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Wade S. Samowitz, M.D.

Specialties

  • Gastrointestinal Pathology
  • Pathology
  • Surgical Pathology

Languages

  • English
  • Italian

Clinical Details

Locations

Schedule An Appointment Clinical Office Address
(801) 581-2507 University Hospital
Pathology
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
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Bio

Dr. Samowitz is the medical director for numerous molecular tests in gastrointestinal cancer and other tumors, including microsatellite instability by IHC and PCR, mutational testing for BRAF, PIK3CA, and NRAS, evaluation for molar pregnancy, and specimen identification.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pathology - Professor
Academic Divisions Anatomic Pathology
Board Certification American Board of Pathology (Sub: Anatomic Path)

Academic Profile

Research Interests

  • Colorectal Cancer Genetics

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pathology - Professor
Academic Divisions Anatomic Pathology
Board Certification American Board of Pathology (Sub: Anatomic Path)

Academic Office Locations

Academic Office Phone Number Academic Office Address
(801) 581-5854 ARUP
Medical Directors
546 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Academic Bio

Dr. Samowitz is a staff pathologist for the Anatomic Pathology Division at ARUP and a professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is an investigator at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and a member of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program. He received his MD from SUNY Downstate, and completed residency training in anatomic pathology at the University of Chicago and fellowships in gastrointestinal pathology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Specializing in gastrointestinal pathology and the molecular genetics of colorectal cancer.

Education

Education History

Type School Degree
Fellowship Johns Hopkins University
Pathology		 Fellow
Residency University of Chicago Hospital
Pathology		 Resident
Internship University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Internal Medicine		 Intern
Fellowship University of Texas Health Science Center
Cardiovascular Pathology		 Fellow
Professional Medical SUNY at Brooklyn
Medicine		 M.D.
Undergraduate Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences
 B.A.

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