Meredith Pittman, MD, MSCI

Dr. Pittman is a GI/Liver pathologist who practices general surgical pathology at Maimonides Medical Center. She earned her medical degree and completed an AP/CP residency at Washington University in St. Louis. During her residency, Dr. Pittman was chosen as chief resident by the faculty and as a recipient of a Distinguished Service Teaching Award by the medical students. She then moved to Baltimore for subspecialty training in GI/Liver pathology at Johns Hopkins Hospital under the mentorship of Drs. Elizabeth Montgomery and Lysandra Voltaggio.

Post-fellowship, Dr. Pittman joined Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City as an assistant professor of pathology in the division of gastrointestinal and liver pathology. She also served as Director of AP Education and ran a popular "First Friday's Unknowns" slide session with the residents at Cornell. Dr. Pittman began working at Maimonides Medical Center in 2020. She enjoys being an active member of the clinical and research teams at the institution, as well as providing educational content to the medical students and pathology residents at SUNY Downstate.

Dr. Pittman is a member of the College of American Pathologists and serves on CAP's Federal and State Affairs committee. She is nationally known for her educational lectures in Liver and GI pathology, and recently published the second edition of the popular textbook Atlas of Gastrointestinal Pathology with co-editor Dr. Maryam Pezhouh.

Education

• Undergraduate: Furman University

• Advanced Degree: Washington University in St. Louis

• Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis

• Residency: Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes Jewish Hospital

• Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Research Interests

• GI/Liver

Research Summary

My research focuses on the medical (non-neoplastic) diseases of the liver, pancreas, and gastrointestinal tract. Clinically, I enjoy working with gastroenterologists, hepatologists, and surgeons to care for the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary health of patients.

• The Impact of Immigration Status on Gastric Cancer Risk in a Community Hospital in New York City.

  Pittman ME, Kaur A, Aung TPP, Lee LA, Shiratori Y.Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Oct 4:S1542-3565(24)00874-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.08.038. Online ahead of print.PMID: 39370087

• Liver flukes diagnosed by ERCP in a local immigrant community.

  Yunina D, Golfeyz S, Cheung D, Mathison BA, Landa M, Niknam N, Khodorskiy DO, Pittman ME.Gastrointest Endosc. 2022 Dec;96(6):1058-1061. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2022.07.028. Epub 2022 Aug 3.PMID: 35932814

• Autoimmune metaplastic atrophic gastritis. ME Pittman, L Voltaggio, F Bhaijee, SA Robertson, EA Montgomery. The American journal of surgical pathology 39 (12), 1611-1620
• Differentiating posttransplant inflammatory bowel disease and other colitides in renal transplant patients. ME Pittman, J Jessurun, RK Yantiss. The American journal of surgical pathology 41 (12), 1666-1674
• Lymphocyte-predominant esophagitis: a distinct and likely immune-mediated disorder encompassing lymphocytic and lichenoid esophagitis. ME Pittman, E Hissong, PO Katz, RK Yantiss. The American journal of surgical pathology 44 (2), 198-205
• Portal Cavernoma Cholangiopathy: Histologic Features and Differential Diagnosis. ME Pittman, AS Kierans, D Rao, RK Yantiss, B Samstein, J Jessurun. American journal of clinical pathology 151 (3), 255-262
• A spatial model predicts that dispersal and cell turnover limit intratumour heterogeneity. B Waclaw, I Bozic, ME Pittman, RH Hruban, B Vogelstein, MA Nowak. Nature 525 (7568), 261-264
• Validation of Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System 2017 (LI‐RADS) criteria for imaging diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. AS Kierans, J Makkar, P Guniganti, J Cornman‐Homonoff, MJ Lee. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 49 (7), e205-e215
• Classification, morphology, molecular pathogenesis, and outcome of premalignant lesions of the pancreas. ME Pittman, R Rao, RH Hruban. Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 141 (12), 1606-1614