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Laura J. Tafe, MD

Title(s)
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Assistant Director, Laboratory for Clinical Genomics and Advanced Technology (CGAT), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Department(s)
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Education
Medical School:
MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 2004

Residency:
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2004-08

Fellowship:
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, Oncologic Pathology, 2008-09

Fellowship:
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, Diagnostic Molecular Pathology, 2009-10

Board Certification:
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2008
Molecular Genetic Pathology, 2011

Websites
http://cancer.dartmouth.edu/lung_thoracic/teamprofile/56703/Laura_J_Tafe_MD

Contact Information

Department of Pathology
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon NH 03756


Selected Publications

 

Clinicopathological and molecular characterization of non-small cell lung cancer with pericardial effusions.
Ma W, Rodrigues Simoes NJ, Seery PP, Li T, Tafe LJ, Kerr DA, Liu X
Cancer Cytopathol. 2025 May;133(5):e70015. doi: 10.1002/cncy.70015.
PMID: 40227522

Detection of Microsatellite Instability in Endometrial Carcinoma Using a Novel Homopolymer Assay.
Nicka CM, Green DC, Tsongalis GJ, Tafe LJ
Int J Surg Pathol. 2025 Mar 3;:10668969241311500. doi: 10.1177/10668969241311500. Epub 2025 Mar 3.
PMID: 40033864

Diagnostic next-generation sequencing to detect MYD88 L265P in Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma compared to ddPCR.
Wainman LM, Huang G, Green DC, Tsongalis GJ, Tafe LJ, Khan WA, Kaur P, Shah PS, Karrs JX
Exp Mol Pathol. 2025 Mar;141:104956. doi: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2025.104956. Epub 2025 Feb 15.
PMID: 39954570

Celebrating 30 Years at the Heart of Precision Medicine.
Arcila ME, Bossler AD, Gibson J, Tafe LJ
J Mol Diagn. 2025 Jan;27(1):1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2024.11.001.
PMID: 39722284

An Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor With a Novel ALK(V1180L) Mutation Leading to Acquired Resistance to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors.
Sharpe B, Green DC, Tafe LJ, Wasp GT, Kerr DA, Dashti NK
Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2024 Nov;63(11):e70012. doi: 10.1002/gcc.70012.
PMID: 39565115

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

Current laboratory testing practices for mismatch repair deficiency and microsatellite instability testing: A survey-based review of current laboratory practices.
Austin AL, Broaddus RR, Souers RJ, Kane ME, Kolhe R, Miller DV, Moncur JT, Ramkissoon S, Tafe LJ, Trembath DG, Graham RP
Am J Clin Pathol. 2025 Jan 28;163(1):60-68. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae094.
PMID: 39078096

Validation and Implementation of a Somatic-Only Tumor Exome for Routine Clinical Application.
Shah PS, Hughes EG, Sukhadia SS, Green DC, Houde BE, Tsongalis GJ, Tafe LJ
J Mol Diagn. 2024 Sep;26(9):815-824. doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2024.05.013. Epub 2024 Jul 6.
PMID: 38972591

Deep Learning for Grading Endometrial Cancer.
Goyal M, Tafe LJ, Feng JX, Muller KE, Hondelink L, Bentz JL, Hassanpour S
Am J Pathol. 2024 Sep;194(9):1701-1711. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2024.05.003. Epub 2024 Jun 13.
PMID: 38879079

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