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Dr. Schnadig

Vicki Jeanne Schnadig, M.D.

Professor, Department of Pathology;
Director, Division of Cytopathology;
Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program

University of Texas Medical Branch
9.300 John Sealy Annex
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-0548

Office: (409) 772-6655
Fax: (409) 772-8437
vschnadi@utmb.edu

Professional Education

Degree Institution Field of Study Graduation Year
B.S. University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Chemistry 1969
M.D. Northwestern University Medical School Medicine 1975

Honors

2009 American Medical Women’s Association , Women in Medicine Pre-clinical Award
2006 Best Anatomic Faculty Award, UTMB Department of Pathology
2005 Best Anatomic Faulty Award, UTMB Department of Pathology

Professional Affiliations

2008–Present College of American Pathologists
1988–Present United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
1983–Present American Society of Cytopathology

Research Interests

  1. Diagnostic cytopathology with >25 years experience in gynecologic and fine-needle aspiration cytology.
  2. Cytologic and histologic diagnosis of infectious and inflammatory diseases

Selected Publications

  1. Schnadig VJ, Clark WD, Clegg TJ, et. al: Invasive papillomatosis and squamous carcinoma complicating juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis. Arch Otol 112:966-971, 1986.
  2. Schnadig VJ, Davie KD, Shafer SK, Yandell RB, Islam MZ, Hannigan EV: The cytologist and bacterioses of the vaginal-ectocervical area: clues, commas and confusion. Acta Cytol 33:287-97, 1989.
  3. Peters BR, Schnadig VJ, Quinn FB, et. al: Interobserver variation in the interpretation of fine needle aspiration biopsies of head and neck masses. Arch Otolaryngol. 115:1438-42, 1989.
  4. Schnadig VJ, Bigio E, Gourley WK, et. al: Identification of Campylobacter pylori by endoscopic brush cytology. Diag
  5. Reed JG, Rubin SA, Schnadig VJ: Interventional procedures used for diagnosing and treating lung cancer. J Thoracic Imag  7:48-56, 1991.
  6. Thompson HY, Fulmer RP, Schnadig VJ: Metastatic squamous carcinoma of the tonsil presenting as multiple cystic neck masses: A case report with fine-needle aspirate findings. Acta Cytol 38:605-7, 1994
  7. Haque AK, Schnadig VJ, Rubin SA, Smith JH: Pathogenesis of human strongyloidiasis: autopsy and quantitative parasitic analysis. Mod Pathol 7:276-88, 1994.
  8. Smith MB, Schnadig VJ, Zaharopoulos P, Van Hook C: Disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum infection presenting as genital ulcerations. Obstet Gynecol 89:842-3, 1997
  9. Rady PL, Schnadig VJ, Weiss RL, Hughes TK, Tyring SK: Malignant transformation of recurrent papillomatosis associated with integrated human papillomavirus type 11 DNA and mutation of p53. Laryngoscope 108:435-40, 1998
  10. Kimura, M, Schnadig, VJ, McGinnis, M. Chlamydoconidia formation in zygomycosis due to Rhizopus sp. Arch Pathol Lab Med 122:1120-2, 1998
  11. Schnadig VJ, Rassekh C, Gourley WK: Allergic fungal sinusitis: diagnosis by intraoperative aspiration cytology. Acta Cytol 43:268-72, 1999
  12. Schnadig VJ, Adesokan A, Neal D, Gatalica Z: Urinary cytologic findings in patients with benign and malignant adenomatous polyps of the prostatic urethra. Arch Pathol Lab Med 124:1047-52, 2000
  13. Wang S, Filipowicz EA, Schnadig VJ: Abundant intracytoplasmic hemosiderin in both histiocytes and neoplastic cells: a diagnostic pitfall in fine-needle aspiration of cystic papillary renal cell c
  14. Smith M, Schnadig VJ, Boyars MC, Woods GL: Clinical and pathologic features of Mycobacterium fortuitum infections: an emerging pathogen in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Am J Clin Pathol 116:225-32, 2001
  15. Briggs RD, Pou AM, Schnadig VJ: Cystic metastasis versus branchial cleft   carcinoma, a diagnostic challenge. Laryngoscope 112:1010-4, 2002
  16. Smith MB, Molina CP, Schnadig VJ, Boyars MC, Aronson JF. Pathologic features of Mycobacterium kansasii infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Arch Lab Med 127:554-60, 2003
  17. Bhanot P, Yang J, Schnadig VJ, Logrono R. Role of FNA cytology and immunochemistry in the diagnosis and management of medullary thyroid carcinoma. Diagn Cytopathol 35:285-92, 2007
  18. Wang Z, Duarte AG, Schnadig VJ*.Fatal Reactive Hemophagocytosis Related to Disseminated Histoplasmosis with Endocarditis: An Unusual Case Diagnosed at Autopsy South Med J 100:208-11, 2007
  19. Schnadig VJ, Molina CP, Aronson JF. Cytodiagnosis in the Autopsy Suite: A Tool for Improving Autopsy   Quality and Resident Education. Arch Pathol Lab Med 131:1056-62, 2007
  20. Yang J, Schnadig VJ, Logroño R, Wasserman PG: Fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules: a study of    4,703 cases with histological and clinical correlations. Cancer 111:306-15, 2007

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