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Joel A. Lefferts, PhD

Title(s)
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Assistant Director, Clinical Genomics and Advanced Technology Laboratory

Department(s)
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Education
PhD, Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey), Newark, NJ , 2006

Molecular Pathology Fellowship, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH 2006-2010

Contact Information

Department of Pathology
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon NH 03756

Phone: 603-650-8116
Email: Joel.A.Lefferts@hitchcock.org


Selected Publications

 

Simplifying SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based surveillance using an automated FDA EUA assay.
Sathyanarayana SH, Robins AA, Toledo DM, Gallagher TL, Tsongalis GJ, Hubbard JA, Lefferts JA, Martin IW
Microbiol Spectr. 2025 Feb 25;:e0249024. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02490-24. Epub 2025 Feb 25.
PMID: 39998239

Extra-Axial Poorly Differentiated Chordoma Initially Misdiagnosed as Epithelioid Sarcoma.
O'Connor P, Cheung YY, Green DC, Lefferts JA, Jo VY, Kerr DA
Int J Surg Pathol. 2024 Nov 13;:10668969241286086. doi: 10.1177/10668969241286086. Epub 2024 Nov 13.
PMID: 39533889

Angiomyolipomatous Lesions of the Nasal Cavity (Sinonasal Angioleiomyoma with Adipocytic Differentiation): A Multi-Institutional Immunohistochemical and Molecular Study.
Jones VM, Thompson LDR, Pettus JR, Green DC, Lefferts JA, Shah PS, Tsongalis GJ, Sajed DP, Guilmette JM, Lewis JS Jr, Fisch AS, Tafe LJ, Kerr DA
Head Neck Pathol. 2024 Oct 14;18(1):93. doi: 10.1007/s12105-024-01700-y. Epub 2024 Oct 14.
PMID: 39400771

Angiomyolipomatous Lesions of the Nasal Cavity (Sinonasal Angioleiomyoma with Adipocytic Differentiation): A Multi-Institutional Immunohistochemical and Molecular Study.
Jones VM, Thompson LDR, Pettus JR, Green DC, Lefferts JA, Shah PS, Tsongalis GJ, Sajed DP, Guilmette JM, Lewis JS, Fisch AS, Tafe LJ, Kerr DA
Res Sq. 2024 Sep 8; pii: rs.3.rs-4843357. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4843357/v1. Epub 2024 Sep 8.
PMID: 39281855

Y Chromosome: The Dark Matter of the Human Genome Unveiled.
Sathyanarayana SH, Sadanandappa MK, Lefferts JA
Clin Chem. 2024 Jun 3;70(6):887-888. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvae009.
PMID: 38825344

Shared chromosome 21q loss in a mixed subtype renal cell carcinoma: composite or collision tumor?
Stephen SA, Wainman LM, Lefferts JA, Pettus JR
Virchows Arch. 2024 May 23; doi: 10.1007/s00428-024-03820-w. Epub 2024 May 23.
PMID: 38780616

Analytical validation of a semi-automated methodology for quantitative measurement of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater collected in northern New England.
Robbins AA, Gallagher TL, Toledo DM, Hershberger KC, Salmela SM, Barney RE, Szczepiorkowski ZM, Tsongalis GJ, Martin IW, Hubbard JA, Lefferts JA
Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Jun 4;12(6):e0112223. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01122-23. Epub 2024 May 15.
PMID: 38747589

Applications of Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (dPCR) in Molecular and Clinical Testing.
Wainman LM, Sathyanarayana SH, Lefferts JA
J Appl Lab Med. 2024 Jan 3;9(1):124-137. doi: 10.1093/jalm/jfad103.
PMID: 38167753

Periductal Stromal Tumor of the Breast with a TERT Promoter Mutation: First Case Report with Comprehensive Molecular Analysis.
Anderson B, Marotti JD, Lefferts JA, Muller KE
Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Dec;31(8):1626-1631. doi: 10.1177/10668969231157306. Epub 2023 Feb 23.
PMID: 36823780

Development and validation of a molecular tool to predict pathologic complete response in esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Qian DC, Lefferts JA, Zaki BI, Brickley EB, Jackson CR, Andrici J, Sriharan A, Lisovsky M
Dis Esophagus. 2022 Dec 14;35(12) doi: 10.1093/dote/doac035.
PMID: 35758407

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