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Angelica R. Putnam

Angelica R. Putnam, MD

Languages spoken: English
  • Dr. Putnam is an associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Pathology, located at Primary Children's Hospital. She serves as Director of Undergraduate Medical Education for the Department of Pathology and Director of Anatomic Pathology Quality Assurance/Improvement Program for the Division of Pediatric Pathology.

    Her interests include pediatric vascular lesions, soft tissue tumors, and sarcomas. She devotes most of her time to surgical pathology, teaching, developing undergraduate medical education curriculum, and authoring the medical textbooks Diagnostic Pathology: Non-Neoplastic Pediatric and Diagnostic Pathology: Pediatric Neoplasms with Elsevier.

    Dr. Putnam received her medical degree, completed residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology and fellowship training in pediatric pathology, all at the University of Utah School of Medicine. An additional fellowship in general surgical pathology was completed at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. She is Board Certified in Anatomic, Clinical, and Pediatric Pathology.

    Dr. Putnam is a member of several professional societies, including the College of American Pathologists, Society of Pediatric Pathology, Association of Pathology Chairs, and the International Association of Medical Science Educators. Her primary research interest is in pathology education.

    Specialties

  • Dr. Putnam is an associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Pathology, located at Primary Children's Hospital. She serves as Director of Undergraduate Medical Education for the Department of Pathology and Director of Anatomic Pathology Quality Assurance/Improvement Program for the Division of Pediatric Pathology.

    Her interests include pediatric vascular lesions, soft tissue tumors, and sarcomas. She devotes most of her time to surgical pathology, teaching, developing undergraduate medical education curriculum, and authoring the medical textbooks Diagnostic Pathology: Non-Neoplastic Pediatric and Diagnostic Pathology: Pediatric Neoplasms with Elsevier.

    Dr. Putnam received her medical degree, completed residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology and fellowship training in pediatric pathology, all at the University of Utah School of Medicine. An additional fellowship in general surgical pathology was completed at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. She is Board Certified in Anatomic, Clinical, and Pediatric Pathology.

    Dr. Putnam is a member of several professional societies, including the College of American Pathologists, Society of Pediatric Pathology, Association of Pathology Chairs, and the International Association of Medical Science Educators. Her primary research interest is in pathology education.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pathology -Primary

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Pathology - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Surgical Pathology - University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Fellow
    Residency Pathology - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Medicine - University of Utah M.D.
    Undergraduate Zoology - Weber State University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Lucas CG, Davidson CJ, Alashari M, Putnam AR, Whipple NS, Bruggers CS, Mendez JS, Cheshier SH, Walker JB, Ramani B, Cadwell CR, Sullivan DV, Lu R, Mirchia K, Van Ziffle J, Devine P, Goldschmidt E, Hervey-Jumper SL, Gupta N, Oberheim Bush NA, Raleigh DR, Bollen A, Tihan T, Pekmezci M, Solomon DA, Phillips JJ, Perry A (2022). Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals Divergent Clonal Evolution in Components of Composite Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma-Ganglioglioma. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 81(8), 650-657.
    2. Hamrick FA, Karsy M, Bruggers CS, Putnam AR, Hedlund GL, Cheshier SH (2021). Developmentally anomalous cerebellar encephalocele arising within the cerebellopontine angle and extending into the adjacent skull base in a pediatric patient. Childs Nerv Syst, 37(9), 2943-2947.
    3. Lucas CG, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Whipple N, Oberheim Bush NA, Cooney T, Chang S, McDermott M, Berger M, Cham E, Sun PP, Putnam A, Zhou H, Bollo R, Cheshier S, Poppe MM, Fung KM, Sung S, Glenn C, Fan X, Bannykh S, Hu J, Danielpour M, Li R, Alva E, Johnston J, Van Ziffle J, Onodera C, Devine P, Grenert JP, Lee JC, Pekmezci M, Tihan T, Bollen AW, Perry A, Solomon DA (2019). Myxoid glioneuronal tumor, PDGFRA p.K385-mutant: clinical, radiologic, and histopathologic features. Brain Pathol, 30(3), 479-494.
    4. Gardiner JD, Abegglen LM, Huang X, Carter BE, Schackmann EA, Stucki M, Paxton CN, Lor Randall R, Amatruda JF, Putnam AR, Kovar H, Lessnick SL, Schiffman JD (2016). C/EBPβ-1 promotes transformation and chemoresistance in Ewing sarcoma cells. Oncotarget, 8(16), 26013-26026.
    5. Opitz JM, Putnam AR, Comstock JM, Chin S, Byrne JL, Kennedy A, Frikke MJ, Bernard C, Albrecht S, Der Kaloustian V, Szakacs JG (2006). Mortality and pathological findings in C (Opitz trigonocephaly) syndrome. Fetal Pediatr Pathol, 25(4), 211-31.

    Case Report

    1. Yost CE, Putnam AR, Dishop MK, Jorgensen LO, Wirkus PE, Day RW (2020). A Long-Term Survivor With Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia. JACC Case Rep, 2(10), 1492-1495.
    2. Jaramillo C, Ermarth AK, Putnam AR, Deneau M (2019). Neonatal cholestasis and hepatosplenomegaly caused by congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type 1: A case report. World J Hepatol, 11(5), 477-482.

    Other

    1. Hamrick FA, Karsy M, Bruggers CS, Putnam AR, Hedlund GL, Cheshier SH (2021). Correction to: Developmentally anomalous cerebellar encephalocele arising within the cerebellopontine angle and extending into the adjacent skull base in a pediatric patient. Childs Nerv Syst (37(12), p. 3977). Germany.
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