
Anton Rets, MD, PhD
Medical Director: Hematopathology
Assistant Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of Medicine
Specialties
- Benign and malignant hematology/hematopathology
- Myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic neoplasms
- Mast cell disorders
- Red blood cell disorders
Education
- Doctorate Degree—Pathology, Perm State Medical Academy/St. Petersburg Academy of Postgraduate Medical Education
- Medical Degree—Perm State Medical Academy
- Residency—Pathology, Perm State Medical Academy
- Residency—Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, State University of New York Downstate Health Science Center at Brooklyn
- Fellowship—Hematopathology, University of Utah School of Medicine
Certification/Affiliations
- American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Hematopathology)
Research Interests
- Red blood cell disorders
- Mast cell disorders
- Nonneoplastic hematology
- Digital microscopy
Awards
- Outstanding Teaching Award in Clinical Pathology
- Excellence in Leadership Award, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
- Outstanding Academic Performance Federal Award, Perm State Medical Academy
Recent Publications
- Maccio U, et al. Lymphoid aggregates in bone marrow: a diagnostic pitfall. J Clin Pathol. 2022 [Published ahead of print Sep 2022].
- Agarwal AM, et al. Laboratory approach to investigation of anemia in pregnancy. Int J Lab Hematol. 2021;43 Suppl 1:65–70.
- Rets AV, et al. δ-Globin chain variants associated with decreased Hb A2 levels: a national reference laboratory experience. Hemoglobin. 2020;44(6):438–41.
- Meznarich JA, et al. Novel, de novo, beta-globin variant with decreased oxygen affinity (HBB:c.317T>A, "Hemoglobin St. George") in a healthy child with low oxygen saturations and anemia. Am J Hematol. 2021;96(12), E448–E450.
- Agarwal AM, et al. Laboratory approach to investigation of anemia with a focus on pyruvate kinase deficiency. Int J Lab Hematol. 2020;42 Suppl 1”107–12.
- Rets AV, et al. Molecular diagnostic update in hereditary hemolytic anemia and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Int J Lab Hematol. 2019 May;41(Suppl 1):95–101.
- Toydemir RM, et al. Immunophenotypic and cytogenetic evolution patterns of the neoplastic plasma cells in multiple myeloma relapsed after stem cell transplant. Journal of Hematopathology. 2018 Sep;11(3):75–8.