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Office
3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
Nashville, TN 37232Phone+1 615-322-3000
Summary
- Dr. Heather Pua, MD is a board certified pathologist in Nashville, Tennessee. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in Tennessee and California. She is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center and is a Resident Physician at UCSF School of Medicine.
Education & Training
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2009 - 2013- University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Molecular Genetic Pathology, 2011 - 2012
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2011 - Present
TN State Medical License 2017 - 2024- American Board of Pathology Pathology - Anatomic
- American Board of Pathology Pathology - Molecular Genetic
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 13 citationsNovel interstitial 2.6 Mb deletion on 9q21 associated with multiple congenital anomalies.Heather H. Pua, Swetha Krishnamurthi, Jessica M. Farrell, Marta Margeta, Philip C. Ursell
American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2014-01-01 - 15 citationsPierpont syndrome associated with the p.Tyr446Cys missense mutation in TBL1XR1.Anne Slavotinek, Heather H. Pua, Ugur Hodoglugil, Jude M. Abadie, Joseph T. Shieh
European Journal of Medical Genetics. 2017-10-01 - 83 citationsExtracellular vesicles: mediators of intercellular communication in tissue injury and diseaseGreg Berumen Sánchez, Kaitlyn E Bunn, Heather H Pua, Marjan Rafat
Cell Communication and Signaling. 2021-10-16
Press Mentions
Biologist Upasna Sharma Wins NIH Director's New Innovator AwardOctober 1st, 2019
Pua Lands NIH Director's New Innovator AwardOctober 1st, 2019- For the First Time, Professor Observes Crystallized Iron Product, Hemozoin, Made in MammalsOctober 1st, 2019
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