- Specialty:
Subspecialty:
- Pathology
Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
- Board Certification:
-
Pathology -- Anatomic and Clinical Patholgy
CARMEN TORNOS MD
BREAST PATHOLOGY
GYNECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY
PATHOLOGY
AETNA
AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
APA PARTNERS
BEECH STREET
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS HMO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS OTHER PLANS
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS SENIOR PLAN
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
GHI CBP
GHI HMO
GREAT WEST HEALTHCARE
HEALTH NET
HEALTHFIRST
HEALTHNET FEDERAL SERVICES (TRICARE)
HIP
ISLAND GROUP ADMINISTRATION
MAGNACARE
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
NO FAULT
OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
UNITED EMPIRE PLAN
UNITED HEALTHCARE
US FAMILY HEALTH PLAN
VYTRA (except SMART START)
WORKMANS COMP
Education & Training
- Medical Degree:
- Universidad Autonoma, Barcelona, Spain
- Residency:
- Ciudad Sanitaria Valle de Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
- Fellowship:
-
Surgical Pathology, Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Academic & Other
- Teaching Activity:
- Pathology
- Year Appointed at
Stony Brook:
- 1998
Medical Degree with Outstanding Award Universidad Autonoma, Barcelona, SPAIN;
Helen Chu Wagner Award in Recognition of Scholastic Achievement by a Resident in the Field of Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, TX;
Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Accomplishment of an Independent Clinical Research Project Competition for Fellows, Residents and Project Investigators University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- Clinical Practice Began:
- 1977
- Languages:
- French, Spanish
Locations
-
PATHOLOGY
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER,
NICOLLS ROAD,
STONY BROOK,
NY 11794-7025.


Selected Publications
Tornos C, Soslow R, Chen S, Akram M, Hummer A, Abu-Rustun N, Norton L, Tan LK. WT1, CA 125, and GCDFP-15 as useful markers in the differential diagnosis of primary ovarian carcinomas versus metastatic breast cancer to the ovary. Am J Surg Pathol. 29:1482-1489, 2005.
Liberman L, Tornos C, Huzjan R, Bartella l, Morris E, Dershaw D Is surgical excision warranted after benign concordant diagnosis of papilloma at percutaneous breast biopsy? Am J Roentgenology, 186:1328-34, 2006.
Black D, Soslow RA, Levine DA, Tornos C, Chen SC, Hummer AJ, Bogomolniy F, Olvera N, Barakat RR, Boyd J. Clinicopathologic significance of defective DNA mismatch repair in endometrial carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 24:1745-53, 2006
Howell NR, Zheng W, Cheng L, Tornos C, Kane, P, Pearl M, Chalas E, Liang SX, Carcinomas of ovary and lung with clear cell features: Differential diagnosis base on immunohistochemistry. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 26:134-140, 2007
Bell D, Kane P, Liang S, Conway C, Tornos C. Vulvar varices: An uncommon entity in surgical pathology. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 26 (1):99-101, 2007
Modica I, Soslow RA, Black D, Tornos C, Kauff N, Shia J.Utility of immunohistochemistry in predicting microsatellite instability in endometrial carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 31:744-751, 2007.
Black D, Tornos C, Soslow R, Awtrey CS, Barakat RR, Chi DS. The Outcomes of Patients with Positive Margins after Excision for Intraepithelial Paget's Disease of the Vulva. Gynecol Oncol. 104:547-550, 2007
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