
Jason Park, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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.
View Clinical Profile
Biography
Jason Park, MD, PhD, FCAP, DABCC (@JasonPathology) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He is also the Clinical Director of the Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory at Children’s Health, Children's Medical Center Dallas, Texas. Dr. Park's clinical and research interests are in 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 Co-Editor of Reviews for Clinical Chemistry, Associate Editor for Laboratory Investigation, and is a member of the Editorial Board of Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. His research has resulted in 13 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
- Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance
- 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
- Clinical Utility of Reinterpreting Previously Reported Genomic Epilepsy Test Results for Pediatric Patients.
- SoRelle JA, Thodeson DM, Arnold S, Gotway G, Park JY JAMA Pediatr 2018 Nov e182302
- Spindle Cell/Sclerosing Rhabdomyosarcoma With PAX8::PPARG Fusion.
- Rakheja D, Park JY, Alhasan M, Uddin N, Int J Surg Pathol 2022 Apr 10668969221095170
- Association between Antibiotic Exposure and Systemic Immune Parameters in Cancer Patients Receiving Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy.
- von Itzstein MS, Gonugunta AS, Sheffield T, Homsi J, Dowell JE, Koh AY, Raj P, Fattah F, Wang Y, Basava VS, Khan S, Park JY, Popat V, Saltarski JM, Gloria-McCutchen Y, Hsiehchen D, Ostmeyer J, Xie Y, Li QZ, Wakeland EK, Gerber DE, Cancers (Basel) 2022 Mar 14 5
- Extrarenal Anaplastic Wilms Tumor: A Case Report With Genomic Analysis And Tumor Models.
- Willis KR, Sathe AA, Xing C, Koduru P, Artunduaga M, Butler EB, Park JY, Kurmasheva RT, Houghton PJ, Chen KS, Rakheja D, J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2022 Feb
- Association of Pyuria with Uropathogens in Young Children.
- Nadeem S, Manuel MM, Oke OK, Patel V, Filkins LM, Badawy MK, Park JY, Hennes HM, J Pediatr 2022 Feb
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
- 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)
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry (2005)
- College of American Pathologists (2004)