David A. Sauer, MD

Associate Professor

Medical Director, Cytopathology

Clinical Services

Genitourinary Pathology

ENT and Endocrine Pathology

Heart and Lung Pathology

Cytopathology

Education

MD, Oregon Health & Sciences University, 1996

MS (Geological and Planetary Sciences), California Institute of Technology, 1991

BS (Geology / Biology with minor in Chemistry), University of Alaska, 1989

Training

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, Oregon Health & Science University, 1996-2000

Cytopathology Fellowship, Oregon Health & Science University, 2000-2001

Board Certifications

Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, 2001

Cytopathology, 2003

Interests

Diagnostic Cytopathology, Head & Neck, Thyroid, and Pulmonary Pathology; Murine models of acute lung injury and head/neck tumors; Biomineralization; Inflammatory sinonasal lesions.

Publications

Nonas SA, Stubenrauch P, Robertson JA, Musso J, Sauer D, Gold J, The Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Sepsis-primed Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury (submitted).

Wagner J, Andersen P, Sauer D, Hamilton B, Imaging and Clinical Characteristics of Parotid Facial Nerve Schwannoma, Neurographics (accepted).

Graff-Baker, AM, Sauer D, Pommier SJ, Pommier RF, Expanded Criteria for Carcinoid Liver Debulking: Maintaining Survival and Increasing the Number of Eligible Patients, Surgery (accepted/in press).

Robertson JA, Sauer D, Gold JA, Nonas SA. The role of cyclooxygenase-2 in mechanical ventilation-induced lung injury. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2012 Sep;47(3):387-94. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0005OC. Epub 2012 May 3. PMID: 22556158

Hamilton BE, Nesbit GM, Gross N, Andersen P, Sauer D, Harnsberger HR. Characteristic imaging findings in lymphoceles of the head and neck. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Dec;197(6):1431-5. doi: 10.2214/AJR.10.6278. PMID: 22109299

Karamlou T, Kinder K, Tieu B, Sauer D, Schipper P, 2010, Mediastinal Hemangioma Arising in Setting of Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage to Azygous Vein in a 57-year old Female: Case Report and Review of the Literature, Ann Vasc Surg. 2011 May;25(4):559.e13-7. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2010.12.022. PMID: 21549938

Salter KS, Andersen PE, Cohen JI, Schuff KG, Lester L, Shindo ML, Sauer D, Gross ND, 2010, Central nodal metastases in papillary thyroid carcinoma based on tumor histology and focality, Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 136(7): 692-6.

Soler ZM, Sauer D, Mace J, Smith TL, 2010, Ethmoid histopathology does not predict olfactory outcomes after endoscopic sinus surgery; Am J Rhinol Allergy, 24(4): 281-5.

Soler ZM, Sauer D, Mace J, Smith TL, 2010, Impact of mucosal eosinophilia and nasal polyposis on quality of life outcomes after sinus surgery, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 142(1): 64-71.

Soler ZM, Sauer D, Mace J, Smith TL, 2009, Relationship between clinical measures and histopathologic findings in chronic rhinosinusitis, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery; 141(4):454-461.

Soler ZM, Sauer D, Smith TL, 2009, Malakoplakia of the frontal and ethmoid sinuses mimicking a mucocele, Laryngoscope, 119(6):1233-5.

Atilla, T, Ricketts-Loriaux R, Sauer D, Faigel, D, 2009, Celiac and perigastric lymph node metastasis of prostate cancer diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration, Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 23(7):479-480.

Lindsay RA, Sauer D, Weissman JL, Schindler JS, 2009, Diffuse subglottic laryngeal neurofibroma in an adult, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 141(4):545-546.

Jobe, B., Hunter, J., Chang, E., Kim, C., Eisen, G., Robinson, J., Diggs, B., O'Rourke, R., Rader, A., Schipper, P., Sauer, D., Peters, J., Lieberman, D., Morris, C., 2006, Office-Based Unsedated Small-Caliber Endoscopy is Equivalent to Conventional Sedated Endoscopy in Screening and Surveillance for Barrett's Esophagus, A Randomized and Blinded Comparison, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 101(12):2693-703.

Song, P., Sekhon, H., Arredondo, J., Sauer, D., Duan, J., Lupo, S., Gravett, C., Mark, G., Grando, S., Spindel, E., 2007, M3 muscarinic receptor antagonists inhibit small cell lung carcinoma growth and mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation induced by acetylcholine secretion, Cancer Research, 67(8): 3936-44.

Kobayashi, A., Kirshcvink, J., Nash, C., Koop, R., Sauer, D., Bertani, L., Voorhout, W., Taguchi, T., 2006, Experimental observation of magnetosome chain collapse in magnetotactic bacteria: Sedimentological, paleomagnetic and evolutionary implications, Earth and Planetary Sciences Letter, v. 245, pp. 538-550.

DeLoughery, T., Robertson, D., Smith, C., Sauer, D., 2004, Moderate Hypoxia Suppresses Exercise Induced Procoagulant Changes, British Journal of Hematology, v 125(3), pp 369-372.

Sauer, D. and Kirschvink, J., 1991, An experimental calibration of remnant magnetization: Implications for the packing geometry of magnetic crystals in rocks and cells/tissues (abstract), International Union of Geophysics, Vienna, Austria.