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David Dawson, MD, Pathology, Los Angeles, CA

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Pathology Los Angeles, CA

Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Associate Professor, Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine

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  • Office

    10833 Le Conte Ave
    CHS B186
    Los Angeles, CA 90095
    Phone+1 310-794-8285

Education & Training

  • University of California
    University of CaliforniaPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2002 - 2005
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1999 - 2002
  • Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
    Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1999
  • Northwestern University
    Northwestern UniversityPhD, Molecular Biology and Genetics, 1997
  • Duke University
    Duke UniversityDean, 1987 - 1991
  • Duke University
    Duke UniversityBS, Zoology, Magna cum laude, 1991

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2001 - 2026
  • American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Awards American Association for Cancer Research, 2013
  • Ethics and Accountability in Biomedical Research Reviewer, Hirshberg Foundation (1009-2012), 2012
  • AACR-Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Award AACR-Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (2008-2010)., 2010
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A Prognostic Scoring System for the Prediction of Metastatic Recurrence Following Curative Resection of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors  
    Paul A Toste, Shonan Sho, Colin M Court, Joseph R Pisegna, Oscar J Hines, Howard A Reber, David W Dawson, Michael Lewis, James S Tomlinson, Timothy R Donahue, Journal of gastrointestinal surgery
  • Epigenetic regulation affects N-myc downstream regulated gene-1 expression indirectly in pancreatic cancer cells.  
    Angst E, Dawson DW, Nguyen A, Park J, Go VLW, Reber HA, Hines OJ, Eibl G, Pancreas. 39:675-9. PMID: 20173668
  • Quercetin aglycone is bioavailable in murine pancreas and pancreatic xenografts.  
    Zhang L, Angst E, Park JL, Moro A, Dawson DW, Reber HA, Eibl G, Hines OJ, Go VL and Lu QY, J. Agric. Food Chem. 58:7252-7. PMID: 20499918
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Chromatin, Chromosomes and Cancer Epigenetics
    Dawson, D.W., Wu, Y-Z., Smith, L., Plass, C. Teitell, M. Bioinformatics and Genome-wide assessment of mammalian CmC, AACR Special Conference, Waikailoa Village, HI
  • Global methylation profiling in TCL1 transgenic mice reveals novel targets of DNA hypermethylation in mature B cell lymphomas.
    Dawson, D.W., Hong, J.S., Shen, R.R., French, S.W., Troke, J., Wu, Y-Z., Chen, S-S., Gui, D., Regelson, M., Marahrens, Y, Morse III, H.C., Said, J., Plass, C. and M.A...., AACR Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA
  • Global DNA methylation changes in pancreatic cancer.
    Nguyen, A.M., Pellegrini, M. and Dawson, D, UCLA Stein-Oppenheimer Endowment Awards Reception and Poster Presentation, Los Angeles, CA
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Lectures

  • Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas. 
    International Academy of Pathology-Thailand 50th Annual Meeting. Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Exploring Wnt Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer. 
    Pancreatic Cancer Action Network National Headquarters
  • Wnt Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer. 
    Los Angeles County-Harbor Medical Center Department of Pathology Grand Rounds. Torrance, CA
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Press Mentions

  • Chocolate Can Interfere with Analytical Cannabis Testing
    Chocolate Can Interfere with Analytical Cannabis TestingMay 16th, 2021

Professional Memberships

  • Pathology Subcore of Animal Core
    Director