Dwight Oliver, M.D.

Medical Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, UTSW

Director, Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship Program

Diplomat, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology

Diplomat, Molecular Genetic Pathology, Am Board of Pathology and Am Board of Medical Genetics

Medical School

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine (1993)

Internship

Baylor College of Medicine (1994), Pathology

Internship

Baylor College of Medicine (1995), Internal Medicine

Residency

UT Health Science Center McGovern Medical School (1998), Pathology

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (1999), Surgical Pathology

Fellowship

Johns Hopkins Hospital (2001), Pathology

• Molecular diagnostics applications in cancer and infectious diseases
• Next generation sequencing panels in oncology

Featured Publications

Serum D-2-hydroxyglutarate and the ratio of D-2HG/L-2HG predict IDH mutation in acute myeloid leukemia.

Zhang C, Chu A, Boriack R, Collins R, Xu J, Oliver D, Zheng R, Rakheja D, Chen W, EJHaem 2023 Aug 4 3 723-727

Acute graft-versus-host disease after double lung transplant confirmed by short tandem repeat analysis to identify donor chimerism in the skin.

Valencia J, Kaza V, Kim JK, Oliver D, Vandergriff T, Wysocki C, Dominguez AR, JAAD Case Rep 2023 Jun 36 24-27

Stepped Behavioral and Biological Screening for Oral Oncogenic HPV DNA in Middle-aged and Elderly Adults: A Feasibility Study.

Day AT, Sample RA, Salley JR, Oliver D, Dahlstrom KR, Sturgis EM, Tiro JA, Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2023 Mar 16 3 127-132

Case Report of Fibro-Adipose Vascular Anomaly (FAVA) with Activating Somatic PIK3CA Mutation.

Driskill JH, Hwang H, Callan AK, Oliver D, Case Rep Genet 2022 2022 9016497

Digital Droplet PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Resolves Borderline Cases.

Xu J, Kirtek T, Xu Y, Zheng H, Yao H, Ostman E, Oliver D, Malter JS, Gagan JR, SoRelle JA, Am J Clin Pathol 2021 05 155 6 815-822

Lenalidomide-Associated Secondary B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma-A Unique Entity.

Germans SK, Kulak O, Koduru P, Oliver D, Gagan J, Patel P, Anderson LD, Fuda FS, Chen W, Jaso JM, Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 2020 Sep

Diagnostic Performance of a Rapid Point of Care Test for SARS-CoV-2 in an Urban ED Setting.

McDonald S, Courtney DM, Clark AE, Muthukumar A, Lee F, Balani J, Mahimainathan L, Bararia A, Oliver D, Sarode R, Diercks D, Acad Emerg Med 2020 Jun

Does Tumor FDG-PET-Avidity Represent Enhanced Glycolytic Metabolism in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?

Kernstine KH, Faubert B, Do QN, Rogers TJ, Hensley CT, Cai L, Torrealba J, Oliver D, Waschmann JW, Lenkinski RE, Malloy CR, Deberardinis RJ, Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2019 Dec

Genome-Wide Analysis of Glioblastoma Patients with Unexpectedly Long Survival.

Richardson TE, Patel S, Serrano J, Sathe AA, Daoud EV, Oliver D, Maher EA, Madrigales A, Mickey BE, Taxter T, Jour G, White CL, Raisanen JM, Xing C, Snuderl M, Hatanpaa KJ, J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 2019 Apr

Lactate Metabolism in Human Lung Tumors.

Faubert B, Li KY, Cai L, Hensley CT, Kim J, Zacharias LG, Yang C, Do QN, Doucette S, Burguete D, Li H, Huet G, Yuan Q, Wigal T, Butt Y, Ni M, Torrealba J, Oliver D, Lenkinski RE, Malloy CR, Wachsmann JW, Young JD, Kernstine K, DeBerardinis RJ Cell 2017 Oct 171 2 358-371.e9

 Featured Books

Polymerase Chain Reaction and Reverse Transcription- Polymerase Chain Reaction. In Basic Concepts of Molecular Pathology

Cagle and Allen (Eds) (2009). New York, Springer

Polymerase Chain Reaction and Reverse Transcription- Polymerase Chain Reaction. In Molecular Pathology of Lung Diseases

Zander, Popper, Jagirdar, Haque, Cagle, Barrios (Eds) (2008). New York, Springer

• Excellence in Clinical Research, Pathology Young Investigator Award, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
  Translational Research (2001)
• A.O. Severance Pathology Scholarship
  Medical School, Pathology Scholarship (1993)

• American Association for Cancer Research (2001)
• Association for Molecular Pathology (1999)
• College of American Pathologists (2003)