H. Evin Gulbahce

H. Evin Gulbahce, MD, MSCI

Languages spoken: English

  • Dr. Gulbahce is a professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She received her MD from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey, and completed a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology and a surgical pathology fellowship at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include HER2 testing, and breast cancer risk factors, specifically risk factor for basal-like and triple negative cancers.

    Specialties

    • Pathology, Anatomical

  • Dr. Gulbahce is a professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She received her MD from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey, and completed a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology and a surgical pathology fellowship at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include HER2 testing, and breast cancer risk factors, specifically risk factor for basal-like and triple negative cancers.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pathology -Primary

    Education history

    Graduate Training Clinical Investigation - University of Utah M.S.C.I
    Surgical Pathology - University of Minnesota Fellow
    Residency Anatomic and Clinical Pathology - University of Minnesota Resident
    Medicine - Hacettepe University School of Medicine M.D.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Wilcock DM, Sirohi D, Coleman JF, Gulbahce HE (2022). Digital imaging correlation of immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization in breast carcinoma cases with HER2 genetic heterogeneity. Hum Pathol, 126, 129-135.
    2. Jedrzkiewicz J, Sirohi D, Uvejzovic N, Gulbahce HE (2021). RAI1 alternate probe identifies additional gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma cases as amplified following equivocal HER2 fluorescence in situ hybridization testing: experience from a national reference laboratory. Mod Pathol, 35, 549-553.
    3. Gulbahce HE, Downs-Kelly E, Herget KA, Stoddard GJ (2021). The 21-Gene Recurrence Score in Special Histologic Subtypes of Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Study. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 146, 478-484.
    4. Mahlow J, Goold EA, Jedrzkiewicz J, Gulbahce HE (2020). What to Expect From the New ASCO/CAP Guideline Recommendations for Hormone Receptor Testing in Breast Cancer: A National Reference Laboratory Experience. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol, 29(4), 245-250.
    5. Gulbahce HE, White S, Herget KA, Stoddard G, Camp NJ, Buys SS, Sweeney C (2020). 21-gene recurrence score testing utilization among older women from different races: A population-based study. J Geriatr Oncol, 12(2), 206-211.
    6. Lin L, Sirohi D, Coleman JF, Gulbahce HE (2019). American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists 2018 Focused Update of Breast Cancer HER2 FISH Testing GuidelinesResults From a National Reference Laboratory. Am J Clin Pathol, 152(4), 479-485.
    7. Gulbahce HE (2017). Impact of 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists Guidelines on HER2 Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization Testing in Breast Cancers : Experience From a National Reference Laboratory. Am J Clin Pathol, 148(4), 308-313.
    8. Willmore-Payne C, Damjanovich-Colmenares K, Pasi AV, Werner TL, Gulbahce HE, Downs-Kelly E, Geiersbach KB (2016). Inconsistent Results With Different Secondary Reflex Assays for Resolving HER2 Status. Am J Clin Pathol, 146(5), 618-626.
    9. Geiersbach KB, Willmore-Payne C, Pasi AV, Paxton CN, Werner TL, Xu X, Wittwer CT, Gulbahce HE, Downs-Kelly E (2016). Genomic Copy Number Analysis of HER2-Equivocal Breast Cancers. Am J Clin Pathol, 146(4), 439-47.
    10. Witt BL, Albertson DJ, Coppin MG, Horrocks CF, Post M, Gulbahce HE (2014). Use of in situ hybridization for HPV in head and neck tumors: experience from a national reference laboratory. Head Neck Pathol, 9(1), 60-4.
    11. Gulbahce HE, Sweeney C, Surowiecka M, Knapp D, Varghese L, Blair CK (2013). Significance of GATA-3 expression in outcomes of patients with breast cancer who received systemic chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapy and clinicopathologic features of GATA-3-positive tumors. Hum Pathol, 44(11), 2427-31.

    Case Report

    1. Johnson ED, Downs-Kelly E, Bull DA, Gulbahce HE (2017). Primary Cystic Pleuropulmonary Synovial Sarcoma Presenting as Recurrent Pneumothorax. Case Rep Oncol, 10(2), 660-665.

    Letter

    1. Gulbahce HE, Coleman JF, Sirohi D (2019). Interference of Tissue-Marking Dyes With Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Assays. [Letter to the editor]. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 143(11), 1299.
    2. Gulbahce HE, Factor R, Geiersbach K, Downs-Kelly E (2016). HER2 Immunohistochemistry-Guided Targeted Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Analysis Does Not Help Identify Intratumoral Heterogeneity in Breast Cancer. [Letter to the editor]. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 140(8), 741.

    Other

    1. Gulbahce HE, Bernard PS, Weltzien EK, Factor RE, Kushi LH, Caan BJ, Sweeney C (2018). Differences in molecular features of triple-negative breast cancers based on the age at diagnosis. Cancer (124(24), pp. 4676-4684). United States.
    2. Gulbahce HE, Blair CK, Sweeney C, Salama ME (2016). Quantification of Estrogen Receptor Expression in Normal Breast Tissue in Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer and Association With Tumor Subtypes. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol (25(8), pp. 548-552). United States.