Josef T. Prchal
Professor
Department of Hematology
Huntsman Cancer Institute
United States of America
Biography
Josef Prchal, MD is a Professor in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. He is also named Huntsman Cancer Institute Investigator, and is a member of the Cell Response and Regulation Program and the Imaging, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics Program. In addition, he holds adjunct Professor appointments in Human Genetics and in Pathology. At his clinics at Huntsman Cancer Institute's Clinic 2B and at the George E. Wahlen Veteran's Medical Center, he sees benign red cell disorders and Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms.
Research Interest
Polycythemia Erythrocyte Disorders Hematopoiesis
Publications
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Sangle N, Cook J, Perkins S, Teman CJ, Bahler D, Hickman K, Wilson A, Prchal J, Salama ME (2014). Myelofibrotic transformations of polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia are morphologically, biologically, and prognostically indistinguishable from primary myelofibrosis. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol, 22(9), 663-8.
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Nussenzveig RH, Christensen RD, Prchal JT, Yaish HM, Agarwal AM (2014). Novel alpha-spectrin mutation in trans with alpha-spectrin causing severe neonatal jaundice from hereditary spherocytosis. Neonatology, 106(4), 355-7.
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Lorenzo FR, Huff C, Myllymaki M, Olenchock B, Swierczek S, Tashi T, Gordeuk V, Wuren T, Ri-Li G, McClain DA, Khan TM, Koul PA, Guchhait P, Salama ME, Xing J, Semenza GL, Liberzon E, Wilson A, Simonson TS, Jorde LB, Kaelin WG Jr, Koivunen P, Prchal JT (2014). A genetic mechanism for Tibetan high-altitude adaptation. Nat Genet, 46(9), 951-6.
