Jeffrey Schowinsky, MD

Professional Titles

• Co-Director, Surgical Pathology, University of Colorado Hospital
• Medical Director, Clinical Flow Cytometry Laboratory

Publications

• Schowinsky, J, DeMasters, BK et al. Natalizumab-associated complication? First case of peripheral T cell lymphoma. Acta Neuropathologica, March 10, 2012 (currently Online First, print publication to follow).
• Schowinsky, JT and DeMasters, BK. Natalizumab-associated T cell complications: First case of peripheral T cell lymphoma and second case of PML-IRIS with clonal T cell population. Poster abstract, 2012 USCAP Annual Meeting
• Aasen, G, Will, M, Liang, X, and Schowinsky, J. Novel Description of Prospective Diagnosis of Congenital Acute Leukemia On Initial Processing of Banked Umbilical Cord Blood and Potential Implications for Testing Laboratories. ASH Annual Meeting, Dec. 2012.
• Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, BK, Miravelle, A, Schowinsky, J,Corboy, J, & Vollmer, T. Update on PML and PML-IRIS occurring in multiple sclerosis patients treated with natalizumab. J Neuropath Exp Neur. 71(7): 604-17, Jul 2012.
• Jones M, Varella-Garcia M, Skokan M, Bryce S, Schowinsky J, Peters R, Vang B, Brecheisen M, Startz T, Frank N, Nankervis B. Genetic stability of bone marrow-derived human mesenchymal stromal cells in the Quantum System. Cytotherapy. 2013 Nov;15(11):1323-39. PubMed PMID: 23992670
• Olson DR, Schowinsky JT. Immunohistochemical Analysis of HMGA2 Expression Fails to Provide Evidence of a Neoplastic Basis for "Primary" Synovial Lipomatosis. Histopathology. 2015 Jan 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25585965
• Schowinsky JT, Ormond DR, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK. Tibial adamantinoma: late metastasis to the brain. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2015 Jan;74(1):95-7. PubMed PMID: 25470349
• Schowinsky JT, Ormond DR, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK. Tibial adamantinoma: late metastasis to the brain. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2015 Jan;74(1):95-7. PubMed PMID: 25470349
• Olson DR, Schowinsky JT. Immunohistochemical analysis of HMGA2 expression fails to provide evidence of a neoplastic basis for 'primary' synovial lipomatosis. Histopathology. 2015 Sep;67(3):420-2. PubMed PMID: 25585965
• Freeman JL, Oushy S, Schowinsky J, Sillau S, Youssef AS. Invasive Giant Cell Tumor of the Lateral Skull Base: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Case Illustration. World Neurosurg. 2016 Dec;96:47-57. PubMed PMID: 27269210
• Wells D, Strickland C, Schowinsky J, Lindeque B. Nontuberculous mycobacterial tenosynovitis: AIRP best cases in radiologic-pathologic correlation. Radiographics. 2015 Mar-Apr;35(2):493-7. PubMed PMID: 25763731
• Stevens B, Maxson J, Tyner J, Smith CA, Gutman JA, Robinson W, Jordan CT, Lee CK, Swisshelm K, Tobin J, Wei Q, Schowinsky J, Rinella S, Lee HG, Pollyea DA. Clonality of neutrophilia associated with plasma cell neoplasms: report of a SETBP1 mutation and analysis of a single institution series. Leuk Lymphoma. 2016;57(4):927-34. PubMed PMID: 26389776
• Schowinsky J, Leppert M, Ney D, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK. Prominent Vascular and Perivascular Eosinophilic Infiltrates Heralding CNS Mycosis Fungoides. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2015 Oct;74(10):948-51. PubMed PMID: 26352990
• Stevens B, Maxson J, Tyner J, Smith CA, Gutman JA, Robinson W, Jordan CT, Lee CK, Swisshelm K, Tobin J, Wei Q, Schowinsky J, Rinella S, Lee HG, Pollyea DA. Clonality of neutrophilia associated with plasma cell neoplasms: report of a SETBP1 mutation and analysis of a single institution series. Leuk Lymphoma. 2015 Oct 27;:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26389776
• Ayers R, Miller M, Schowinsky J, Burger E, Patel V, Kleck C. Three cases of metallosis associated with spine instrumentation. J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2017 Dec 1;29(1):3. (PMID 29196871)
• Villalobos VM, Hall F, Jimeno A, Gore L, Kern K, Cesari R, Huang B, Schowinsky JT, Blatchford PJ, Hoffner B, Elias A, Messersmith W. Long-Term Follow-Up of Desmoid Fibromatosis Treated with PF-03084014, an Oral Gamma Secretase Inhibitor. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 Sep 8. (PMID: 28887726)
• Melani C, Major A, Schowinsky J, Roschewski M, Pittaluga S, Jaffe ES, Pack SD, Abdullaev Z, Ahlman MA, Kwak JJ, Morgan R, Rabinovitch R, Pan Z, Haverkos BM, Gutman JA, Pollyea DA, Smith CA, Wilson WH, Kamdar M. PD-1 Blockade in Mediastinal Gray-Zone Lymphoma. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jul 6;377(1):89-91. (PMID: 28679093)
• Nooruddin Z, Miltgen N, Wei Q, Schowinsky J, Pan Z, Tobin J, Purev E, Gutman JA, Robinson W, Pollyea DA. Changes in allele frequencies of CSF3R and SETBP1 mutations and evidence of clonal evolution in a chronic neutrophilic leukemia patient treated with ruxolitinib. Haematologica. 2017 May;102(5):e207-e209. (PMID: 28209656)
• Winters AC, Gutman JA, Purev E, Nakic M, Tobin J, Chase S, Kaiser J, Lyle L, Boggs C, Halsema K, Schowinsky JT, Rosser J, Ewalt MD, Siegele B, Rana V, Schuster S, Abbott D, Stevens BM, Jordan CT, Smith C, Pollyea DA. Real-world experience of venetoclax with azacitidine for untreated patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Adv. 2019 Oct 22;3(20):2911-2919. PubMed PMID: 31648312
• Pei S, Pollyea DA, Gustafson A, Stevens BM, Minhajuddin M, Fu R, Riemondy KA, Gillen AE, Sheridan RM, Kim J, Costello JC, Amaya ML, Inguva A, Winters A, Ye H, Krug A, Jones CL, Adane B, Khan N, Ponder J, Schowinsky J, Abbott D, Hammes A, Myers JR, Ashton JM, Nemkov T, D'Alessandro A, Gutman JA, Ramsey HE, Savona MR, Smith CA, Jordan CT. Monocytic Subclones Confer Resistance to Venetoclax-Based Therapy in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancer Discov. 2020 Apr;10(4):536-551. PubMed PMID: 31974170
• Knez V, Liu X, Schowinsky J, Pan Z, Wang D, Lorsbach R, Lu C, Luedke C, Haag M, Carstens B, Swisshelm K, Yang LH, Jug R, Wang E, Liang X. Clinicopathologic and genetic spectrum of infantile B-lymphoblastic leukemia: a multi-institutional study. Leuk Lymphoma. 2019 Apr;60(4):1006-1013. PubMed PMID: 30188223
• Lee H, Li T, Wisell J, Schowinsky J, Robinson WA. Avapritinib for Cutaneous Mastocytosis. Acta Derm Venereol. 2021 Jan 5;101(1):adv00362. PubMed PMID: 33241424
• Abbott D, Cherry E, Amaya M, McMahon C, Schwartz M, Winters A, Schowinsky J, Jordan CT, Smith C, Gutman JA, Pollyea DA. The propriety of upgrading responses to venetoclax? ?azacitidine in newly diagnosed patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma. 2020 Dec 30;:1-9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33375853
• Abbott D, Cherry E, Amaya M, McMahon C, Schwartz M, Winters A, Schowinsky J, Jordan CT, Smith C, Gutman JA, Pollyea DA. The propriety of upgrading responses to venetoclax? ?azacitidine in newly diagnosed patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma. 2021 Jun;62(6):1466-1473. PubMed PMID: 33375853
• Lee H, Li T, Wisell J, Schowinsky J, Robinson WA. Avapritinib for Cutaneous Mastocytosis. Acta Derm Venereol. 2021 Jan 5;101(1):adv00362. PubMed PMID: 33241424
• Cherry EM, Abbott D, Amaya M, McMahon C, Schwartz M, Rosser J, Sato A, Schowinsky J, Inguva A, Minhajuddin M, Pei S, Stevens B, Winters A, Jordan CT, Smith C, Gutman JA, Pollyea DA. Venetoclax and azacitidine compared with induction chemotherapy for newly diagnosed patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Adv. 2021 Dec 28;5(24):5565-5573. PubMed PMID: 34610123
• Pei S, Shelton IT, Gillen AE, Stevens BM, Gasparetto M, Wang Y, Liu L, Liu J, Brunetti TM, Engel K, Staggs S, Showers W, Sheth AI, Amaya ML, Minhajuddin M, Winters A, Patel SB, Tolison H, Krug AE, Young TN, Schowinsky J, McMahon CM, Smith CA, Pollyea DA, Jordan CT. A Novel Type of Monocytic Leukemia Stem Cell Revealed by the Clinical Use of Venetoclax-Based Therapy. Cancer Discov. 2023 Sep 6;13(9):2032-2049. PubMed PMID: 37358260
• Saoud C, Schowinsky J, Ali SZ. Myxoid Soft Tissue Tumors: A 20-Year Experience on Fine Needle Aspiration with Application of the Proposed WHO Reporting System for Soft Tissue Cytopathology. Acta Cytol. 2023;67(5):468-481. PubMed PMID: 37231794
• Gutman JA, Winters A, Kent A, Amaya M, McMahon C, Smith C, Jordan CT, Stevens B, Minhajuddin M, Pei S, Schowinsky J, Tobin J, O'Brien K, Falco A, Taylor E, Brecl C, Zhou K, Ho P, Sohalski C, Dell-Martin J, Ondracek O, Abbott D, Pollyea DA. Higher-dose venetoclax with measurable residual disease-guided azacitidine discontinuation in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia. Haematologica. 2023 Oct 1;108(10):2616-2625. PubMed PMID: 37051756

Professional Memberships

• College of American Pathologists, Member
• United States and Canada Association of Pathologists, Member
• International Clinical Cytometry Society, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Hematology, Board Certification (2008)
• Anatomic and Clinical, Board Certification (2007)

• Cancers - Cancer Pathology
• Cancers