Jason Park, M.D., Ph.D. Titles and Appointments Chief, Genomic and Molecular Pathology Professor Endowed Title Robin M. Jacoby, Ph.D. Professorship in Biomedical Science School Medical School Department Pathology | Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Jason Park, MD, PhD, FCAP, DABCC is a Professor in the Department of Pathology and the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is Chief of the Division of Genomic and Molecular Pathology at UT Southwestern. Within the Division, he is Director of the Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory at Children's Medical Center Dallas and Director of the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory at UT Southwestern. Dr. Park's clinical and research interests are in genomics, laboratory medicine and pediatric gastrointestinal pathology. He is the author/co-author of over 250 journal articles, book chapters and published abstracts. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for the journal Clinical Chemistry (7.1 impact factor; 2023 Clarivate). His research has resulted in 14 issued U.S. patents on cancer diagnostics, cancer therapeutics and nanotechnology. Dr. Park has been cited in the national media including the New York Times, Dallas Morning News, and Reuters. Dr. Park’s medical training began in the accelerated BS/MD program at the Pennsylvania State University and Jefferson Medical College. During medical school he was a Gibbon Scholar in Thomas Jefferson University's combined MD/PhD program. After medical school he was a pathology resident and chief resident in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. His pathology residency was followed by a fellowship in gastrointestinal and liver pathology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is certified by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry (molecular diagnostics) as well as the American Board of Pathology (clinical informatics, clinical pathology and anatomic pathology). Education Medical School Jefferson Medical College of Thomas (2003) Residency University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (2008), Pathology/lab Medicine Fellowship Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2009), Gastrointestinal & Liver Pathology Research Interest Clinical Informatics Genomic medicine Pediatric gastrointestinal pathology Publications Featured Publications Pediatric autoimmune gastritis: Clinical correlates and histologic features. Kulak O, Gurram B, Montgomery EA, Park JY, Hum Pathol 2021 Jul Medicare Trends in Pathologist Participation, Service Utilization, and Payments. Arvisais-Anhalt S, Araj E, Park JY, Am J Clin Pathol 2020 Nov Reinterpretation of Chromosomal Microarrays with Detailed Medical History. Farooqi MS, Figueroa S, Gotway G, Wang J, Luu HS, Park JY, J. Pediatr. 2020 May Assessment of Interlaboratory Variation in the Interpretation of Genomic Test Results in Patients With Epilepsy. SoRelle JA, Pascual JM, Gotway G, Park JY, JAMA Netw Open 2020 Apr 3 4 e203812 Clinical Exome Studies Have Inconsistent Coverage. Gotway G, Crossley E, Kozlitina J, Xing C, Fan J, Hornbuckle C, Thies J, Michel D, Quinn C, Scheuerle AE, Umana LA, Uhles CL, Park JY, Clin. Chem. 2020 01 66 1 199-206 EGFR Exon 20 Insertion/Duplication Mutations Characterize Fibrous Hamartoma of Infancy. Park JY, Cohen C, Lopez D, Ramos E, Wagenfuehr J, Rakheja D Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 2016 Sep Helicobacter pylori Clarithromycin Resistance and Treatment Failure Are Common in the USA. Park JY, Dunbar KB, Mitui M, Arnold CA, Lam-Himlin DM, Valasek MA, Thung I, Okwara C, Coss E, Cryer B, Doern CD Dig. Dis. Sci. 2016 Feb Genetic haplotypes in VWA8, OSBPL6, and ADAMTS9-AS2 are associated with immune-related adverse effects in ICI-treated patients with cancer. Raj P, Liu J, Zhu C, Arana C, J Fattah F, Mu-Mosley H, Switzer B, Park JY, S von Itzstein M, Wakeland EK, Puzanov I, Zakharia Y, Daniels GA, Shaheen MF, Xie Y, SoRelle JA, Gerber DE, J Immunother Cancer 2025 Oct 13 10 Innate and adaptive immune features associated with immune-related adverse events. Khan S, Malladi VS, von Itzstein MS, Mu-Mosley H, Fattah FJ, Liu Y, Gwin ME, Park JY, Cole SM, Bhalla S, Lohrey J, Hsiehchen D, Moses A, Wang T, Xue Y, Mobley AB, Farrar JD, Imam M, Wu M, Li QZ, Wakeland EK, Xie Y, SoRelle JA, Gerber DE, J Immunother Cancer 2025 Sep 13 9 Reflecting on 70 Years of Clinical Chemistry. Park JY, Clin Chem 2025 Jan Results 1-10 of 166 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Epithelial neoplasms of the stomach. In Foundations in diagnostic pathology: Gastrointestinal and liver pathology, 2nd edition Park JY, Fenton HH, Lewin MR, Dilworth HP (2011). Philadelphia, Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier Optical Techniques. In Tietz textbook of clinical chemistry and molecular diagnostics, 6th edition Kricka LJ, Park JY (2018). St Louis, Saunders/Elsevier Molecular diagnostics. In Pediatric laboratory medicine Park JY, Wang J (2017). New York, McGraw Hill Medical Immunochemical techniques. In Tietz textbook of clinical chemistry and molecular diagnostics, 6th edition Kricka LJ, Park JY (2018). St Louis, Saunders/Elsevier Genomes and variants. In Tietz textbook of clinical chemistry and molecular diagnostics, 6th edition Wittwer CT, Park JY (2018). St Louis, Saunders/Elsevier Role of nano- and microtechnologies in clinical point-of-care testing. In Handbook of digital homecare Park JY, Kricka LJ (2009). Berlin and Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag Optical Techniques. In Tietz fundamentals of clinical chemistry, 6th edition Kricka LJ, Park JY (2007). St. Louis, Saunders/Elsevier Beyond microtechnology: Nanotechnology in molecular diagnostics. In Integrated biochips for DNA analysis Fortina P, Wang J, Surrey S, Park JY, Kricka LJ (2007). Austin, TX, Landes Bioscience Miniaturized analytical devices based on chemiluminescence, bioluminescence and electrochemiluminescence. In Analytical chemiluminescence and bioluminescence: Past, present and future Kricka LJ, Park JY (2011). Cambridge, United Kingdom, Royal Society of Chemistry Optical techniques. In Tietz textbook of clinical chemistry and molecular diagnostics, 5th edition Kricka LJ, Park JY (2012). St. Louis, Saunders/Elsevier Immunochemical techniques. In Tietz textbook of clinical chemistry and molecular diagnostics, 5th edition Kricka LJ, Park JY (2012). St Louis, Saunders/Elsevier Interferences in immunoassay. In The immunoassay handbook, 4th edition Park JY, Kricka LJ (2013). Waltham, Elsevier Assay principles in clinical pathology. In Pathobiology of human disease: A dynamic encyclopedia of disease mechanisms, 1st edition Kricka LJ, Park JY (2014). St Louis, Elsevier Optical techniques. In Tietz fundamentals of clinical chemistry and molecular diagnostics, 7th edition Kricka LJ, Park JY (2015). St Louis, Saunders/Elsevier Immunochemical techniques. In Tietz fundamentals of clinical chemistry and molecular diagnostics, 7th edition Kricka LJ, Park JY (2015). St Louis, Saunders/Elsevier Honors & Awards Meyer Bodansky Memorial LectureshipLectureship in honor of Meyer Bodansky, MD, PhD; UT Medical Branch (Galveston, Texas) (2023) Dean's Capstone Project Recognition AwardLeadership Emerging in Academic Departments (LEAD) Program; UT Southwestern (2020) John H. Yardley FellowshipJohns Hopkins Hospital (2008) Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator AwardAcademy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (2005) William Pepper FellowshipHospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2005) Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (2011) Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine (2005) College of American Pathologists (2004)
