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Benjamin L. Witt, MD Section Chief: Cytology Subspecialty Director: Head and Neck Pathology Subspecialties: Head and neck pathology, thoracic pathology, and cytopathology
Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of Medicine Specialties Cytopathology Head and neck/thoracic pathology Education Medical Degree—University of Colorado Denver Residency—Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Chief Resident, University of Chicago (NorthShore) Fellowship—Cytopathology, University of Utah/ARUP Laboratories Certification/Affiliations American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Cytopathology) Research Interests Fine-needle aspiration Head and neck pathology Publications Ireland AS, Hawgood SB, Xie DA, et al. Basal cell of origin resolves neuroendocrine-tuft lineage plasticity in cancer (preprint). bioRxiv . 2024:2024.11.13.623500. Mahomva CR, Smith KA, Minkah PAB, et al. Chemokine CCL19 and its receptors CCR7 and CCRL1 in chronic rhinosinusitis . J Inflamm Res . 2024;17:2991-3002. Smith KA, Gill AS, Pollard CE, et al. An eosinophil peroxidase activity assay accurately predicts eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis . J Allergy Clin Immunol . 2023;152(2):400-407. Bansal S, Bechara RI, Patel JD, et al. Safety and feasibility of photodynamic therapy for ablation of peripheral lung tumors . J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol . 2023;30(2):135-143. Witt BL, Zhou W, Ambaye AB, et al. Using American type culture collection cell lines to evaluate interlaboratory variables for estrogen receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 immunostaining . Arch Pathol Lab Med . 2023;147(2):143-148. Dong Z, Barraza G, Affolter KE, et al. Distinguishing gastrointestinal leiomyomas from muscularis propria in biopsy specimens by differential expression of S100 immunohistochemical stain . Am J Clin Pathol . 2023;159(1):53-59. Gibson BA, McKinnon E, Bentley RC, et al. Communicating certainty in pathology reports . Arch Pathol Lab Med . 2022;146(10):1177. Staats PN, Davey DD, Witt BL, et al. Performance of specific morphologic features in distinguishing low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions from high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in borderline cases: a College of American Pathologists Cytopathology Committee multiobserver study . J Am Soc Cytopathol . 2022;11(2):102-113. Witt BL. Rapid on site evaluation (ROSE): a pathologists' perspective . Tech Vasc Interv Radiol . 2021;24(3):100767. Olsen RR, Ireland AS, Kastner DW, et al. ASCL1 represses a SOX9+ neural crest stem-like state in small cell lung cancer . Genes Dev . 2021;35(11-12):847-869. Zhu GG, Witt BL, Winter Iii TC, et al. Multiple enlarging hepatic and retroperitoneal myelolipomas in the setting of Cushing disease . BMJ Case Rep . 2021;14(2):e239107. Chandan S, Mohan BP, Khan SR, et al. Comparison of EUS-guided conventional smear and liquid-based cytology in pancreatic lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis . Endosc Int Open . 2020;8(11):E1611-E1622. Ireland AS, Micinski AM, Kastner DW, et al. MYC drives temporal evolution of small cell lung cancer subtypes by reprogramming neuroendocrine fate . Cancer Cell . 2020;38(1):60-78.e12.