Kimberley J. Evason

Kimberley J. Evason, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: English

  • Dr. Evason is an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and currently serves as head of Hepatobiliary Pathology. Dr. Evason also directs a basic science research program at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. The overarching goal of the Evason laboratory is to define mechanisms involved in liver tumorigenesis in order to develop improved therapies to treat hepatocellular carcinoma and other hepatobiliary malignancies. Dr. Evason received her MD/PhD from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her anatomic pathology residency, along with fellowship training in surgical pathology and liver/gastrointestinal pathology, at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She then remained at UCSF as a clinical instructor while completing post-doctoral research funded by a Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fellowship Award and a K08 award from the NIH/NCI.

    Specialties

    • Pathology, Anatomical

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pathology - Primary
    Oncological Sciences - Adjunct

  • Dr. Evason is an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and currently serves as head of Hepatobiliary Pathology. Dr. Evason also directs a basic science research program at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. The overarching goal of the Evason laboratory is to define mechanisms involved in liver tumorigenesis in order to develop improved therapies to treat hepatocellular carcinoma and other hepatobiliary malignancies. Dr. Evason received her MD/PhD from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her anatomic pathology residency, along with fellowship training in surgical pathology and liver/gastrointestinal pathology, at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She then remained at UCSF as a clinical instructor while completing post-doctoral research funded by a Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fellowship Award and a K08 award from the NIH/NCI.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pathology -Primary
    Oncological Sciences -Adjunct

    Education history

    Fellowship GI/Liver Pathology - University of California, San Francisco Clinical Research Fellow
    Laboratories of Didier Stainier, Andrei Goga, and Mike Bishop - University of California, San Francisco Postdoctoral Fellow
    Chief Resident Anatomic Pathology - University of California, San Francisco Chief Resident
    Anatomic Pathology - University of California, San Francisco Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine/Developmental Biology - Washington University School of Medicine M.D., Ph.D.
    Biomedical Engineering - University of Iowa B.S.