JOSEPH J. GOSWITZ, M.D.

  Mercy Hospital Laboratory

4050 Coon Rapids Blvd
Coon Rapids, MN 55433

(763) 236-8190

fax (763) 236-8277

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Staff Pathologist, Hospital Pathology Associates, St Paul, MN, 1996 - present

• University of Minnesota Hospitals- Director of Cytopathology, March 1995-December 1995

• University of Minnesota Hospitals- Director of Head and Neck Pathology, March 1995-December 1995

• University of Minnesota Hospitals- Assistant Professor in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, July 1993-December 1995

• University of Minnesota Hospitals- Instructor in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, July 1992-June 1993

EDUCATION  

• Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Minnesota, 1988-1993

• Surgical Pathology Fellow, University of Minnesota, 1991-1992

• M.D. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1988

HONORS & AWARDS

• William A. O’Brien Award, University of Minnesota Medical School
• Sigma Xi, Carleton College
• Magna Cum Laude, Carleton College
• Dean’s List (top 10% of class), Carleton College
• Mortarboard National Honor Society, Carleton College

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

• Anatomic and Clinical Pathology - November 1993

• Cytopathology - July 1996

LICENSURE

• State of Minnesota - 1992

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS  

• American Society of Clinical Pathologists

• College of American Pathologists

• Hennepin County Medical Society

• Twin City Society of Pathologists

PUBLICATIONS

• J. J. Goswitz, C. E. Fasching, L. N. Sinn, K. E. Willard, L. R. Peterson.  Sequencing of the Gyr A gene in 30 strains of methicillen-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using asymmetric polymerase chain reaction and automated DNA sequencing.  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 1992;36:1166-9.
•  R. E. Nakhleh, J. Jones, J. J. Goswitz, E. Anderson, J. Titus.  Correlation of endomyocardial biopsy findings with autopsy findings in human cardiac allografts.  Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.  1992;11:479-485.

• J. J. Goswitz, S. Kubo, R. M. Bolman III, E. Braunlin, R. E. Nakhleh.  Pathology of heart transplantation:  Study of autopsied and explanted allografts with emphasis on biopsy findings.  Clinical Transplantation.  1992;46:450-457.

• J. J. Goswitz, S. J. Eastep, K. E. Willard, C. J. Scanholtzer, M. Pinnell, T. Singleton,  L. R. Peterson.  Clinical evaluation of the cytospin gram stain as a test for urinary tract infection.  American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 1993;99:132-136.

• T V. Adamkiewicz, D. Goodman, B. Burke, D. M. Lyerly, J. J. Goswitz, P. Ferrieri. Neonatal Clostridium sordellii toxic omphalitis.  Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1993;12:253-257.

• J. J. Goswitz, T. Kappel, K. Klingaman.  Fine needle aspiration of epithelioid sarcoma.  Diagnostic Cytopathology, 1993;9:677-681.

• T. J. Kappel, J. C. Manivel, J. J. Goswitz.   Reactive atypia in spinal fluid resembling post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in a cardiac transplant recipient.  Acta Cytologica, 1994;38:470-474.

• K. E. Dusenbery, J. W. Carlson, R. M. LaPorte, J. J. Goswitz, D. M. Roback, L. L. Adcock, R. A. Potish.  Radical vulvectomy with postoperative nodal radiotherapy: a reappraisal of the vulvar central block.  Int. J. Oncology Biol.  Phys., 1994;29:989-998.

• P. N. Olson, S. Mitchell, J. J. Goswitz, H. J. Griffiths.  Case Report:  Metastatic malignant meningioma to the vertebral body.  Skeletal Radiology, 1994 Jul;30:29(5):898-98.

• R.E. Nakhleh, D. E. R.  Sutherland, E. Benedetti, J. J. Goswitz, R. W. G. Gruessner.  Diagnostic utility of cystoscopically directed duodenal biopsies in pancreaticoduodenal transplants in the diagnosis of pancreatic dysfunction.  Transplant. Proc. 1995 Feb;27(1):1327-8.

• J. W. Cromwell, D. K. Granger, S. C. Chen, M. J. Lovdahl, K. Reher,  J. J. Goswitz, D. Morrow, E. Fluhler, D. Latta, R. Horwatt, F. Beierlie, D. Hicks, S. Seghal, D. Canafax, A. J. Matas.  Oral Rapamycin monotherapy prolongs renal allograft survival in a large animal model.  Transplantation, Jan27;59(2):183-6.  

• J. P. Fryer, J. R. Leventhal, A. P. Dalmasso, S. C. Chen, P. A. Simone,  J. J. Goswitz, N. L. Reinsmoen, A. J. Matas.  Beyond Hyperacute rejection:  facilitation of accelerated rejection in discordant xenografts by specific cell subsets.  Transplantation, 1995 Jan27;59(2)171-6. 

• T. J. Gilbert, J. J. Goswitz, H. Griffiths.  Radiographic case study.  Clear cell chondrosarcoma.  Orthopedics, 1995 Apr;18(4):407;410-2.

• R. E. Nakleh, E. Benedetti, A. Gruessner, C. Troppman, J. J. Goswitz, D. E. Sutherland, R. Gruessner.  Cytoscopic biopsies in pancreaticoduodenal transplantation.  Are duodenal biopsies indicative of  pancreatic dysfunction?  Transplantation, 1995 Sep27;60(6):541-6.

• E. M. Johnson, J. Leventhal, A. P. Dalmasso, J. Goswitz, P. Simone, S. Chen, A. J. Matas.  Inactivation of C3 and C5 prolongs cardiac xenograft survival and decreases leukocyte infiltration in a model of delayed xenograft rejection.  Transplant Proc. 1996 Apr;28(2):603.

• J. P. Fryer, S. Chen, E. Johnson, P. Simone, L. Sun, J. J. Goswitz, A. J. Matas.  Prolonged survival of discordant xenografts in a subset of compliment-depleted nude rats.  Transplant Proc. 1996 Apr;28(2):700.

• E. Johnson, J. Leventhal, A. Dalmasso, J. Goswitz, A. Matas.  Use of a novel CD116/CD18 inhibitory agent in a C6 deficient rat to evaluate delayed xenograft rejection.  Transplant Proc. 1996 Apr;28(2):728.

• T. J. Gilbert, J. J. Goswitz, J. T. Teynor, H. J. Griffiths.  Lipoblastoma of foot.  Skeletal Radiology.  1996 Apr;25(3):283-6.

• J. J. Goswitz, G. Pettinato, J, C. Manivel.  Testicular sex cord stromal tumors in pediatric patients:  clinicopathologic study of 16 cases with review of the literature.  Pediatric Pathology.  1996 May-June;16(3):451-70.

• E. M. Hartenbach, T. A. Olson, J. J. Goswitz, D. Mohanraj, L. B. Twiggs, L. F. Carson, S. Ramakrishnan.  Prognostic significance of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in advanced stage human epithelial ovarian carcinoma.  Cancer Lett. 1997 Dec23;121(2):169-75.

• R. C. Thompson, A. Garg, J. Goswitz, E. Cheng, D. Clohisy, K. Dusenbery.  Synovial Sarcoma.  Large size predicts poor outcome.  Clin Orthop. 2000 Apr;(373):18-24.