• Graduated with a BS from the University of California at Davis in 1991
• Graduated with a PhD from Boston University School of Medicine in1996
• Graduated with a MD from Boston University School of Medicine in1999
• Pathology residency (AP) and fellowship training (GU/GYN) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School (1999-2003)
• Board Certified in Anatomic Pathology in 2003
• Chief, Genitourinary (GU) Pathology Division starting in 2010
• Associate Professor of Pathology in 2012
• Prior USCAP Education Committee member; USCAP Mentoring Program prior President of the New England Society of Pathologist; member of the Genitourinary Pathology Society (GUPS), member of the International Society of Urologic Pathologists (ISUP)
• Awardee, Bridging Boundaries Clinical Faculty Award, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 2020; Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Pathology Pier Paci Teaching Award (chosen by BWH residents and fellows), 201
• Invited Speaker at Pathotim 2019 in Timisoara, Romania; participate in multiple CME courses (pathology and urology); give invited didactic and slide seminar lectures at multiple academic institutions

• I received a PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology prior to my MD; I became interested in pathology by dissecting cadavers
• I raise awareness and money for those with Neurofibromatosis (my daughter has NF1)
• I am a baseball/softball/hockey/volleyball mom
• I am a Red Sox fan
• I am a Parrothead
• I am a Princess Bride fan

• Being a mom
• Mentoring

Recent Review Articles:

• Baniak N, Tsai H, Hirsch MS.  Medullary Based Renal Tumors.  Arch Pathol Lab Med.  2020 (in press)
• Gordetsky JB, Hirsch MS, Rais-Bahrami S.  MRI-Targeted Prostate Biopsy: Key Considerations for Pathologists.  Histopathol, 2020 Jul;77(1):18-25.
• Hirsch MS and Watkins J.  A Comprehensive Review of Biomarker Use in the Gynecologic Tract Including Differential Diagnoses and Diagnostic Pitfalls.  Adv Anatomic Pathol, 2020 May;27(3):164-192.

• A Practical Guide to Solving Diagnostic Problems in Breast, Genitourinary, Liver, Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic-Billiary Pathology

Past Lectures

• Practical Points and Biomarkers in GU Pathology (02/04/2021)
• Having Fun with Testicular Tumors (02/04/2021)
• A Contemporary Approach to Prostatic Adenocarcinoma, Including Poor Prognostic Indicators (02/03/2021)
• Updates in Oncocytic Adult Renal Neoplasia (02/02/2021)
• Updates and Approach to the WHO Classification of Adult Renal Neoplasia, including Medullary-Based Renal Neoplasia (02/01/2021)