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Dr. Best is a medical director of Molecular Genetics and Genomics at ARUP and a professor of clinical pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Best received his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Pathology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed a fellowship in Clinical Molecular Genetics at the Vanderbilt University in Nashville. His research focuses on the genetics of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Specialties

  • Clinical Scientist
  • Pathology

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pathology - Professor (Clinical)
Pediatrics - Adjunct Assistant Professor
Academic Divisions Clinical Pathology
Pediatric Genetics
Board Certification American Board of Medical Genetics (Clinical Molecular Genetics)

Dr. Best is a medical director of Molecular Genetics and Genomics at ARUP and a professor of clinical pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Best received his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Pathology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed a fellowship in Clinical Molecular Genetics at the Vanderbilt University in Nashville. His research focuses on the genetics of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pathology - Professor (Clinical)
Pediatrics - Adjunct Assistant Professor
Academic Divisions Clinical Pathology
Pediatric Genetics
Board Certification American Board of Medical Genetics (Clinical Molecular Genetics)

Research Interests

  • Gene Discovery in Rare Disease
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Genetics of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Education History

Fellowship Vanderbilt University
Clinical Molecular Genetics
Clinical Fellow, 2009
Doctoral Training University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Molecular and Cellular Pathology
Ph.D., 2007
Undergraduate North Carolina State University
Biochemistry
B.S., 2002

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