
Georgios Deftereos, MD
Medical Director: Anatomic Pathology and Molecular Oncology
Assistant Professor, University of Utah School of Medicine
- Cytopathology
- Molecular oncology
- FISH
Education
- Medical Degree—University of Bari Aldo Moro
- Residency—Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Allegheny Health Network
- Fellowship—Cytopathology, University of Washington
- Fellowship—Molecular Genetic Pathology, University of Washington
Certification/Affiliations
- American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Cytopathology, Molecular Genetic Pathology)
Research Interests
- Epigenetics of solid tumors
- Minimally invasive precision diagnostics
- Molecular testing in cytopathology of solid tumors
Awards
- 40 Under Forty Award, American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2016
- First Resident Research Award, Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology, United States and Canada Academy of Pathology, 2015
- Poster of Distinction Award, Digestive Disease Week, 2013
- First Place, Resident Research Award, Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology, United States and Canada Academy of Pathology, 2012
Recent Publications
- Chapel DB, et al. Tumor PD-L1 expression in malignant pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma by Dako PD-L1 22C3 pharmDx and Dako PD-L1 28-8 pharmDx assays.Hum Pathol. 2019 May;87:11–7.
- Deftereos G, et al. GATA3immunohistochemistry expression in histologic subtypes of primary breast carcinoma and metastatic breast carcinoma cytology. Am J Surg Pathol. 2015 Sep;39(9):1282–9.