Amy Lowichik, MD, PhD

Chief of the Division of Pediatric Pathology, University of Utah
Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of Medicine

Specialties

• Gastrointestinal (GI) and liver pathology

Education

• Medical Degree—University of Michigan
• PhD—Zoology and Microbiology, Tulane University
• Dr. Lowichik Residency—Clinical Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
• Residency—Anatomic Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
• Fellowship—Pediatric Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Certification/Affiliations

• American Board of Pathology (Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Pediatric Pathology)

Research Interests

• Medical pediatric GI and liver

Recent Publications

• Segura S, Lowichik A, Patel R. Intestinal spirochetosis in an immunocompetent pediatric patient. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2024;79(1):191-192.
• Leung DH, Devaraj S, Goodrich NP, et al. Serum biomarkers correlated with liver stiffness assessed in a multicenter study of pediatric cholestatic liver disease. Hepatology. 2023;77(2):530-545.
• Bass LM, Ye W, Hawthorne K, et al. Risk of variceal hemorrhage and pretransplant mortality in children with biliary atresia. Hepatology. 2022;76(3):712-726.
• Lozano Chinga M, Afify Z, Lowichik A, et al. Female adolescent with recurrent anemia and thrombocytopenia: questions. Pediatr Nephrol. 2022;37(9):2067-2068.
• Lozano Chinga M, Afify Z, Lowichik A, et al. Female adolescent with recurrent anemia and thrombocytopenia: answers. Pediatr Nephrol. 2022;37(9):2069-2071.
• Lucas CG, Abdullaev Z, Bruggers CS, et al. Activating NTRK2 and ALK receptor tyrosine kinase fusions extend the molecular spectrum of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas of early childhood: a diagnostic overlap with infant-type hemispheric glioma. Acta Neuropathol. 2022;143(2):283-286.
• Teckman J, Rosenthal P, Hawthorne K, et al. Longitudinal outcomes in young patients with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency with native liver reveal that neonatal cholestasis is a poor predictor of future portal hypertension. J Pediatr. 2020;227:81-86.e4.