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Welcome Katherine Geiersbach
We are excited to introduce a new member of our pathology department. Dr. Katherine Geiersbach is a Rhode Island native who received her undergraduate degree in architecture from Princeton University. After considering a career in architecture, she decided to pursue a career in medicine instead, and moved to Colorado Springs in 1994 to complete prerequisite training while living with her family there. A brief research experience in the Cytogenetics Laboratory in the Department of Pathology at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs sparked her interest in laboratory medicine. She graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2001, and completed her pathology residency training and a clinical cytogenetics fellowship at the University of Colorado in 2007.
Dr. Geiersbach moved here in 2007 for fellowship training in Molecular Genetic Pathology at the University of Utah / ARUP Laboratories. She has been working as an Assistant Medical Director in the Cytogenetics Laboratory and has also been assisting with case sign out in Molecular Oncology at ARUP since February 2009.
Throughout her studies, Dr. Geiersbach’s primary focus has been in the genetics of solid tumors. She is interested in developing noninvasive screening for tumor-derived nucleic acids in blood, as well as diagnostic molecular testing on resected tumor specimens. In her first year at ARUP, she developed and validated a molecular test for molar pregnancy. She is now developing a test for a common mutation in a subclass of ovarian tumors. Her current research projects include an investigation of gene rearrangements in aneurysmal bone cysts, and triple gene rearrangements in B cell lymphoma. She is also collaborating with Dr. Voelkerding on his investigation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by next generation sequencing, correlating sequence polymorphisms with public databases. For future work, she's interested in developing tumor-specific gene expression panels, and in developing new technologies to improve the sensitivity of molecular testing on solid tumors. She hopes to play a role in integrating molecular genetics and cytogenetics into the practice of anatomic pathology.
Outside of work, Dr. Geiersbach loves to go running and cycling in the canyons and neighborhoods surrounding the University of Utah. She also enjoys playing her double bass in the Salt Lake Symphony. Although she considers herself an "East Coast Girl", she truly enjoys all the activities that Utah has to offer.
Dr. Geiersbach moved here in 2007 for fellowship training in Molecular Genetic Pathology at the University of Utah / ARUP Laboratories. She has been working as an Assistant Medical Director in the Cytogenetics Laboratory and has also been assisting with case sign out in Molecular Oncology at ARUP since February 2009.
Throughout her studies, Dr. Geiersbach’s primary focus has been in the genetics of solid tumors. She is interested in developing noninvasive screening for tumor-derived nucleic acids in blood, as well as diagnostic molecular testing on resected tumor specimens. In her first year at ARUP, she developed and validated a molecular test for molar pregnancy. She is now developing a test for a common mutation in a subclass of ovarian tumors. Her current research projects include an investigation of gene rearrangements in aneurysmal bone cysts, and triple gene rearrangements in B cell lymphoma. She is also collaborating with Dr. Voelkerding on his investigation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by next generation sequencing, correlating sequence polymorphisms with public databases. For future work, she's interested in developing tumor-specific gene expression panels, and in developing new technologies to improve the sensitivity of molecular testing on solid tumors. She hopes to play a role in integrating molecular genetics and cytogenetics into the practice of anatomic pathology.
Outside of work, Dr. Geiersbach loves to go running and cycling in the canyons and neighborhoods surrounding the University of Utah. She also enjoys playing her double bass in the Salt Lake Symphony. Although she considers herself an "East Coast Girl", she truly enjoys all the activities that Utah has to offer.