Diana Yoon Schwartz's Résumé

Training:

Plastic Surgery:

Residency
2006-2008
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
Chief Resident, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

General Surgery:

Residency
2005-2006
University of California (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA
Administrative Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, General Surgery
Residency
2003-2005
1998-2000
University of California (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA
Resident, Department of Surgery, General Surgery

Education:

Graduate School
2000-2006
University of California (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA
Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Pathology
Medical School
1994-1998
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
M.D. with Honors
Undergraduate
1989-1993
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Bachelor of Arts in Economics, GPA: 3.80
High School
1985-1989
Tenafly High School
Tenafly, New Jersey
High School Diploma
Graduated in Top 5% of class, GPA: 3.90

Past Experience:

2000-2002 Scheduling Coordinator, General Surgery
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Woodland Hills, CA
1993-1994 Management Consultant, Financial Analyst
American Practice Management, Inc., New York, NY
1995 Histology Teaching Assistant
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Department of Cell Biology, Mel Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
1995-1996 Computer Teaching Program Editor
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Department of Cell Biology, Mel Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
Edited www histology teaching program.

Honors & Awards:

Residency:

2006 Wilma Miley Morton Research Award
UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
2006 Outstanding Student Teaching Award
UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
2002-2003 Outstanding Student Teaching Award
UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
2001-2002 Outstanding Student Teaching Award
UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
2002 Best Resident Research Award, First Prize
American College of Surgeons-Southern California Chapter
2000 Outstanding 2nd Year Resident Award, "2nd Year Resident of the Year"
UCLA Department of Surgery
1999 Outstanding 1st Year Resident Award, "Intern of the Year"
UCLA Department of Surgery

Medical School:

1998 New York University Honors Program Research Award
1998 New York University Honors in Biochemistry Research
1998 James Constantine Research Award
1997 Lange Medical Publication Award

Undergraduate and High School:

1993 Departmental Honors in Economics and Organic Chemistry
Brown University, Providence, RI
1989 Women's Club of Tenafly Scholarship, $20,000
Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ
1989 Garden State Scholar
Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ

Licensure and Certification

October 2007 American Board of Surgery
2007-present The Medical Board of New York License
2003-present Advanced Trauma Life Support
2000-present Drug Enforcement Agency License
1999-present The Medical Board of California License
1998-present Advanced Cardiac Life Support
1999 USMLE Step 3 passed
1998 USMLE Step 2 passed
1996 USMLE Step 1 passed
1995-present Basic Cardiac Life Support

Research:

2000- 2006 Graduate Student, Ph.D.
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Oliver Hankinson, Ph.D.
Dissertation: The Role of ARNT (Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator) in Carcinogenesis.
2000-present Research Fellow
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Ronald Hirshberg Foundation of Pancreatic Research, Howard Reber, M.D. and Joe Hines, M.D.
Current Project: Cambridge Human Serum Protein Biomarker Profiling Project.
1995-1998 Biomedical Research Associate
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Departments of Biochemistry and Ob-Gyn, Charles J. Lockwood, M.D. and Seth Guller, Ph.D.
Honors Thesis: The Biomolecular Mechanism of Anti-Inflammatory Mediators in Placenta and Fetal Membranes.
1992 Biomedical Research Assistant
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
Department of Cell Biology, Pamela Stanley, Ph.D.
Summer Undergraduate Research Program: The Characterization of New (1,3) Fucosyltransferases in Newly-Isolated Mutant CHO Cells.
1991-1992 Biomedical Research Assistant
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI
Department of Surgery, Hae Won Kim, Ph.D.
Independent Study: The effect of polyhemoglobin solution on rat Kupffer cell function using perfused rat livers.

Extracurricular and Volunteer Activities:

2006-2007 Resident Representative for Infection Control Committee
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
2004-2006 Resident Representative for the Executive Board Committee
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2000-2006 Surgery Education Committee
UCLA School of Medicine,
Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, CA
2000-2003 Resident Instructor for Medical Student Knot Tying Course
UCLA School of Medicine,
Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, CA
2000-2003 Resident Instructor for Medical Student Surgery Orientation
UCLA School of Medicine,
Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, CA
2000-2001 Operating Room Committee
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
1996-1997 President of Class
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
1988-1989 President of Class
Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ

Professional Organizations:

2002-present American College of Surgeons, Candidate
1999-present American Medical Association
1994-1998 American Medical Student Association

Grants:

1995-1998 NIH (5T35 DK07421)
Study the effects of anti-inflammatory mediators on extracellular matrix proteins.
2002-2006 Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Genomic Exploration Seed Grant
Study the effects of dioxin on human breast cancer.

Bibliography:

Publications:

Potvin B, Yoon DY, Stanley P. Identification of New α(1,3) Fucosyltransferase Activities of CHO Cells. The Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 1993; S17A: 373.

Yoon DY, Ma YH, Lockwood CJ, Guller, S. Evidence of a Protein Intermediate in the Mechanism of Glucocorticoid Inhibition of Fibronectin Expression in Human Placental Cytotrophoblasts. Journal of the Society of Gynecologic Investigation 4(1): 244, 1997 February.

Yoon DY. Dexamethasone-Mediated Inhibition of Fibronectin Expression in Cytotrophoblasts Involves Protein Intermediate. The Journal of the Bellevue Obstetrical and Gynecological Society Vol 13: 56, Spring 1997.

Yoon DY, Ma YH, Krikun G, Lockwood CJ, LaChapelle L, Guller S. Glucocorticoid effects in the human placenta: evidence that dexamethasone-mediated inhibition of fibronectin expression in cytotrophoblasts involves a protein intermediate. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1998 Feb;83(2):632-7.

Yoon DY, Hines OJ, Bilchik AJ, Lewin K, Cortina G, Reber HA. Solid and Papillary Epithelial Neoplasms of the Pancreas: Aggressive Resection for Cure. Am Surg 2001; 67(12):1195-9.

Yoon DY, Buchler P, Saarikoski S, Hines OJ, Reber HA, Hankinson O. Identification of Genes Differentially Induced by Hypoxia in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 288 (4): 882-6.

Yoon DY and Reber HA. Pancreatic Surgery. Current Opinion in Gastroenterology 2001; 17:441-445.

Yoon DY, Chu J, Chandler C, Hiyama S, Thompson JE, Hines OJ. Human Cytokine Levels in Nonperforated versus Perforated Appendicitis: Molecular Serum Markers for Extent of Disease? Am Surg 2002; 68(12):1033-7.

Beischlag, TV, Taylor RT, Rose DW, Yoon DY, Chen Y, Lee WH, Rosenfeld MG, Hankinson, O. Recruitment of Thyroid Hormone Receptor/Retinoblastoma-interacting Protein 230 by the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator Is Required for the Transcriptional Response to Both Dioxin and Hypoxia. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 279(52): 54620-54628.

Hsu, E, Yoon D, Choi HH, Wang F, Taylor RT, Chen N, Zhang R, Hankinson O. A Proposed Mechanism for the Protective Effect of Dioxin Against Breast Cancer. Toxicological Sciences. 2007 Aug;98(2):436-44.

Diana Yoon MD, PhD, Nir Hoftman MD, Wendy Ren MD, Fardad Esmailian, Paul Schmidt MD, Aman Mahajan MD, PhD. Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Chest Trauma. The Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care. Accepted for publication. Manuscript Number: JOT-2006-11513R2.

Kevork K. Kazanjian, MD, O. Joe. Hines, MD, John P. Duffy, MD; Diana Y. Yoon,MD; Galen Cortina, MD, PhD*, and Howard A. Reber, MD. Survival Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas is Improving:The Influence of Operative Blood Loss. Accepted for publication. Archives of Surgery.

Staffenberg DA, Yoon-Schwartz DY. Scaphocephaly Repair: Calvarial Vault Remodeling Using a Combination of Resorbable Fixation and a Suture Trellis. Accepted for publication.

Abstracts:

Potvin B, Yoon DY, Stanley P. Identification of New α(1,3) Fucosyltransferase Activities of CHO Cells. Paper presented at the Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Keystone, Colorado, Jan 1993.

Yoon, DY. Affirmative Action in Medicine. Presented at the American Association of Medical Colleges, San Francisco, California, Nov 1996.

Yoon DY, Ma YH, Lockwood CJ, Guller, S. Evidence of a Protein Intermediate in the Mechanism of Glucocorticoid Inhibition of Fibronectin Expression in Human Placental Cytotrophoblasts. Paper presented at the Society of Gynecologic Investigation, San Diego, California, March 1997.

Yoon DY, Hines OJ, Bilchik AJ, Lewin K, Cortina G, Reber HA. Solid and Papillary Epithelial Neoplasms of the Pancreas: Aggressive Resection for Cure. Paper presented at the meeting of the American College of Surgeons-Southern California Chapter, January 2001.

Yoon DY, Buchler P, Saarikoski S, Rivera, SP, Hines OJ, Reber HA, Hankinson O. Hypoxia Inducible Genes in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum, October 2001.

Yoon DY, Chu J, Chandler C, Hiyama S, Thompson JE, Hines OJ. Human Cytokine Levels in Nonperforated versus Perforated Appendicitis: Molecular Serum Markers for Extent of Disease? Paper presented at the meeting of the American College of Surgeons-Southern California Chapter, January 2002.

Hsu EL, Yoon DY, Choi HH, Hankinson O. Mechanism of Chemoprevention of AHR Ligands for Breast and Ovarian Cancer. University of California TSR&TP Annual Meeting Riverside, CA. Presented October 2005.

Hsu EL, Yoon DY, Choi HH, Hankinson O. A Novel Mechanism for the Chemoprotection of TCDD for Breast Cancer. Southern California Regional Chapter, Society of Toxicology (SCCSOT) Annual Meeting, Irvine, CA. Presented October 2006.

Hsu EL, Yoon DY, Choi HH, Hankinson O. A Novel Mechanism for the Chemoprotection o TCDD for Breast Cancer. Platform Presentation at the 46th Annual Meeting for the Society of Toxicology, Charlotte, North Carolina. Presented March 28, 2007.

Diana Y. Yoon-Schwartz MD, PhD, Su-i Daniel Huang MD, Alex Keller MD. The Internal Thoracic Vessels as Recipients in Microsurgery for Breast Reconstruction in Patients with Prior Median Sternotomy (Case Report). Presented at the American College of Surgeons Plastic Surgery Section. January 20, 2008.

Diana Y. Yoon-Schwartz MD, PhD, Su-i Daniel Huang MD, Alex Keller MD. The Internal Thoracic Vessels as Recipients in Microsurgery for Breast Reconstruction in Patients with Prior Median Sternotomy . Presented at the The New York Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons-Resident's Night. March 3, 2008.

Book Chapters:

Yoon, DY. The Role of ARNT in Carcinogenesis. In: The Role of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator (ARNT) in Carcinogenesis. Published in Ann Arbor by UMI in 2007: 1-5.

Yoon, DY. Identification of Genes Differentially Induced by Hypoxia in pancreatic Cancer Cells. In: The Role of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator (ARNT) in Carcinogenesis. Published in Ann Arbor by UMI in 2007: 6-10.

Yoon, DY. Differential Toxicogenomic Responses to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in Human Breast Cancer Cells. In: The Role of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator (ARNT) in Carcinogenesis. Published in Ann Arbor by UMI in 2007: 11-29.

Yoon, DY. The Effect of Modulating ARNT Expression During the Growth of Mouse Hepatomas. In: The Role of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator (ARNT) in Carcinogenesis. Published in Ann Arbor by UMI in 2007: 30-47.

Yoon, DY. Recruitment of TRIP 230 by ARNT. In: The Role of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator (ARNT) in Carcinogenesis. Published in Ann Arbor by UMI in 2007: 48-56.

Conferences and Lectures:

March 2002 Wisconsin Surgical Club Research Program
Los Angeles, CA
"Animal Models in Cancer Research"
January 2002 American College of Surgeons-Southern California Chapter
Santa Barbara, CA
"Human Cytokine Levels in Nonperforated versus Perforated Appendicitis: Molecular Serum Markers for Extent of Disease?"
January 2002 Wunderman Foundation Research Presentation
Los Angeles, CA
"Dioxin and Hypoxia Inducible Gene Transcription"
October 2001 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum
New Orleans, LA
"Hypoxia Inducible Genes in Pancreatic Cancer"
September 2001 Hirshberg Foundation Research Presentation
Los Angeles, CA
"Identification of Novel Hypoxia Inducible Genes in Pancreatic Cancer"
April 2001 UCLA Department of Surgery Grand Rounds Presentation
Los Angeles, CA
"Pancreatic Cancer"
June 1997 Bellevue Obstetrical & Gynecological Society Annual Meeting
New York, NY
"Dexamethasone-Mediated Inhibition of Fibronectin Expression In Cytotrophoblasts Involves Protein Intermediate."
March 1997 Society for Gynecologic Investigation
San Diego, CA
"Evidence of a Protein Intermediate in the Mechanism of Glucocorticoid Inhibition of Fibronectin Expression in Human Placental Cytotrophoblasts."
November 1996 American Association of Medical Colleges
San Francisco, CA
"Affirmative Action in Medicine."
January 1993 Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology
Keystone, CO
"Identification of New (1,3) Fucosyltransferase Activities of CHO Cells."

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