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Jason Park, M.D.,  Ph.D.

Jason Park, M.D., Ph.D.

Division 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

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  • Biography

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    Jason Park, MD, PhD, FCAP, DABCC (@JasonPathology) 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 is interim 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

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    Re-evaluation of the methodology for estimating the US specialty physician workforce.
    Black-Schaffer WS, Gross DJ, Nouri Z, DeLisle A, Dill M, Park JY, Crawford JM, Cohen MB, Johnson RL, Karcher DS, Wheeler TM, Robboy SJ, Health Aff Sch 2024 Apr 2 4 qxae033
    Distinct autoantibody profiles across checkpoint inhibitor types and toxicities.
    Mu-Mosley H, von Itzstein MS, Fattah F, Liu J, Zhu C, Xie Y, Wakeland EK, Park JY, Kahl BS, Diefenbach CS, Gerber DE, Oncoimmunology 2024 13 1 2351255
    Hemoglobin β-Globin Variants In Hispanic Patients: An Institutional Experience From Dallas, Texas.
    Firan M, Timmons CF, Park JY, Mitui Mha M, Luu HS, Hemoglobin 2023 Oct 1-5
  • Books

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    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 Lectureship
      Lectureship in honor of Meyer Bodansky, MD, PhD; UT Medical Branch (Galveston, Texas) (2023)
    • Dean's Capstone Project Recognition Award
      Leadership Emerging in Academic Departments (LEAD) Program; UT Southwestern (2020)
    • John H. Yardley Fellowship
      Johns Hopkins Hospital (2008)
    • Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award
      Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (2005)
    • William Pepper Fellowship
      Hospital 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)