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Theodore J. Pysher

Theodore J. Pysher, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Children's Hospital

Pathology
801-662-2150
  • Dr. Pysher is an expert with over 30 years experience in perinatal and pediatric surgical and autopsy pathology, and pediatric laboratory medicine.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pathology (Anatomic & Clinical)
    American Board of Pathology (Sub: Pediatric Pathology)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
  • Dr. Pysher is an expert with over 30 years experience in perinatal and pediatric surgical and autopsy pathology, and pediatric laboratory medicine.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pathology -Primary
    Pediatrics -Adjunct
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pathology (Anatomic & Clinical)
    American Board of Pathology (Sub: Pediatric Pathology)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Pathology - Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Fellow
    Pediatrics - Rainbow Babies Children's Hospital Resident
    Residency Pathology - Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital Resident
    Pediatrics - Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Chicago M.D.
    Biology - Youngstown State University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Bahr TM, Christensen TR, Henry E, Judkins AJ, Bennett ST, Pysher TJ, Lawrence SM, Ohls RK, Christensen RD (2022). Fragmented red blood cell counts of neonates with new-onset gastrointestinal disturbances. J Perinatol. (Read full article)
    2. Bahr TM, Christensen TR, Henry E, Wilkes J, Ohls RK, Bennett ST, Ward DM, Pysher TJ, Christensen RD (2021). Neonatal Reference Intervals for the Complete Blood Count Parameters MicroR and HYPO-He: Sensitivity Beyond the Red Cell Indices for Identifying Microcytic and Hypochromic Disorders. J Pediatr, 239, 95-100.e2. (Read full article)
    3. Hulse W, Bahr TM, Fredrickson L, Canfield CM, Friddle K, Pysher TJ, Ilstrup SJ, Ohls RK, Christensen RD (2020). Warming blood products for transfusion to neonates: In vitro assessments. Transfusion, 60(9), 1924-1928. (Read full article)
    4. Hammad IA, Blue NR, Allshouse AA, Silver RM, Gibbins KJ, Page JM, Goldenberg RL, Reddy UM, Saade GR, Dudley DJ, Thorsten VR, Conway DL, Pinar H, Pysher TJ, NICHD Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network Group (2020). Umbilical Cord Abnormalities and Stillbirth. Obstet Gynecol, 135(3), 644-652. (Read full article)
    5. Picarsic J, Pysher T, Zhou H, Fluchel M, Pettit T, Whitehead M, Surrey LF, Harding B, Goldstein G, Fellig Y, Weintraub M, Mobley BC, Sharples PM, Sulis ML, Diamond EL, Jaffe R, Shekdar K, Santi M (2019). BRAF V600E mutation in Juvenile Xanthogranuloma family neoplasms of the central nervous system (CNS-JXG): a revised diagnostic algorithm to include pediatric Erdheim-Chester disease. Acta Neuropathol Commun, 7(1), 168. (Read full article)
    6. Brunelli L, Jenkins SM, Gudgeon JM, Bleyl SB, Miller CE, Tvrdik T, Dames SA, Ostrander B, Daboub JAF, Zielinski BA, Zinkhan EK, Underhill HR, Wilson T, Bonkowsky JL, Yost CC, Botto LD, Jenkins J, Pysher TJ, Bayrak-Toydemir P, Mao R (2019). Targeted gene panel sequencing for the rapid diagnosis of acutely ill infants. Mol Genet Genomic Med, 7(7), e00796. (Read full article)
    7. Nishijima DK, VanBuren J, Hewes HA, Myers SR, Stanley RM, Adelson PD, Barnhard SE, Bobinski M, Ghetti S, Holmes JF, Roberts I, Schalick WO 3rd, Tran NK, Tzimenatos LS, Michael Dean J, Kuppermann N, TIC-TOC Collaborators of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (2018). Traumatic injury clinical trial evaluating tranexamic acid in children (TIC-TOC): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Trials, 19(1), 593. (Read full article)
    8. Brown M, Pysher T, Coffin CM (1999). Lymphangioma and congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis: a histologic, immunohistochemical, and clinicopathologic comparison. Mod Pathol, 12(6), 569-75. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Bahr TM, Judkins AJ, Baer VL, Henry E, Grubb PH, Hulse W, Pysher TJ, Bennett ST, Christensen RD (2019). The fragmented red cell count can support the diagnosis of a microangiopathic neonatal condition. [Letter to the editor]. J Perinatol, 40(2), 354-355. (Read full article)
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