Anna M. Shestakova, MD, PhD

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

Specialties

• Hematopathology
• Molecular genetic pathology

Education

• Medical Degree—Bogomolets National Medical University
• Doctorate Degree—University of Utah
• Residency—Anatomical and Clinical Pathology, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
• Fellowship—Hematopathology, University of Michigan
• Fellowship—Molecular Genetic Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine

Certification/Affiliations

• American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Hematopathology)
• Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

Research Interests

•  Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
•  Role of TP53 in the clonal evolution of lymphoid and myeloid neoplasms

Recent Publications

• Evans MG, Shestakova A, Haghighi N, et al. Rare case of leptomeningeal small lymphocytic lymphoma with TP53 mutation detected by deep next-generation sequencing. Leuk Lymphoma. 2022;63(10):2479-2483.
• Shestakova A, Tarabay J, Burtsev A, et al. Increased PD-L1 and p16 expression are common in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Future Sci OA. 2021;7(9):FSO768.
• Shestakova A, Nael A, Nora V, et al. Automated leukocyte parameters are useful in the assessment of myelodysplastic syndromes. Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 2021;100(3):299-311.
• Shestakova A, Grove N, Said J, et al. Trisomy 3, a sole recurrent cytogenetic abnormality in pediatric polymorphic post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD). Cancer Genet. 2020;248-249:39-48.
• Shestakova A, Rezk S, Ghasemizadeh D, et al. High-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 rearrangement arising from follicular lymphoma: presentation as a large peripancreatic mass. Diagnostics (Basel). 2020;10(3):157.