Angelica R. Putnam
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Angelica R. Putnam, MD

Languages spoken: English

Dr. Putnam is a 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

Board Certification

American Board of Pathology (Anatomic & Clinical)
American Board of Pathology (Sub: Pediatric Pathology)

Dr. Putnam is a 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 -Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification
American Board of Pathology (Anatomic & Clinical)
American Board of Pathology (Sub: Pediatric Pathology)

Education history

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. 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 D (2020). Myxoid glioneuronal tumor, PDGFRA p.K385-mutant: clinical, radiologic, and histopathologic features. Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland), 30(3), 479-494.
  2. Hamrick FA, Karsy M, Bruggers CS, Putnam AR, Hedlund GL, Cheshier S (2021). Developmentally anomalous cerebellar encephalocele arising within the cerebellopontine angle and extending into the adjacent skull base in a pediatric patient. Child's nervous system, 37(9), 2943-2947.
  3. Opitz JM, Putnam AR, Comstock JM, Chin S, Byrne JL, Kennedy A, Frikke MJ, Bernard C, Albrecht S, Der Kaloustian V, Szakacs J (2006). Mortality and pathological findings in C (Opitz trigonocephaly) syndrome. Fetal and pediatric pathology, 25(4), 211-31.
  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 J (2017). C/EBPß-1 promotes transformation and chemoresistance in Ewing sarcoma cells. Oncotarget, 8(16), 26013-26026.
  5. 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 (2022). Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals Divergent Clonal Evolution in Components of Composite Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma-Ganglioglioma. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology, 81(8), 650-657.
  6. Whitehead KJ, Toydemir D, Wooderchak-Donahue W, Oakley GM, McRae B, Putnam A, McDonald J, Bayrak-Toydemir (2024). Investigation of the Genetic Determinants of Telangiectasia and Solid Organ Arteriovenous Malformation Formation in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT). International journal of molecular sciences, 25(14),
  7. Findlay MC, Kim RB, Putnam AR, Couldwell W (2024). Management of Symptomatic Hemorrhage From a Developmental Venous Anomaly. Cureus, 16(4), e58130.
  8. Alexander AJ, Short SS, Putnam A, Avansino JR, Badillo A, Crady RC, Dickie BH, Reeder RW, Rentea RM, Speck KE, Wood RJ, Rollins M (2025). Anorectal Malformation Fistula Evaluation May Aid in Hirschsprung Diagnosis. The Journal of surgical research, 310, 30-34.

Case Report

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

Other

  1. Hamrick FA, Karsy M, Bruggers CS, Putnam AR, Hedlund GL, Cheshier S (2021). Correction to: Developmentally anomalous cerebellar encephalocele arising within the cerebellopontine angle and extending into the adjacent skull base in a pediatric patient. Child's nervous system, 37(12), 3977.