Anatomic Pathology

Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of MedicineSpecialtiesCytopathologyHead and neck thoracicEducationMedical Degree—Loma Linda UniversityResidency—Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Utah School of MedicineFellowship—Pathology, Loma Linda UniversityFellowship—Cytopathology,…

SpecialtiesGastrointestinalHepatic and Pancreatic PathologyMolecular Oncologic PathologyEducationMedical Degree—University of PennsylvaniaResidency—University of PennsylvaniaCertification/AffiliationsEditorial Board Member, Human PathologyEditorial Board Member, Modern PathologyPresident, GI…

Subspecialties: Genitourinary, gynecologic, breast, sarcoma, FISH, and autopsy pathology

Associate Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of MedicineSpecialtiesGastrointestinal PancreaticHepatic pathologyEducationMedical Degree—Kansas University School of MedicineResidency—Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Utah School of MedicineFellowship—Gastrointestinal…

It can show up as a hard lump or a smooth, rounded mass, or as any change in the consistency, shape, or size of a man’s testicles.

Many people think anatomic pathology is just "CSI," says Margaret Coppin, division manager in Technical Operations—Pathology. But much of the work concerns histology, the study of tissues' microscopic structure; and cytology, the study of cells' microscopic structure, for medical treatment.

Often, thyroid cancers are small and do not turn out to be serious. But if surgery takes place on a higher-risk tumor, monitoring levels of the thyroglobulin protein for 6 to 12 months may be necessary.

You may have seen zebrafish in aquariums: small, striped, darting fish, originally found in slow streams and rice paddies in the Indian subcontinent. Did you know they’re also our virtual cousins? That is, these fish are rockstars of vertebrate scientific research—because 70 percent of their genes…

Brain cancer research was conducted using a new zebrafish animal model system developed by the researchers, which closely resembles an aggressive subtype of pediatric brain tumors.

Cancer screening is like fencing in an animal: the goal is to catch the cancer/animal in order to control it. The complicating factor is that cancers turn out to be highly variable in their behavior. Imagine the slow growing ones as turtles. Fencing in a turtle will create the illusion that you’ve…