Robert W. Pistey, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Robert Pistey, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. He was initially appointed in 2003 and since then he has worked as an attending physician, lab Instructor, mentor, and pathology resident lecturer. Many of his past students are fellows, assistant professors, and residents at universities like Johns Hopkins, Columbia, University of Washington, and Boston University. He is a member of the BMC Cancer Care Committee and regularly attends continuing medical education courses at Harvard Medical School.

Publications

  • Published 3/5/2025

    Krisciunas GP, Rodriguez-Diaz E, Berry L, Spokas G, A'Amar OM, Couey M, Edwards H, Gooey J, Hanks J, Lu Z, Lucas D, O'Leary M, Pistey R, Sakharkar M, Sayre K, Tracy J, Zhao G, Bigio IJ, Grillone GA. Elastic scattering spectroscopy for intraoperative oral cancer mucosal margin guidance: Initial results from a 104 patient cohort. Am J Otolaryngol. 2025; 46(3):104605. PMID: 40058291.

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  • Published 7/28/2017

    Grillone GA, Wang Z, Krisciunas GP, Tsai AC, Kannabiran VR, Pistey RW, Zhao Q, Rodriguez-Diaz E, A'Amar OM, Bigio IJ. The color of cancer: Margin guidance for oral cancer resection using elastic scattering spectroscopy. Laryngoscope. 2017 Sep; 127 Suppl 4:S1-S9. PMID: 28752518.

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  • Published 1/1/2016

    Mella-Catinchi JR, Sachs TE, Pistey R, Litle VR. A Malignant Incarcerated Bochdalek Hernia. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jan; 101(1):366. PMID: 26694283.

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  • Published 1/1/2012

    Pitsey R. Taking the Bite Out of the BARC: Getting Specimens from the BUMC Biospecimen Archive Research Core is Easier Than You Think!. 2012.

  • Published 11/1/2009

    McGee S, Mardirossian V, Elackattu A, Mirkovic J, Pistey R, Gallagher G, Kabani S, Yu CC, Wang Z, Badizadegan K, Grillone G, Feld MS. Anatomy-based algorithms for detecting oral cancer using reflectance and fluorescence spectroscopy. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2009 Nov; 118(11):817-26. PMID: 19999369.

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Education

  • Boston University School of Medicine, MD
  • Boston University, MA
  • Connecticut College, BA