PhilipAndrewBrantonMD(He/Him)

Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Senior Research Pathologist/Jackson Foundation, Joint Pathology Center

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Office
The Joint Pathology Center, Senior Research Patholgist
606 Stephen Sitter Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone+1 202-746-4773

Philip Branton, MD, based in Silver Spring, MD, is a healthcare professional specializing in pathology with subspecialties in anatomic and clinical pathology. He completed his medical education at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1987, followed by a residency in pathology-anatomic and clinical at the National Capital Consortium, and further specialized in gynecologic and breast pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. He has experience in immunohistochemistry and neoplasm staging and has contributed to several notable publications, including works on genotype-tissue expression and single-nucleus cross-tissue molecular reference maps. He has been recognized as a Top MD by Consumers Checkbook.

Armed Forces Institute of PathologyGynecologic and Breast Pathology, 1996 - 1997
National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1987 - 1992
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1987

PubMed

Notable Histologic Findings in a "Normal" Cohort: The National Institutes of Health Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project.
Philip A Branton, Leslie Sobin, Mary Barcus, Kelly B Engel, Sarah R Greytak
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 2025-03-01
1 citations
Histologic and Quality Assessment of Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Research Samples: A Large Postmortem Tissue Collection.
Leslie Sobin, Mary Barcus, Philip A Branton, Kelly B Engel, Judy Keen
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 2025-03-01
180 citations
Single-nucleus cross-tissue molecular reference maps toward understanding disease gene function.
Gökcen Eraslan, Eugene Drokhlyansky, Shankara Anand, Evgenij Fiskin, Ayshwarya Subramanian
Science. 2022-05-13

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