Anton Rets, MD, PhD

Associate Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of Medicine

Specialties

• Benign and malignant hematology/hematopathology
• Myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic neoplasms
• Mast cell disorders
• Red blood cell disorders

Education

• Doctorate Degree—Pathology, Perm State Medical Academy/St. Petersburg Academy of Postgraduate Medical Education
• Medical Degree—Perm State Medical Academy
• Residency—Pathology, Perm State Medical Academy
• Residency—Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
• Fellowship—Hematopathology, University of Utah School of Medicine

Certification/Affiliations

• American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Hematopathology)

Research Interests

• Red blood cell disorders
• Mast cell disorders
• Nonneoplastic hematology
• Digital microscopy

Awards

• Joseph A. Knight Award for Excellence in Education
• Outstanding Teaching Award in Clinical Pathology
• Excellence in Leadership Award, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
• Outstanding Academic Performance Federal Award, Perm State Medical Academy

Recent Publications

• Siebenhaar F, Broesby-Olsen S, Castells M, et al. Avapritinib improves cutaneous involvement in patients with indolent systemic mastocytosis: Results from the randomized, phase 2, interventional PIONEER study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2026;S0190-9622(26)00221-5.
• Shean RC, Agarwal A, Rets AV. Unstable hemoglobin, a rare but significant cause of hemolytic anemia: recognition of peripheral smear findings is crucial for diagnosis. Int J Lab Hematol. 2026;48(2):237-239.
• Rets A, George TI. Diagnosing systemic mastocytosis: state of the art. Int J Lab Hematol. Published online Oct 2025.
• Shean RC, Rets AV. Digital pathology in hematopathology: from vision to deployment. Int J Lab Hematol. Published online Jul 2025.
• Madigan LM, Boggs NA, Rets AV, et al. Mastocytosis in the skin: approach to diagnosis, evaluation, and management in adult and pediatric patients. Am J Clin Dermatol. 2025;26(4):499-510.
• Genzen JR, Miller LJ, Rets AV, et al. Laboratory-developed tests and in vitro diagnostics: a regulatory overview for anatomic pathology. Am J Clin Pathol. 2025;163(5):730-743.
• Shean R, Deshmukh N, Palmer M, et al. Utility of molecular sequencing and hematologic parameters for diagnosis of α-thalassemia: a perspective of the national reference laboratory. Hemoglobin. 2025;49(6):414-420.
• Maccio U, Rets A, Grosse C, et al. Clinical and pathological features of lymphomas in the breast: a comprehensive multicentric study. Sci Rep. 2025;15(1):29032.
• Shean RC, Hellwig S, Saadalla A, et al. High-sensitivity KIT D816V variation analysis by droplet digital polymerase chain reaction: the reference laboratory perspective. Am J Clin Pathol. 2025;164(2):145-149.
• Dadelahi A, Jackson T, Agarwal AM, et al. Applications of flow cytometry in diagnosis and evaluation of red blood cell disorders. Clin Lab Med. 2024 Sep;44(3):495-509.
• Shean RC, Williams MC, Rets AV. Advances in hematology analyzers technology. Clin Lab Med. 2024;44(3):377-386.
• Zhukovsky S, Rets A, Braaten T, et al. VEXAS without vacuoles: linking genotype to phenotype. EJHaem. 2024;5(5):981-986.
• Vardell VA, Ose J, Rets AV, et al. Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and atypical chronic myeloid leukemia: a national analysis. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2024;24(12):843-851.
• Agarwal AM, Rets AV. Advances in hemoglobinopathies and thalassemia evaluation. Clin Lab Med. 2024;44(3):441-453.
• Rets AV, George TI. How I diagnose systemic mastocytosis. Am J Clin Pathol. 2024;162(4):332-348.
• Ramia de Cap M, Wu LP, Hirt C, et al. Myeloid sarcoma with NPM1 mutation may be clinically and genetically distinct from AML with NPM1 mutation: a study from the Bone Marrow Pathology Group. Leuk Lymphoma. 2023;64(5):972-980.
• Maccio U, Gianolio A, Rets AV. Granulomas in bone marrow biopsies: clinicopathological significance and new perspectives. J Clin Pathol. 2023;77(1):8-15.
• Al-Ghamdi YA, Lake J, Bagg A, et al. Triple-negative primary myelofibrosis: a Bone Marrow Pathology Group study. Mod Pathol. 2023;36(3):100016.