Peter M Sadow, MD, PhD
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Specialties
Affiliation
Mass General Brigham
Provider Locations
- Boston, MA
- Danvers, MA
Dr. Sadow is Director of Head and Neck Pathology and Mass General Liaison for Endocrine Pathology. A summer research experience over 3 decades ago at Mass General Brigham, while an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University, launched a career in academic medicine. Dr. Sadow's first MGB project (and first publication) studied the effects of thyroid hormone on remodeling tissues. A desire to advance our knowledge of human disease drove Dr. Sadow to pursue MD and PhD degrees at the University of Chicago rather than pursuing another academic passion of his, Egyptian art and archaeology, having studied Egyptology along with biology as an undergraduate. He has maintained his archaeological interests, even as a pathologist at MGH, and he was in Egypt with a Johns Hopkins excavation team during the Arab Spring of 2011, with his most recent return in 2023.
Dr. Sadow's doctoral dissertation at the University of Chicago utilized genetic models to advance our knowledge of thyroid hormone-related physiology.
Fascinated by mechanisms of disease, Dr. Sadow pursued clinical training in Anatomic Pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he was born, followed by subspecialty training in Surgical Pathology.
His primary clinical and research interests focus on endocrine and head & neck cancers, studying the morphologic and molecular aberrations driving tumors of the thyroid, salivary glands, and lining of the oral cavity and throat.
In addition to his clinical & research interests, Dr. Sadow has prominent administrative, educational, and mentorship roles at Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School.
Education & Training
- Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Surgical Pathology, 2008
- Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Anatomic Pathology, 2007
- Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Pathology, 2005
- Medical Education: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 2004
Board Certifications
- Anatomic Pathology, American Board of Pathology
Languages Spoken
- English
Age Group Treated
- Adults
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- Medicare ACO
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- Cigna
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicaid CT
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- Blue Cross Blue Shield
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- Multiplan
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- Medicaid ME
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