Anton Rets, MD, PhD

Associate 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.