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GI Interesting Case Presentation

Lecture Presenters

Wade Samowitz, MD Medical Director, Solid Tumor Molecular Diagnostics and Histology ARUP Laboratories Staff Pathologist, Anatomic Pathology ARUP Laboratories Professor of Pathology University of Utah School of Medicine

Dr. Samowitz is a medical director of solid tumor molecular diagnostics and histology, and a staff pathologist for the Anatomic Pathology Division at ARUP, as well as a professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He received his MD from SUNY Downstate, and completed residency training in anatomic pathology at the University of Chicago and fellowships in gastrointestinal pathology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Specializing in gastrointestinal pathology and the molecular genetics of colorectal cancer, Dr. Samowitz is the medical director for numerous molecular tests in gastrointestinal cancer and other tumors, including microsatellite instability by IHC and PCR, mutational testing for BRAF, PIK3CA, and NRAS, evaluation for molar pregnancy, and specimen identification.

Erinn Downs-Kelly, DO, MS Medical Director, Anatomic Pathology and Oncology ARUP Laboratories Associate Professor of Pathology University of Utah School of Medicine

Dr. Downs-Kelly is a medical director of the Anatomic Pathology and Oncology divisions at ARUP and an associate professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She received her DO from Michigan State University and her MS from Northern Michigan University. Following her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Downs-Kelly completed a gastrointestinal, hepatic, and pancreaticobiliary pathology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic and a breast pathology fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Downs-Kelly is a member of various professional organizations, including the College of American Pathologists, American Society for Clinical Pathology, and the International Society of Breast Pathology. Her research interests include non-obligate precursor lesions of the breast, as well as prognostic and predictive marker testing.

Mary Bronner, MD Division Chief, Anatomic Pathology and Oncology ARUP Laboratories Dr. Carl R. Kjeldsberg Endowed Chair in Pathology University of Utah School of Medicine Professor of Pathology University of Utah School of Medicine

Dr. Bronner is the division chief of the Anatomic Pathology and Oncology divisions at ARUP and Carl R. Kjeldsberg presidential endowed professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Bronner received her MD from the University of Pennsylvania and completed her pathology residency training and chief residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Bronner’s honors include her election as president of the GI Pathology Society, election as council member of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, and, in 2005, the award of the Arthur Purdy Stout Prize, recognizing her work as a surgical pathologist under the age of 45 whose research publications have had a major impact on diagnostic pathology.

Dr. Bronner is an editorial journal board member for Human Pathology, The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, and Modern Pathology. She has served as an investigator on numerous NIH and foundation grants over the course of her career and has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and numerous book chapters. Her research interests include molecular biomarkers for the early detection and prevention of gastrointestinal cancers arising in chronic inflammatory disorders of the intestine, stomach, liver, and pancreas, which together make up the most important causes of human cancer worldwide.