Brett Kurpiel, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory MedicinePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Contact InformationChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: kurpielb@chop.edu
Specialty Division
CHOP Anatomic Pathology
Clinical Expertise
Pediatric Surgical Pathology
Perinatal/Placental Pathology
Education
BA (Biology), Saint Vincent College, 2016
MD University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2020
Specialty Certification
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology, 2024
Postgraduate Training
Resident, Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology, University of Virginia, 2020-24
Fellow, Pediatric Pathology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2024-25
Memberships and Professional Organizations
College of American Pathologists (CAP), 2020-present
-------- Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Junior Member, 2023-24
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), 2020-present
Virginia Society of Pathology, 2021-24
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2022-present
Web Links
Selected Publications
Diagnostic Challenges and Clinical Follow-up in Atypical and Neoplastic Gestational Trophoblastic Proliferations: a Multi-Institution Review
Kurpiel BR, Shanes ED, Mills AM, LeGallo RL, Jenkins TM, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2024
Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal SMARCA4-deficient Undifferentiated Tumors
Wang J, Elghawy O, Kurpiel B, Kaur V, Clin J Gastroenterol. 16(6): 807-814, 2023, PMID:37651059
The Don Innes Fellowship in Pathology: A Successful Approach to Recruitment
Acosta Martinez S, Kurpiel BR, LeGallo RD, College of American Pathologists, 2023
The Dynamics of Monkeypox Transmission
Freeman EE, Abbott S, Kurpiel B, Okwor T, BMJ, 2022, PMID:36323409
Diagnosis and Management of Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia with a t(2;13)(q33;q12) Translocation
Wang JS, Elghawy O, Kurpiel BR, Douvas MG, Case Reports in Hematology, 2022, PMID:35571528
MLH1/PMS2-deficient Endometrial Carcinomas in a Universally Screened Population: MLH1 Hypermethylation and Germline Mutation Status
Kurpiel B, Thomas MS, Mubeen M, Ring KL, Modesitt SC, Moskaluk CA, Mills AM, Int J Gynecol Pathol 41(1): 1-11, 2022, PMID:33577226
Epithelioid Hemangioma
Kurpiel B, Alexander C, Society for Pediatric Pathology Slide Survey Online 22-03(): , 2022
More Than Just Chorio; Placental Pathology for the General Pathologist
Kurpiel BR, Virginia Society for Pathology Meeting, 2022
Hepatitis-Associated Aplastic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient: An Uncommon Entity Presenting With a Rapid Clinical Course
Kurpiel BR, Iezzoni JC, Courville EL, College of American Pathologists, 2022
