- Uterus transplant surgery
Lauren Ende Schwartz, MD
About me
- Director of Quality, Anatomic Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Associate Vice Chair, Quality and Patient Safety
- Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Schwartz specializes in Gynecological and Genitourinary Pathology.
My education and training
- Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Spoken languages
Insurance accepted
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Pathology - Anatomic Pathology, 2012
- American Society of Clinical Pathology, National
- College of American Pathologists, National
- International Society of Genitourinary Pathologists, International
- International Society of GYN Pathology, International
- Pathology Society of Philadelphia, Local
- Pennsylvania Association of Pathologists, Local
- United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology, National
- Penn Uterus Transplant Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Tanjina Kader, Yu-An Chen, Clemens B Hug, Jia-Ren Lin, Jeremy L Muhlich, Shannon Coy, Euihye Jung, Lauren E Schwartz, Thomas Fazio, Crystal Chiu, Scott T Ryall, Charles W Drescher, Peter K Sorger, Ronny Drapkin and Sandro Santagata. Spatial integration of protein and chromosomal states reveals early copy number changes and genotype-associated immune neighborhoods in serous ovarian cancer evolution , Cancer Discov: 2026
Allison Jorgensen, Daniel W Vermeer, Euihye Jung, Caitlin S Williamson, Dalia K Omran, Lauren E Schwartz, Ju-Yoon Yoon, Jeffrey Barr, Ashley L Tetlow, Camille V Trinidad, Ronny Drapkin, Andrew K Godwin and Paola D Vermeer. Tumor-Infiltrating Nociceptor Neurons in Ovarian Cancer Treatment Resistance , Adv Biol (Weinh), 10(3): 2026,e00404
Emily Ling-Lin Pai, Matthew N Nazarian, Alicia L Kenyon, Zied Abdullaev, Maria Arisi, Erika S Johnson, Lea F Surrey, Martha Quezado, Lauren E Schwartz, Kimberly L Dumoff, Kumarasen Cooper, Kenneth Aldape, Lawrence Kenyon, MacLean P Nasrallah, Arati S Desai. Longitudinal neuropathologic and molecular characterization of a retroperitoneal ependymoma , J Neuropathol Exp Neurol: 2025
Minyoung Jang, Lakeisha Mulugeta-Gordon, Joseph Carver, Natalie Tupper, Julie Barbera, Lauren Schwartz, Nawar Latif. Ovarian carcinoid tumor with carcinoid heart syndrome: A case report and literature review , Gynecol Oncol Rep, 62: 2025
Rebecca L Linn, Markolline Forkpa, Rita Leite, Jessenia C Guerrero, Maria C Reyes, Lauren E Schwartz, Rebecca A Simmons, Samuel Parry, Thea N Golden. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, the Human Placenta, and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes , Am J Pathol, 195(8): 2025,1457-1466
Olivia J Leung, Keshia E Mora, Alessandro Brunetti, Lauren E Schwartz Metastatic Malignancies to the Ovaries , Arch Pathol Lab Med: 2025
Jacqueline C Yano Maher, Mary B Zelinski, Kutluk H Oktay, Francesca E Duncan, James H Segars, Marla E Lujan, Hong Lou, Bohyun Yun, Sarina N Hanfling, Lauren E Schwartz, Monica M Laronda, Lisa M Halvorson, Kathleen E O'Neill, Veronica Gomez-Lobo. Classification of Human Ovarian Follicle Morphology: Recommendations of the NICHD-Sponsored Ovarian Nomenclature Workshop , Fertil Steril, 123(5): 2025,761-778
Ian Beddows, Svetlana Djirackor, Dalia K Omran, Euihye Jung, Natalie Nc Shih, Ritu Roy, Aaron Hechmer, Adam Olshen, Guillaume Adelmant, Ann Tom, Jacob Morrison, Marie Adams, Daniel C Rohrer, Lauren E Schwartz, Celeste Leigh Pearce, Heidi Auman, Jarrod A Marto, Charles W Drescher, Ronny Drapkin, Hui Shen. Impact of BRCA mutations, age, surgical indication, and hormone status on the molecular phenotype of the human Fallopian tube , Nat Commun, 16(1): 2025,2981
Pamela R de Santiago, Sho Sato, Stephanie J Zhang, Meaghan C Dougher, Kyle M Devins, Agnes J Bilecz, Sagar Rayamajhi, Gabriel Mingo, Hannah S Rendulich, Yi Feng, Connie Wu, Martin S Taylor, Yelena Zhuravlev, Euihye Jung, Dalia K Omran, Tian-Li Wang, Ie-Ming Shih, Lauren E Schwartz, Sarah Kim, Mark A Morgan, Janos L Tanyi, Kathleen H Burns, Ernst Lengyel, Carlos Parra-Herran, Andrew K Godwin, David R Walt, Ronny Drapkin. LINE-1 ORF1p expression occurs in clear cell ovarian carcinoma precursors and is a candidate blood biomarker , NPJ Precis Oncol, 6(9): 2025,62
Ian Beddows, Svetlana Djirackor, Dalia K Omran, Euihye Jung, Natalie Nc Shih, Ritu Roy, Aaron Hechmer, Adam Olshen, Guillaume Adelmant, Ann Tom, Jacob Morrison, Marie Adams, Daniel C Rohrer, Lauren E Schwartz, Celeste Leigh Pearce, Heidi Auman, Jarrod A Marto, Charles W Drescher, Ronny Drapkin and Hui Shen. Impact of BRCA mutations, age, surgical indication, and hormone status on the molecular phenotype of the human Fallopian tube , Nat Communication, 16(1): 2025,2981