Rizvi, Adrian Sacher, Mehrvash Haghighi, John Crapanzano, Anjali Saqi. PD-L1 Expression in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC): Feasibility of Cytology and Its Comparison with Resection and Small Biopsies.