Wade S. Samowitz, M.D.

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Languages

English
Italian

Clinical Details

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

Specialties

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)
Cancer Center Programs	Cancer Control & Population Sciences

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)
Cancer Center Programs	Cancer Control & Population Sciences

Academic Office Locations

Academic Office Phone Number	Academic Office Address
(801) 581-5854	ARUP Medical Directors 500 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.