Allison Cleary, MD

Subspecialties: Breast pathology
Assistant Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of Medicine

Specialties

• Breast pathology

Education

• Doctorate Degree—Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
• Medical Degree—Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
• Residency—Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Fellowship—Breast Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Current/Past Roles

• Associate Residency Program Director, University of Utah

Certification/Affiliations

• American Board of Pathology
• United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
• American Society for Clinical Pathology
• College of American Pathologists

Research Interests

• Tumor heterogeneity
• Inflammatory breast cancer
• Pathology resident education

Awards

• Penn State Alumni Achievement Award (2021)
• John W. Kreider Award for Research and Academic Excellence (2016)
• Moskowitz Family Endowment Award for Graduate Research Excellence (2016)
• Grand Prize Winner, Science and SciLifeLab Prize (2015)
• Judith S. Bond Award (2014)
• Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Class of 1971 Endowed Scholarship (2014)
• Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Traineeship Award (2010-13)

Recent Publications

• Wilcock DM, Moore KH, Rowe L, et al. Quantitative imaging analysis fluorescence in situ hybridization validation for clinical HER2 testing in breast cancer. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2023;147(12):1402-1412.
• Ng J, Cleary A, Tsukada H, et al. A case of recipient-derived pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma after bilateral lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018;37(6):798-799.
• Cleary AS, O'Hara C, Helm KF. Granulomatous ulcer arising in a child. Pediatr Dermatol. 2016;33(5):551-552.
• Truica CI, Cleary AS. Immunotherapy in breast cancer- paving new roads? Curr Mol Pharmacol. 2016;9(3):208-216.