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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

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Contact Information

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


Selected Publications

 

A Pineal Parenchymal Tumor of Intermediate Differentiation in an Octogenarian Contains a Rare KBTBD4 Insertion.
Jones VM, Kanter JH, Russo GA, Simmons NE, Tafe LJ, Zanazzi GJ
Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Oct 19;:10668969231201411. doi: 10.1177/10668969231201411. Epub 2023 Oct 19.
PMID: 37855103

Recommendations for Cell-Free DNA Assay Validations: A Joint Consensus Recommendation of the Association for Molecular Pathology and College of American Pathologists.
Lockwood CM, Borsu L, Cankovic M, Earle JSL, Gocke CD, Hameed M, Jordan D, Lopategui JR, Pullambhatla M, Reuther J, Rumilla KM, Tafe LJ, Temple-Smolkin RL, Terraf P, Tsimberidou AM
J Mol Diagn. 2023 Dec;25(12):876-897. doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2023.09.004. Epub 2023 Oct 6.
PMID: 37806433

RNA Sequencing for Solid Tumor Fusion Gene Detection: Proficiency Testing Practice and Performance Comparison.
Bridge JA, Halling KC, Moncur JT, Souers RJ, Hameed MR, Fernandes H, Roy A, Surrey L, Tafe LJ, Vasalos P, Lopez-Terrada DH
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2023 Aug 3; doi: 10.5858/arpa.2023-0047-CP. Epub 2023 Aug 3.
PMID: 37535666

Cutaneous myoepithelioma with EWSR1 gene rearrangement and its differentials: A diagnostic challenge.
Okorie CL, Yan S, Kerr DA, Tafe LJ, Sriharan A
J Cutan Pathol. 2023 Jul;50(7):632-636. doi: 10.1111/cup.14433. Epub 2023 Apr 14.
PMID: 37057381

Utility of Retrospective Molecular Analysis in Diagnostically Challenging Mesenchymal Neoplasms.
Mindiola Romero AE, Tafe LJ, Green DC, Deharvengt SJ, Winnick KN, Tsongalis GJ, Baker ML, Linos K, Levy JJ, Kerr DA
Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Dec;31(8):1473-1484. doi: 10.1177/10668969231157783. Epub 2023 Mar 13.
PMID: 36911994

Fluorescence molecular optomic signatures improve identification of tumors in head and neck specimens.
Chen Y, Streeter SS, Hunt B, Sardar HS, Gunn JR, Tafe LJ, Paydarfar JA, Pogue BW, Paulsen KD, Samkoe KS
Front Med Technol. 2023;5:1009638. doi: 10.3389/fmedt.2023.1009638. Epub 2023 Feb 15.
PMID: 36875185

Current Laboratory Testing Practices for Assessment of ERBB2/HER2 in Endometrial Serous Carcinoma and Colorectal Carcinoma.
Hagemann IS, Bridge JA, Tafe LJ, Hameed MR, Moncur JT, Bellizzi AM, Dolan M, Vasalos P, Kane ME, Souers RJ, Yemelyanova A
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2023 Oct 1;147(10):1148-1157. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2022-0229-CP.
PMID: 36538387

Evaluation of tumor microenvironment and biomarkers of immune checkpoint inhibitor response in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Brown LC, Zhu J, Desai K, Kinsey E, Kao C, Lee YH, Pabla S, Labriola MK, Tran J, Dragnev KH, Tafe LJ, Dayyani F, Gupta RT, McCall S, George DJ, Glenn ST, Nesline MK, George S, Zibelman M, Morrison C, Ornstein MC, Zhang T
J Immunother Cancer. 2022 Oct;10(10) doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-005249.
PMID: 36252996

Predicting oncogene mutations of lung cancer using deep learning and histopathologic features on whole-slide images.
Tomita N, Tafe LJ, Suriawinata AA, Tsongalis GJ, Nasir-Moin M, Dragnev K, Hassanpour S
Transl Oncol. 2022 Oct;24:101494. doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2022.101494. Epub 2022 Jul 26.
PMID: 35905641

Primary Pulmonary Round Cell Sarcomas: Multiple Potential Pitfalls for the Pathologist.
Richards R, Jour G, Tafe LJ, Pinto A, Brčić I, Linos K, Kerr DA
Int J Surg Pathol. 2022 Dec;30(8):844-852. doi: 10.1177/10668969221091586. Epub 2022 Apr 11.
PMID: 35404156

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