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

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

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 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 Editor-in-Chief for the journal Clinical Chemistry (9.3 impact factor; 2022 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
    • Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance
    • Pediatric gastrointestinal pathology
  • Publications

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    T-cell tolerant fraction as a predictor of immune-related adverse events.
    Ostmeyer J, Park JY, von Itzstein MS, Hsiehchen D, Fattah F, Gwin M, Catalan R, Khan S, Raj P, Wakeland EK, Xie Y, Gerber DE, J Immunother Cancer 2023 Aug 11 8
    A concise study of acetazolamide in glucose transporter type 1 deficiency (G1D) epilepsy.
    Málaga I, Avila A, Primeaux S, Park JY, Pascual JM, Epilepsia 2023 Jun
    Combination of triheptanoin with the ketogenic diet in Glucose transporter type 1 deficiency (G1D).
    Avila A, Málaga I, Sirsi D, Kayani S, Primeaux S, Kathote GA, Jakkamsetti V, Kallem RR, Putnam WC, Park JY, Shinnar S, Pascual JM, Sci Rep 2023 Jun 13 1 8951
  • 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
    • 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 Association for Clinical Chemistry (2005)
    • American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (2011)
    • College of American Pathologists (2004)