Academic Profile at a Glance

Dr. Ben Calhoun

•     Graduated from the University of Georgia in 1992
•     Graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1999
•     Residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital
•     Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
•     Board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
•     Recent review article, book chapter and peer-reviewed paper:

•  Calhoun BC, Collins LC. 2016. Recommendations for Excision Following Core Needle Biopsy of the Breast: A Contemporary Evaluation of the Literature. Histopathology. 68:138-51.
• Calhoun BC, Grobmyer SR, Simpson JF. Benign, High-Risk, and Premalignant Lesions of the Breast. In: Bland KI, Copeland EM eds. The Breast: Comprehensive Management of Benign and Malignant Diseases. 5th Ed. Elsevier Inc. Philadelphia, PA.
• Donaldson AR et al. Impact of an Alternative Chromosome 17 Probe and the 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology and College of American Pathologists (ASCO/CAP) Guidelines on Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization (FISH) for the Determination of HER2 Gene Amplification in Breast Cancer. Cancer. February 13, 2017 [Epub ahead of print].

• After a regional consolidation at the Cleveland Clinic in 2015, we have an annual volume of approximately 170,000 surgical pathology cases and 8,500 breast cases.

•  When we lived in North Carolina, my wife, Monica, and I enjoyed working with the Tarheel Weimaraner Rescue. We have two Weimaraners and a German Shorthaired Pointer – all rescues!

• Diagnostic Pitfalls in the Practice of Head & Neck, Breast, GU and Liver Pathology

Past Lectures

• Histologic Markers of Breast Cancer Risk: Atypical Hyperplasias (06/22/2017)
• Molecular Profiling of Breast Cancer: Implications for Pathologists (06/21/2017)
• Histologic Markers of Breast Cancer Risk: Papillary Lesions and Radial Scars (06/20/2017)
• Immunohistochemistry in Breast Pathology: Selected Applications (06/20/2017)
• Histologic Markers of Breast Cancer Risk: Columnar Cell Lesions and Flat Epithelial Atypia (06/19/2017)