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Brent A. Orr, MD, PhD

Member, St. Jude Faculty

Medical Director, Anatomic Pathology

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Brent A. Orr, MD, PhD

Pathology

MS 250, Room C5032

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

(901) 595-3530(phone)

(901) 595-3100(fax)

Affiliations

Department of Pathology

Comprehensive Cancer Center

Neurobiology and Brain Tumor Program

Education

BS – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois MD – University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois Residency (Anatomic Pathology)  – The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Fellowship (Neuropathology) – The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Honors & Awards

  • 2011 Young Investigator Award for Excellence in Translational Research, Johns Hopkins Department of Pathology
  • 2007 Donald R. Thrush Award for Excellence in Pathology, University of Illinois College of Medicine

Research Interests

  • Identification of molecular biomarkers of prognostic and therapeutic significance to pediatric brain tumors
  • Translation of integrated morphologic and molecular tumor subtyping into clinical neuropathology

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