Wade S. Samowitz,
MD
Languages Spoken: English, Italian
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.
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pathology
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Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Anatomic Pathology |
| Board Certification | American Board of Pathology (Sub: Anatomic Path) |
| Cancer Center Programs | Cancer Control & Population Sciences |
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.
Academic Locations
ARUP Laboratories
801-583-2787
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pathology
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Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Anatomic Pathology |
| Board Certification | American Board of Pathology (Sub: Anatomic Path) |
| Cancer Center Programs | Cancer Control & Population Sciences |
Research Interests
- Colorectal Cancer Genetics
Education History
| 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. |