Laurel J. Glaser, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Co-Director, HUP/CHOP Fellowship in Clinical Microbiology
Medical Director, Quality
Contact InformationHospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
4 Gates Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-3457
Fax: 215-349-8291
Email: laurel.glaser@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Specialty Division
Laboratory Medicine
Education
ScB (Biochemistry), Brown University, 1998
MD PhD (Microbiology), Mount Sinai School of Medicine , 2009
Specialty Certification
American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology), 2014
American Board of Medical Microbiology, 2016
Certificate Program in Healthcare Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Perelman School of Medicine, 2020
Postgraduate Training
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, 2009-2013
Fellow, Medical & Public Health Microbiology, CPEP (American Academy of Microbiology) Accredited Program, University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2015
Awards and Honors
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2008
William Pepper Fellowship Award in Recognition of Service to Clinical Pathology, 2011-2012
Kevin Salhany Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, 2017
Chairman's Award for Distinguished Citizenship and Extraordinary Service to the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Penn Medicine, 2021
Penn Cares Commitment to Excellence Award, 2022
Memberships and Professional Organizations
College of American Pathologists, 2009 - Present
American Society for Microbiology, 2013 - Present
American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2015 - Present
Web Links
Selected Publications
Retrospective Review of GenExpert MTB/RIF Assay Utilization to Diagnose Tuberculosis at a Tertiary Care Medical
Dumm R, McAulay K, Glaser L, and Rodino KG, Microbe, 2022
Colonization with extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales (ESCrE) and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) in healthcare and community settings in Botswana: an antibiotic resistance in communities and hospitals (ARCH) study
Mannathoko N, Mosepele M, Gross R, Smith RM, Alby K, Glaser L, Richard-Greenblatt M, Dumm R, Sharma A, Jaskowiak-Barr A, Cressman L, Sewawa K, Cowden L, Reesey E, Otukile D, Paganotti GM, Mokomane M, Lautenbach E, Int J Infect Dis 122(313): , 2022
Photo Quiz: A 52-Year-Old Liver Transplant Patient with Chronic Diarrhea
Richard-Greenblatt M, Wang R, Worrall A, Blumberg E, Liu P, Doyon J, Richterman A, Murphy K, Haye K, G Rodino K, Glaser L, J Clin Microbiol 60(3): , 2022
Saliva versus Upper Respiratory Swabs: Equivalent for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 University Screening while Saliva Positivity Is Prolonged After Symptom Onset in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hospitalized Patients
El-Sharkawy F, Tang CN, Fitzgerald AS, Khatib LA, Graham-Wooten J, Glaser L, Collman RG, Van Deerlin VM, Herlihy SE, J Mol Diagn 24(7): , 2022
Implementation of the NG-Test CARBA 5 for Rapid Detection and Differentiation of the Five Predominant Carbapenemases
Comar, C, Cowden, L, Andreacchio K, Rodino KG, Glaser L, and Richard-Greenblatt M, Microbe, 2022
Retrospective Review of Rapid Molecular Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance
McAulay K, Rodino KG, and Glaser L, Microbe, 2022
Development and Evaluation of a Molecular Hepatitis A Virus Assay for Serum and Stool Specimens. Viruses
Kozak RA, Rutherford C, Richard-Greenblatt M, Chau NYE, Cabrera A, Biondi M, Borlang J, Day J, Osiowy C, Ramachandran S, Mayer N, Glaser L, Smieja M, Viruses 15(14): 159, 2022
Evaluation and Verification of the Sensititre MDRGN2F Panel
Cowden L, Andreacchio K, Rodino KG, Glaser L, Microbe, 2022
The Brief Case: A Variant on a Classic-Abiotrophia defectiva Endocarditis with Discitis
Dumm RE, Wing A, Richterman A, Jacob J, Glaser LJ, Rodino KG, J Clin Microbiol 59(10): , 2021
Anemia in a Young Guinean Male
Wilcox NS, Tapé C, Cordisco AJ, Than MT, Zuroff L, Dobkin J, Massa RC, Lytle AG, Bagg A, Min H, Glaser LJ, Kosseim LM, Clin Case Rep 6(9): , 2021
