Education

Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA, BS, 1989, Chemistry
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, Post Sophomore Fellow, 1992-1993, Anatomic Pathology
Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, MD, 1995, Medicine
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Resident, 1995-1997, Anatomic Pathology
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Fellow, 1997-1998, Surgical Pathology
Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX, Fellow, 1998-1999, Pediatric Pathology

Honors & Awards

  • 1989
    Richard A. Jackson Memorial Scholarship
  • 1993-94
    Post Sophomore Pathology Fellowship Scholarship
  • 1999
    A. James McAdams Short Term Study Stipend Award
  • 2002
    Nominated by UCSF Medical School Class of 2004 for "Excellence in Small Group/Lab Instruction"
  • 2008-2009
    University of California San Francisco School of Medicine Teaching Award from Department of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology Residents and Fellows
  • 2013
    Excellence in Teaching Award in Medical Education, UCSF School of Medicine, The Halie T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators
  • 2016
    Great Experience Award for the Great Flood of 2016, University of California San Francisco Health

Selected Publications

  1. Umetsu SE, Kakar S, Basturk O, Kim GE, Chatterjee D, Wen KW, Hale G, Shafizadeh N, Cho SJ, Whitman J, Gill RM, Jones KD, Navale P, Bergsland E, Klimstra D, Joseph NM. Integrated Genomic and Clinicopathologic Approach Distinguishes Pancreatic Grade 3 Neuroendocrine Tumor From Neuroendocrine Carcinoma and Identifies a Subset With Molecular Overlap. Mod Pathol. 2023 03; 36(3):100065.  View on PubMed
  2. Lennerz JK, Pantanowitz L, Amin MB, Eltoum IE, Hameed MR, Kalof AN, Khanafshar E, Kunju LP, Lazenby AJ, Montone KT, Otis CN, Reid MD, Staats PN, Whitney-Miller CL, Abendroth CS, Aron M, Birdsong GG, Bleiweiss IJ, Bronner MP, Chapman J, Cipriani NA, de la Roza G, Esposito MJ, Fadare O, Ferrer K, Fletcher CD, Frishberg DP, Garcia FU, Geldenhuys L, Gill RM, Gui D, Halat S, Hameed O, Hornick JL, Huber AR, Jain D, Jhala N, Jorda M, Jorns JM, Kaplan J, Khalifa MA, Khan A, Kim GE, Lee EY, LiVolsi VA, Longacre T, Magi-Galluzzi C, McCall SJ, McPhaul L, Mehta V, Merzianu M, Miller SB, Molberg KH, Moreira AL, Naini BV, Nosé V, O'Toole K, Picken M, Prieto VG, Pullman JM, Quick CM, Reynolds JP, Rosenberg AE, Schnitt SJ, Schwartz MR, Sekosan M, Smith MT, Sohani A, Stowman A, Vanguri VK, Wang B, Watts JC, Wei S, Whitney K, Younes M, Zee S, Bracamonte ER. Ensuring remote diagnostics for pathologists: an open letter to the US Congress. Nat Med. 2022 Oct 20.  View on PubMed
  3. Mäkinen N, Zhou M, Zhang Z, Kasai Y, Perez E, Kim GE, Thirlwell C, Nakakura E, Meyerson M. Whole genome sequencing reveals the independent clonal origin of multifocal ileal neuroendocrine tumors. Genome Med. 2022 08 03; 14(1):82.  View on PubMed
  4. Kim GE, Lo DY. Pancreatic duct access via rendezvous technique. Gastrointest Endosc. 2022 11; 96(5):869-870.  View on PubMed
  5. Wang H, Chetty R, Hosseini M, Allende DS, Esposito I, Matsuda Y, Deshpande V, Shi J, Dhall D, Jang KT, Kim GE, Luchini C, Graham RP, Reid MD, Basturk O, Hruban RH, Krasinskas A, Klimstra DS, Adsay V, Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society. Pathologic Examination of Pancreatic Specimens Resected for Treated Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Recommendations From the Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society. Am J Surg Pathol. 2022 06 01; 46(6):754-764.  View on PubMed
  6. Kasai Y, Masui T, Nakakura EK, Nakano K, Sato A, Uchida Y, Yogo A, Nagai K, Anazawa T, Hope TA, Kim GE, Whitman J, Le BK, Takaori K, Bergsland EK, Hatano E, Uemoto S. Preoperative risk stratification of lymph node metastasis for non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm: An international dual-institutional study. Pancreatology. 2022 Jan; 22(1):123-129.  View on PubMed
  7. Dhall D, Shi J, Allende DS, Jang KT, Basturk O, Adsay V, Kim GE. Towards a More Standardized Approach to Pathologic Reporting of Pancreatoduodenectomy Specimens for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Cross-continental and Cross-specialty Survey From the Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society Grossing Working Group. Am J Surg Pathol. 2021 10 01; 45(10):1364-1373.  View on PubMed
  8. Ashraf DC, Jankovic I, El-Nachef N, Winn BJ, Kim GE, Kersten RC. New-Onset of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Patient Treated With Teprotumumab for Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 Sep-Oct 01; 37(5):e160-e164.  View on PubMed
  9. Hertel PM, Bull LN, Thompson RJ, Goodrich NP, Ye W, Magee JC, Squires RH, Bass LM, Heubi JE, Kim GE, Ranganathan S, Schwarz KB, Bozic MA, Horslen SP, Clifton MS, Turmelle YP, Suchy FJ, Superina RA, Wang KS, Loomes KM, Kamath BM, Sokol RJ, Shneider BL, Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN). Mutation Analysis and Disease Features at Presentation in a Multi-Center Cohort of Children With Monogenic Cholestasis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021 08 01; 73(2):169-177.  View on PubMed
  10. Hendley AM, Rao AA, Leonhardt L, Ashe S, Smith JA, Giacometti S, Peng XL, Jiang H, Berrios DI, Pawlak M, Li LY, Lee J, Collisson EA, Anderson MS, Fragiadakis GK, Yeh JJ, Ye CJ, Kim GE, Weaver VM, Hebrok M. Single-cell transcriptome analysis defines heterogeneity of the murine pancreatic ductal tree. Elife. 2021 05 19; 10.  View on PubMed
  11. Gupta S, Yano J, Mercier V, Htwe HH, Shin HR, Rademaker G, Cakir Z, Ituarte T, Wen KW, Kim GE, Zoncu R, Roux A, Dawson DW, Perera RM. Lysosomal retargeting of Myoferlin mitigates membrane stress to enable pancreatic cancer growth. Nat Cell Biol. 2021 03; 23(3):232-242.  View on PubMed
  12. Cho SJ, Perito ER, Shafizadeh N, Kim GE. Dialogs in the assessment of neonatal cholestatic liver disease. Hum Pathol. 2021 06; 112:102-115.  View on PubMed
  13. Shen JJ, Davis JL, Hong X, Laningham FH, Gelb MH, Kim GE. A Case of Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency Confirmed by Response to Sebelipase Alfa Therapy. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2020 12; 71(6):726-730.  View on PubMed
  14. Xue Y, Balci S, Aydin Mericoz C, Taskin OC, Jiang H, Pehlivanoglu B, Muraki T, Memis B, Saka B, Kim GE, Bandopadhyay S, Knight J, El-Rayes BF, Sarmiento J, Reid MD, Erkan M, Basturk O, Adsay V. Frequency and clinicopathologic associations of DNA mismatch repair protein deficiency in ampullary carcinoma: Routine testing is indicated. Cancer. 2020 11 01; 126(21):4788-4799.  View on PubMed
  15. Zhang Z, Mäkinen N, Kasai Y, Kim GE, Diosdado B, Nakakura E, Meyerson M. Patterns of chromosome 18 loss of heterozygosity in multifocal ileal neuroendocrine tumors. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2020 09; 59(9):535-539.  View on PubMed
  16. Yamamoto K, Venida A, Yano J, Biancur DE, Kakiuchi M, Gupta S, Sohn ASW, Mukhopadhyay S, Lin EY, Parker SJ, Banh RS, Paulo JA, Wen KW, Debnath J, Kim GE, Mancias JD, Fearon DT, Perera RM, Kimmelman AC. Autophagy promotes immune evasion of pancreatic cancer by degrading MHC-I. Nature. 2020 05; 581(7806):100-105.  View on PubMed
  17. Kasai Y, Mahuron K, Hirose K, Corvera CU, Kim GE, Hope TA, Shih BE, Warren RS, Bergsland EK, Nakakura EK. A novel stratification of mesenteric mass involvement as a predictor of challenging mesenteric lymph node dissection by minimally invasive approach for ileal neuroendocrine tumors. J Surg Oncol. 2020 Aug; 122(2):204-211.  View on PubMed
  18. Kasai Y, Hirose K, Corvera CU, Kim GE, Hope TA, Shih BE, Harun N, Kim MO, Warren RS, Bergsland EK, Nakakura EK. Residual tumor volume discriminates prognosis after surgery for neuroendocrine liver metastasis. J Surg Oncol. 2019 Dec 11.  View on PubMed
  19. Moore PC, Qi JY, Thamsen M, Ghosh R, Peng J, Gliedt MJ, Meza-Acevedo R, Warren RE, Hiniker A, Kim GE, Maly DJ, Backes BJ, Papa FR, Oakes SA. Parallel Signaling through IRE1α and PERK Regulates Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Growth and Survival. Cancer Res. 2019 12 15; 79(24):6190-6203.  View on PubMed
  20. Tuncel D, Basturk O, Bradley KT, Kim GE, Xue Y, Reid MD, Balci S, Erbarut I, Adsay V. Poorly Cohesive (Signet Ring Cell) Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater. Int J Surg Pathol. 2020 May; 28(3):236-244.  View on PubMed

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