J Michael Berry-Lawhorn, MD

Clinical Professor - Recalled

Dr. J. Michael Berry-Lawhorn is a specialist in internal medicine and anal cancer. He helped pioneer the technique of high-resolution anoscopy to examine and biopsy abnormalities in the anal canal.

Berry-Lawhorn is co-director of HPV-related clinical studies (studies related to the human papillomavirus) at UCSF, particularly the form of HPV that can result in the presence of abnormal cells in genital-area skin. He is also involved in studies to develop and evaluate more effective and better-tolerated therapies for anal dysplasia.

Berry-Lawhorn earned a medical degree at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at UCSF and a fellowship in oncology at Stanford University.

Publications

  1. Hernandez AL, Hilton JF, Weatherly CS, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Jay N, Brickman C, Wang CJ, Kauffman J, Calderon J, Farhat S, Da Costa M, Akha AS, Darragh T, Palefsky JM. Prevalence of Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection and Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions Among Men Who Have Sex With Men 50 Years and Older Living With or Without HIV. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2024. PMID: 38985441


  2. Stier EA, Jain M, Joshi H, Darragh TM, Deshmukh AA, Lee J, Einstein MH, Jay N, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Palefsky JM, Wilkin T, Ellsworth G, French AL, Barroso LF, Levine R, Guiot HM, Rezaei MK, Chiao E. Two-Year Incidence and Cumulative Risk and Predictors of Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions (anal precancer) among Women with HIV. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023. PMID: 37805952


  3. Atkinson TM, Lensing S, Lee JY, Chang D, Kim SY, Li Y, Lynch KA, Webb A, Holland SM, Lubetkin EI, Goldstone S, Einstein MH, Stier EA, Wiley DJ, Mitsuyasu R, Rosa-Cunha I, Aboulafia DM, Dhanireddy S, Schouten JT, Levine R, Gardner E, Logan J, Dunleavy H, Barroso LF, Bucher G, Korman J, Stearn B, Wilkin TJ, Ellsworth G, Pugliese JC, Arons A, Burkhalter JE, Cella D, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Palefsky JM. Construct validity and responsiveness of a health-related symptom index for persons either treated or monitored for anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL): AMC-A01/-A03. Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 2023. PMID: 37020153


  4. Chowdhury S, Darragh TM, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Isaguliants MG, Vonsky MS, Hilton JF, Lazar AA, Palefsky JM. HPV Type Distribution in Benign, High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions and Squamous Cell Cancers of the Anus by HIV Status. Cancers 2023. PMID: 36765617


  5. Atkinson TM, Lynch KA, Vera J, Olivares NM, Webb A, Diamond LC, Gonz?lez J, Lubetkin EI, Bucher G, Rosa-Cunha I, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Levine R, Aboulafia D, Schouten J, Holland SM, Cella D, Palefsky JM. Linguistic validation of the Spanish version of the Anal Cancer High-Grade squamous intraepithelial lesions outcomes Research Health-Related Symptom Index (A-HRSI): AMC-A04. Journal of patient-reported outcomes 2022. PMID: 36219358


  6. Palefsky JM, Lee JY, Jay N, Goldstone SE, Darragh TM, Dunlevy HA, Rosa-Cunha I, Arons A, Pugliese JC, Vena D, Sparano JA, Wilkin TJ, Bucher G, Stier EA, Tirado Gomez M, Flowers L, Barroso LF, Mitsuyasu RT, Lensing SY, Logan J, Aboulafia DM, Schouten JT, de la Ossa J, Levine R, Korman JD, Hagensee M, Atkinson TM, Einstein MH, Cracchiolo BM, Wiley D, Ellsworth GB, Brickman C, Berry-Lawhorn JM, ANCHOR Investigators Group. Treatment of Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions to Prevent Anal Cancer. The New England journal of medicine 2022. PMID: 35704479


  7. Lee JY, Lensing SY, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Jay N, Darragh TM, Goldstone SE, Wilkin TJ, Stier EA, Einstein M, Pugliese JC, Palefsky JM, ANCHOR Investigators. Design of the anal cancer/HSIL outcomes research study (ANCHOR study): A randomized study to prevent anal cancer among persons living with HIV. 2022. PMID: 35017115


  8. Aninye IO, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Blumenthal P, Felder T, Jay N, Merrill J, Messman JB, Nielsen S, Perkins R, Rowen T, Saslow D, Trimble CL, Smith-McCune K. Gaps and Opportunities to Improve Prevention of Human Papillomavirus-Related Cancers. 2021. PMID: 34871035


  9. Ellsworth GB, Stier EA, Chiao EY, Lensing SY, Darragh T, Jay N, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Einstein M, Barroso LF, Cranston RD, Levine R, Guiot HM, French AL, Goldstone SE, Preiser W, Claassen M, Palefsky JM, Wilkin TJ, AIDS Malignancy Consortium. Xpert HPV as a Screening Tool for Anal Histologic High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions in Women Living With HIV. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2021. PMID: 34110312


  10. Ghebre R, Berry-Lawhorn JM, D'Souza G. State of the Science: Screening, Surveillance, and Epidemiology of HPV-Related Malignancies. American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting 2021. PMID: 33830827


  11. Chiao E, Lensing SY, Wiley DJ, Deshmukh AA, Lee J, Darragh TM, Einstein MH, Jay N, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Palefsky JM, Wilkin T, Barroso LF, Cranston RD, Levine R, Guiot HM, French AL, Citron D, Rezaei MK, Goldstone SE, Stier EA. Screening strategies for the detection of anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in women living with HIV. AIDS (London, England) 2020. PMID: 32947592


  12. Berry-Lawhorn JM. Improved Anal Cancer Outcomes: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel? Diseases of the colon and rectum 2020. PMID: 32969873


  13. Stier EA, Lensing SY, Darragh TM, Deshmukh AA, Einstein MH, Palefsky JM, Jay N, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Wilkin T, Wiley DJ, Barroso LF, Cranston RD, Levine R, Guiot HM, French AL, Citron D, Rezaei MK, Goldstone SE, Chiao E. Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Anal High-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions in Women Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2019. PMID: 31292602


  14. Savoie MB, Laffan A, Brickman C, Daniels B, Levin A, Rowen T, Smith J, Van Blarigan EL, Hope TA, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Anwar M, Van Loon K. A multi-disciplinary model of survivorship care following definitive chemoradiation for anal cancer. BMC cancer 2019. PMID: 31510960


  15. Berry-Lawhorn JM, Sanchez JA. Now Is the Time to Work Together! Diseases of the colon and rectum 2019. PMID: 31397755


  16. Hillman RJ, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Ong JJ, Cuming T, Nathan M, Goldstone S, Richel O, Barrosso LF, Darragh TM, Law C, Bouchard C, Stier EA, Palefsky JM, Jay N. International Anal Neoplasia Society Guidelines for the Practice of Digital Anal Rectal Examination. Journal of lower genital tract disease 2019. PMID: 30907777


  17. Goldstone SE, Lensing SY, Stier EA, Darragh T, Lee JY, van Zante A, Jay N, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Cranston RD, Mitsuyasu R, Aboulafia D, Palefsky JM, Wilkin T. A randomized clinical trial of infrared coagulation ablation versus active monitoring of intra-anal high-grade dysplasia in HIV-infected adults: An AIDS Malignancy Consortium trial. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018. PMID: 30060087


  18. Ellsworth GB, Lensing SY, Ogilvie CB, Lee JY, Goldstone SE, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Jay N, Stier EA, Logan JS, Einstein MH, Saah A, Mitsuyasu RT, Aboulafia D, Palefsky JM, Wilkin TJ. A delayed dose of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine demonstrates immune memory in HIV-1-infected men. Papillomavirus research (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2018. PMID: 29807211


  19. Burkhalter JE, Atkinson TM, Berry-Lawhorn J, Goldstone S, Einstein MH, Wilkin TJ, Lee J, Cella D, Palefsky JM. Initial Development and Content Validation of a Health-Related Symptom Index for Persons either Treated or Monitored for Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions. Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2018. PMID: 30098677


  20. Moscicki AB, Darragh TM, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Roberts JM, Khan MJ, Boardman LA, Chiao E, Einstein MH, Goldstone SE, Jay N, Likes WM, Stier EA, Welton ML, Wiley DJ, Palefsky JM. Screening for Anal Cancer in Women. Journal of lower genital tract disease 2015. PMID: 26103446


  21. Berry-Lawhorn JM, Chrobak D, Jay N, Palefsky JM. Who is ready to screen for anal squamous intraepithelial lesions and why should they perform high-resolution anoscopy? Sexually transmitted diseases 2014. PMID: 24622637


  22. Berry JM, Palefsky JM, Jay N, Cheng SC, Darragh TM, Chin-Hong PV. Performance characteristics of anal cytology and human papillomavirus testing in patients with high-resolution anoscopy-guided biopsy of high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia. Diseases of the colon and rectum 2009. PMID: 19279418