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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

 

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. 2024 Jul 30; pii: aqae094. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae094. Epub 2024 Jul 30.
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

Does ROSE matter? Evaluation of final diagnostic, PD-L1 immunohistochemistry, and molecular testing yields of CT-guided lung biopsies performed before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jennings EB, Percarpio RB, Tafe LJ, Demidenko E, Levy J, Gutmann EJ, Marotti JD
J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2024 Jul-Aug;13(4):263-271. doi: 10.1016/j.jasc.2024.03.004. Epub 2024 Mar 29.
PMID: 38677893

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. 2024 Aug;32(5):962-969. 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. 2024 May 1;148(5):538-544. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2023-0047-CP.
PMID: 37535666

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