Georgios Deftereos, MD

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