Jennifer Ann Brainard, MD

Dr. Brainard, MD, is a staff pathologist and section head of Cytopathology in the Department of Anatomic Pathology at Cleveland Clinic's main campus. Except for the fellowship in surgical pathology and cytopathology she completed at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Dr. Brainard has spent her entire medical career in the Cleveland Clinic Department of Anatomic Pathology. After completing her residency as chief resident, Dr. Brainard went on staff first as a clinical associate staff pathologist, then as associate pathologist in this department. She is board certified in cytopathology as well as anatomic and clinical pathology.

Dr. Brainard's specialty interests include cytopathology, gynecologic pathology, and needle aspiration.

She received her medical degree at the Ohio State University College of Medicine before beginning her career at Cleveland Clinic as a resident in anatomic and clinical pathology.

Dr. Brainard has published numerous scientific journal articles and abstracts, lectured and participated in scientific platform presentations and faculty workshops. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, both the Virginia and Ohio Societies of Pathology, and the American Society of Cytopathology, among others. She is the recipient of the George C. Hoffman Award and the John Beach Hazard Distinguished Teacher Award from Cleveland Clinic’s Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. She is a diplomate of anatomic and clinical pathology, as well as the subspecialty of cytopathology of the American Board of Pathology.

Yuri Nikiforov, MD, PhD

Dr. Nikiforov is professor of pathology and executive vice chair of molecular pathology at the University of Pittsburgh. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles and over 20 book chapters and is a senior editor of the textbook “Diagnostic Pathology and Molecular Genetics of the Thyroid,” now in its third edition. His research program has been funded by the National Institute of Health continuously for over 20 years and is focused on genetic mechanisms of thyroid cancer, radiation carcinogenesis, and molecular diagnostics. In 2016, he led an international group of physicians and scientists to reclassify a type of thyroid cancer as a noncancer, noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP), which eliminated a cancer diagnosis for thousands of patients worldwide. He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and a recipient of the 2007 Van Meter Award, the 2017 Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Lectureship Award from the American Thyroid Association, and the 2016 Aldo Pinchera Award from the Italian Thyroid Carcinoma Observatory.

Michael Balatico, MD, MFA

Dr. Balatico is a pathologist at ARUP Laboratories, and an assistant professor (clinical) at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He received a medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He completed a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology and a fellowship in cytopathology from the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Balatico is board certified by the American Board of Pathology in anatomic and clinical pathology. He received the Resident Teaching Award in 2021 and the Lester Corser Humanitarian Award in 2020. His research interests include breast pathology and genitourinary pathology.

Evan Raps, MD

Dr. Raps is a medical director of AP Digital Diagnostics at ARUP Laboratories, and an assistant professor (clinical) at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Raps completed his medical degree at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. He then completed his residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine/ARUP Laboratories as well as serving as chief resident for anatomic pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine/ARUP Laboratories followed by a cytopathology fellowship at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Raps is certified by the American Board of Pathology. He specializes in cytopathology as well as head and neck pathology. His research interests include digital pathology.

Devaprabu Abraham, MD

Dr. Abraham completed his graduate and postgraduate training in India and in England respectively. He joined the University of Utah internal medicine residency program in 1993 and then pursued endocrine fellowship training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Following his fellowship training, he returned to the University of Utah in 1998 and joined as endocrinology faculty in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). He is currently appointed as professor (clinical) of medicine and also serves as an adjunct professor in the departments of surgery and pathology. He is passionate about medical education and has been a devoted teacher. He is involved with medical student, resident, and fellowship training in endocrinology locally and nationally. He has been awarded numerous local and international teaching awards. He was awarded the prestigious AACE Jack Baskin Endocrine teaching award in 2016. He is a dedicated clinician and is the director of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumor Program at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is an expert in performing ultrasound evaluation of thyroid and parathyroid tumors. He is certified by the ECNU/AIUM to perform head and neck ultrasonography. He has developed unique techniques for parathyroid and medullary thyroid cancer localization.

Spencer B. Barnes, MD

Dr. Barnes spent 12 years in Southern California before moving to Cleveland, Ohio. He completed a degree in psychology at Brigham Young University before returning to Ohio to earn his medical degree at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He completed an AP/CP residency at the University of Utah and is currently in training at the University of Utah and Huntsman Cancer Institute as a cytopathology fellow.

Carter T. Bruett, DDS, MEd FAAOMP

Dr. Bruett received his BS, Med, and DDS degrees from the University of Utah. He trained in oral and maxillofacial pathology at New York Presbyterian/Queens in collaboration with Weill-Cornell Medicine, and New York University Langone Health. He is an assistant professor (clinical) at the University of Utah School of Dentistry and sees patients with clinical oral pathology needs through the University faculty practice. Dr. Bruett's research interests include exploring the mechanisms and management of Sjögren Syndrome, investigating the impact of chronic autoimmune conditions on the oral mucosa, identifying novel characteristics of the mechanisms of head and neck pathologies, and improving clinical treatment options for oral mucous membrane diseases such as dysplasia, lichen planus, and burning mouth syndrome/oral neuropathies.

Barbara E. Chadwick, MD

Dr. Chadwick is a medical director of Anatomic Pathology and cytopathology at ARUP Laboratories and a professor (clinical) at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Chadwick received her medical degree from Loma Linda University before completing an anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Following her residency, she completed a pathology fellowship at Loma Linda University and a cytopathology fellowship at the University of Washington. Dr. Chadwick is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and cytopathology by the American Board of Pathology. She has received the Joe T. Holden Award for Faculty Excellence and the Papanicolaou Society Pathology-In-Training Research Award. Her research interests include the use of molecular markers in cytopathology, pancreatic and biliary cancer, and cervical cancer screening.

Jeffery Hadley, MBA, CT(ASCP)

Jeff Hadley is the pathology manager at ARUP Laboratories and oversees Cytology, Histology, Immunohistochemistry, and Digital Pathology. He completed his master’s degree in business administration at the University of Phoenix and a Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) degree with an emphasis in cytotechnology at the University of Utah. Hadley has worked at ARUP since 2017 and has developed his expertise in cytotechnology, starting as a cytologist and progressing through supervisor and manager roles over the last 27 years.

Timothy Hanley, MD, PhD

Dr. Hanley is a medical director of Hematopathology at ARUP Laboratories and an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Hanley received both his doctorate and medical degrees from Boston University School of Medicine. He then completed an anatomic and clinical pathology residency and a hematopathology fellowship at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Hanley is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and hematopathology. He is the recipient of the resident research award, first place, and the Leonard and Julius Gottlieb Prize in Pathology Education. His research interests include the establishment of HIV-1 latency in macrophages and dendritic cells, the contribution of cellular signaling pathways to the control of retroviral replication, and the role of oncogenic viruses in the development of hematology malignancies.

Lesley C. Lomo, MD

Dr. Lomo is a medical director of anatomic pathology at ARUP Laboratories and a professor (clinical) of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit and completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology, as well as fellowships in women’s and perinatal pathology, breast pathology, and cytopathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Lomo is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and cytopathology. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, the American Society for Clinical Pathology, and the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists. Her research interests include education techniques for pathology trainees and medical students, neoplastic and nonneoplastic endometrial pathology, and biomarkers of malignancy risk in preneoplastic epithelial breast disease.

Brett Lund, MLS, CT(ASCP)

Brett Lund is the cytology laboratory supervisor at ARUP Laboratories. He completed his Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) degree in cytotechnology at the University of Utah. Lund has worked in the cytology department at ARUP since 2015. He has developed his expertise in this area through various roles in the prep lab, administrative area, and as a cytotechnologist before advancing to supervisor in 2023.

Bryan Trump, DDS, MS

Dr. Trump is an associate professor at the University of Utah School of Dentistry, as well as an adjunct professor of Anatomic Pathology and Dermatology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He received his DDS from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry and completed his oral and maxillofacial pathology residency as well as a master’s in biomedical sciences at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry. He is board certified in oral and maxillofacial pathology. His research interests include head and neck pathology, with a focus on Sjögren's syndrome, salivary gland neoplasms, and oral squamous cell carcinoma. Dr. Trump is a member of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, North American Society of Pathology, American Dental Association, American Dental Education Association, Utah Dental Association, and Salt Lake County Dental Society.

David A. Wada, MD

Dr. Wada is a consulting medical director of dermatology at ARUP Laboratories and an associate professor (clinical) at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Wada received his medical degree from the University of Hawaii School of Medicine. He completed his residencies in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center and in dermatology at the Mayo Clinic, along with fellowships in dermatology and dermatopathology at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Wada specializes in cutaneous oncology with a clinical focus centered on the diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous lymphoma, lymphomatoid disorders (skin conditions that resemble lymphoma), melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers. He has directed the Multidisciplinary Cutaneous Lymphoma program at the Huntsman Cancer Institute since 2012 and has been involved in multiple clinical trials associated with the treatment of cutaneous malignancies. Dr. Wada is board certified in dermatology and dermatopathology, as well as anatomic and clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology and by the National Board of Medical Examiners. His research interests include cutaneous lymphoma, cutaneous manifestations of myeloid disorders, nonmelanoma skin cancers, melanoma and cutaneous oncology, cutaneous manifestations of systemic malignancy, and lymphomatoid disorders.

Michael Ward, MD

Dr. Ward is a medical director of pathology at ARUP Laboratories and an associate professor (clinical) and the director of the Department of Pathology residency program at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He received his undergraduate education at Brigham Young University, and his medical education from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He completed his residency in anatomic and clinical pathology as well as fellowships in surgical pathology and cytopathology at the University of Utah and ARUP laboratories. Dr. Ward’s work interests include cytology, bone and soft tissue pathology, and resident and undergraduate medical education. His research interests include translocation-associated soft tissue sarcomas and PD-L1 expression in upper-tract urothelial carcinomas.

Margaret Williams, MD

Dr. Williams is a medical director of Hematopathology at ARUP Laboratories, and an assistant professor (clinical) for the University of Utah School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She completed a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology from the University of Utah School of Medicine and a fellowship in hematopathology and molecular genetic pathology from the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Williams is certified by the American Board of Pathology in anatomic and clinical pathology and hematopathology. Her research interests include molecular findings in hematologic malignancies and quality improvement.

Benjamin L. Witt, MD

Dr. Witt is an associate professor (clinical) of Anatomic Pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine, where he serves as the director of Cytopathology, the section head of Head and Neck Pathology, as well as the residency rotation director for Cytopathology. Dr. Witt received his MD at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and completed his AP/CP pathology residency at the University of Chicago (NorthShore) where he served as the chief resident during his last two years. He also completed a cytopathology fellowship at the University of Utah/ARUP Laboratories, and is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology, with subspecialty boards in cytopathology. His research interests include studies related to fine-needle aspiration and head and neck pathology.