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Curriculum Vitae

Date: July, 2002

Michael Louis Saruk, MD

Office Addresses: Atlantic Skin & Cosmetic Surgery Group, PC
  255 West Lancaster Avenue
Suite 106, Paoli Mem Med Bldg I
Paoli, PA 19301
Telephone: (610) 296-8844
Fax: (610) 296-3963
   
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Suite 107, Webster Building
Wilmington, DE 19810
Telephone: (302) 478-8532
Fax: (302) 478-8536
   
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Suite 203
West Chester, PA 19380
Telephone: (610) 429-5900
Fax: (610) 429-5954
   
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Suite 213
Newark, DE 19702
Telephone: (302) 832-7680
Fax: (302) 832-9869

 

Education:  
  1969-73 B.S. University of Illinois (Microbiology)
     
  1973-77 M.D. Rush University Medical College

 

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:
  1977-78 Intern in Pathology,
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center,
New York, NY
  1978-79 Resident in Pathology,
Yale-New Haven Hospital,
New Haven, CT
  1979-80 Fellowship, Dermatopathology,
Yale-New Haven Hospital,
New Haven, CT
  1980-81 Chief Resident, Pathology,
Yale-New Haven Hospital,
New Haven, CT
  1981-82 Resident in Dermatology,
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
  1982-83 Resident in Dermatology,
University Health Center,
University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA

 

Military Service: None

 

Faculty Appointments:
  1982-83 Assistant Professor, Dermatology and Pathology,
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine,
  1984-86 Instructor in Dermatology,
University of Pennsylvania
  1986-92 Clinical Instructor, Dermatology and Pathology,
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
  1992- Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology,
University of Pennsylvania

 

Hospital and Administrative Appointments:
  1978-82 Assistant Medical Examiner,
Office of the Medical Examiner,
State of Connecticut, Farmington, Ct
  1980-81 Staff Dermatopathologist,
Connecticut Dermatopathology Laboratory Inc.,
Torrington, CT
  1982-83 Assistant Attending, Dermatology and Pathology,
University Health Center, University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA
  1983-86 Associate Attending, Medicine (Dermatology),
Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA
  1984-86 Clinical Attending,
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
  1984- Active Attending Staff, Paoli Memorial Hospital, Paoli, PA
  1986-88 Active Attending Staff, Beth Israel Medical Center,
New York, NY
  1988-92 Active Attending Staff,
Departments of Dermatology and Pathology,
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
  1992- Consulting Staff, Pennsylvania Hospital,
Philadelphia, PA
  1992- Consulting Staff, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital,
Malvern, PA
  1992- Active Attending Staff, St. Francis Hospital,
Wilmington, DE
  1993- Active Attending Staff,
Christiana Care Health System,
(formerly, Medical Center of Delaware),
Wilmington, DE
  1994-97 Active Attending Staff, Chester County Hospital,
West Chester, PA
  1995-97 Active Attending Staff, Lankenau Hospital,
Wynnewood, PA
  1997- Courtesy Staff, Chester County Hospital,
West Chester, PA
  1997- Courtesy Staff, Lankenau Hospital,
Wynnewood, PA

 

Specialty Certification:
  1981 American Board of Pathology (Anatomic)
  1981 American Boards of Pathology and Dermatology
(Special Competence in Dermatopathology)
  1983 American Board of Dermatology

 

Licensure:    
  Pennsylvania and Delaware
New York (Inactive)

 

Awards, Honors and Membership in Honorary Societies:
  1970-73 James Scholar, University of Illinois
  1973 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Illinois
  1973 Phi Kappa Phi, University of Illinois
  1971 Phi Eta Sigma, University of Illinois
  2001 “Attending of the Year” Award, Durhing Clinic
Dept. of Dermatology, Univ. of Penn.

 

Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies:
  National Societies:
    American Medical Association
American Society of Dermatopathology (Fellow)
Society for Investigative Dermatology
American Academy of Dermatology (Fellow)
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
Friends of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Dermatology Foundation, (Leaders Society, 1995-
Present; Vice-Chair, Eastern PA, 1997-2000)
U.S. & Canadian Academy of Pathology (Fellow)
American Society for Mohs Surgery (Fellow)
     
  International Societies:
    International Society of Dermatopatholgoy
     
  Local Societies:
    Pennsylvania State Medical Society
Chester County Medical Society
Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology
College of Physicians of Philadelphia (Dermatology
Section)
Philadelphia Dermatology Society
Duhring Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Bond Society, Pennsylvania Hospital
Dermatology Society of Greater New York (1986-92)
Medical Society of Delaware Newcastle County Medical Society
Delaware Academy of Dermatology
(President, 1997-98)

 

Editorial Positions: None
Principal Investigator of Grants: None
Academic Committees at the University of Pennsylvania and Affliated Hospitals: None

 

Academic Committees at Institutions other than the University of Pennsylvania and Affiliated Hospitals:
   
Skin Cancer Health Improvement Committee
Christiana Care Health System
Wilmington, Delaware		 2000 - Present
   
Oversees development and implementation of Skin Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithms for Care Management

 

Major Teaching and Clinical Responsibilities at the University of Pennsylvania and Affiliated Hospitals:
  1984-87 Dermatopathology Lecture Series,
Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania
  1984-85 Dermatopathology Tutorial,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
(Dermatology “Bridge Curriculum”)
  1984-87 Clinic Attending (Preceptor), Dermatology Clinic,
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  1992- Clinic Attending (Preceptor), Dermatology Clinic,
Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania,
Department of Dermatology

 

Previous/Other Major Teaching and Clinical Responsibilities at Institutions other than the University of Pennsylvania:
  1982-83 Founder and Director, Pigmented Lesion Clinic
Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh
  1986-88 Clinic Attending (Preceptor), Beth Israel Hospital,
New York, NY
  1988-92 Clinic Chief, Department of Dermatology, Mt. Sinai
Hospital, New York, NY
  1991-92 Staff Dermatopathologist (part-time), Departments
of Dermatology and Pathology, Mt. Sinai Hospital,
New York, NY
  1990-92 Dermatopathology Tutorials and Teaching
Department of Dermatology, Mt. Sinai Hospital,
New York, NY
  1992- Clinical Preceptor, Residency Training Programs,
Christiana Care Health System (Delaware)
  1992- Clinical Preceptor, Residency Training Programs,
St. Francis Hospital (Delaware)

 

Lectures by Invitation:
  1983 Invited Lecturer in Dermatopathology,
Special Residents Lecture,
Department of Dermatology,
College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Columbia University
  1984 Duhring Lecture (“Lymphocytic Infiltrates of the
Skin”) Department of Dermatology
University of Pennsylvania
  1988 Noontime Lecture Series (“Pigmented Lesions”)
Paoli Memorial Hospital, Paoli, PA

 

Organizing Roles in Scientific Meetings: None

 

Bibliography:
  Research Publications, peer reviewed:
  1. Saruk, M. and Eisenstein, R.: Aortic Lesion in Marfan Syndrome. Arch. Pathol.Lab. Med. 101: 74-77, 1977
  2. Goldstein, H.R., Wechsler, M. and Saruk, M.: Carcinoma of the Gallbladder Simulating Metastatic Prostatic Cancer. Urology 14: 597-599. 1979
  3. Saruk, M: The “APUD” cell. An alternative view. Am J Dermatopathol.
    2 (2): 125-128, 1980
  4. Saruk, M., Stern, H., Tronic, B.S., Newman, R.D. and Livolsi, V.A.:
    Intrapulmonary Benign Cystic Teratoma. Conn Med 44: 689-690. 1980
  5. Lucky, A.W., Saruk, M. and Lerner, A.B.: Becker’s Nevus Associated with Limb Asymmetry. Arch. Dermatol. 117: 243. 1981
  6. Saruk, M., Taylor, M., Rudolph, I., Parhizgar, B.: Acrokeratoelastoidosis Cutis: 248-251 1983
  7. Saruk, M., Olsen, T.G. and Lucky, P,A.: Metastatic Epidermotropic
    Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Vagina. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 11: 353-356 1984
  8. Weinberg, J.M., Wolfe, J.T., Sood, S., Saruk, M., Rook. A.H., Spiers, E.M.: Cutaneous necrosis associated with recombinant interferon injection: Report of three cases with interferon beta-l b and a review of the literature Acta Derm Venereal. 77(2): 146-148 1997
  9. Phelps, R.G., Knispel, J., Tu, E. S., Cernainu, G. and Saruk, M: Immunoperoxidase technique for detecting spirochetes in tissue sections: comparison with other methods. Int. J. Dermatol. 39 (8): 609-613, 2000.
Contributions to peer-reviewed clinical research publications, participation cited but not by authorship: None
   
Research Publications, non-peer reviewed: None

Abstracts:

Knispel, J., Saruk, M., Cerainaug, G. Phelps, R.G. The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY: The Use of a Novel Immunoperoxidase Technique to Detect Spirochetes in Tissue Sections, Laboratory Investigations, vol. 68, 35A, abstract 185 1994

Editorials, Reviews, Chapters, including participation in committee reports:

Drug Hand Book: A Nursing Process Approach, by R. Alfaro-Le Ferre, M.E. Blicharz, N.M. Flynn, M.J. Boyer. Addison-Wesley, Redwood City, California 1992, (Cited Reviewer)

Books:

Practical Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Tumors, by V.A. Livolsi, M. Merino and M. Saruk, Medical Economics Books Company, Oradell, NJ 1984

Alternative Media: None
   
Patents: None