J Michael Berry-Lawhorn, MD

Clinical Professor - Recalled
Medicine
+1 415 885-7817

Dr. J. Michael Berry-Lawhorn is a Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology Oncology, who retired as of July 2021. He returned for a recall appointment in August 2021, seeing patients 2 days per week. He was formerly, the Protocol Co-Chair of the ANCHOR study and local UCSF site PI.

Dr. Berry-Lawhorn is an internist and anal dysplasia specialist who has helped pioneer the technique of high-resolution anoscopy to examine and biopsy abnormalities in the anal canal. He is involved in studies to develop and evaluate more effective and better-tolerated therapies for anal dysplasia.

He has spent over 28 years specializing in the management of anal precancerous lesions and the early detection and treatment of anal cancer. He was a principal faculty member of the IANS HRA course designed to teach the skills of HRA in managing all phases of anal neoplasia to all levels of providers. Previously he had a very busy clinic practice dedicated to this field, but currently is spending less time in clinic seeing patients. He is expected to retire from clinical practice in August 2022. Dr. Berry-Lawhorn hopes to analyze the UCSF cohort of patients diagnosed with early small anal cancers treated conservatively without radiation once he retires from clinical practice.

Dr. Berry-Lawhorn earned a medical degree at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and a fellowship in medical oncology at Stanford University.

Publications: 

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)

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

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

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

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

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

HPV Type Distribution in Benign, High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions and Squamous Cell Cancers of the Anus by HIV Status.

Cancers

Chowdhury S, Darragh TM, Berry-Lawhorn JM, Isaguliants MG, Vonsky MS, Hilton JF, Lazar AA, 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

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

Treatment of Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions to Prevent Anal Cancer.

The New England journal of medicine

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

Design of the anal cancer/HSIL outcomes research study (ANCHOR study): A randomized study to prevent anal cancer among persons living with HIV.

Contemporary clinical trials

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

Gaps and Opportunities to Improve Prevention of Human Papillomavirus-Related Cancers.

Journal of women's health (2002)

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

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)

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

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

Ghebre R, Berry-Lawhorn JM, D'Souza G

Screening strategies for the detection of anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in women living with HIV.

AIDS (London, England)

Chiao EY, 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

Improved Anal Cancer Outcomes: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Diseases of the colon and rectum

Berry-Lawhorn JM

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

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

A multi-disciplinary model of survivorship care following definitive chemoradiation for anal cancer.

BMC cancer

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

Now Is the Time to Work Together!

Diseases of the colon and rectum

Berry-Lawhorn JM, Sanchez JA, Prepared on Behalf of the Board of the International Anal Neoplasia Society

International Anal Neoplasia Society Guidelines for the Practice of Digital Anal Rectal Examination.

Journal of lower genital tract disease

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

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Infrared Coagulation Ablation Versus Active Monitoring of Intra-anal High-grade Dysplasia in Adults With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: An AIDS Malignancy Consortium Trial.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

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 delayed dose of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine demonstrates immune memory in HIV-1-infected men.

Papillomavirus research (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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

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

Burkhalter JE, Atkinson TM, Berry-Lawhorn J, Goldstone S, Einstein MH, Wilkin TJ, Lee J, Cella D, Palefsky JM, ANCHOR HRQOL Implementation Group

Screening for Anal Cancer in Women.

Journal of lower genital tract disease

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

Who is ready to screen for anal squamous intraepithelial lesions and why should they perform high-resolution anoscopy?

Sexually transmitted diseases

Berry-Lawhorn JM, Chrobak D, Jay N, Palefsky JM