Laurel J. Glaser, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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@uphs.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
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
Memberships and Professional Organizations
College of American Pathologists, 2009 - Present
American Society for Microbiology, 2013 - Present
American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2015 - Present
National Patient Safety Foundation, 2016 - Present
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Selected Publications
Dual β-Lactam Combinations Highly Active against Mycobacterium abscessus Complex In Vitro
Pandey R, Chen L, Manca C, Jenkins S, Glaser L, Vinnard C, Stone G, Lee J, Mathema B, Nuermberger EL, Bonomo RA, Kreiswirth BN, MBio 12(10): e02895-18, 2019
Draining dorsal hand pustules, nodules, and ulcers in a patient with immunosuppression
Stephens MR, Aderibigbe O, Steele KT, Elder DE, Glaser L, Jacob J, Rosenbach M, JAAD Case Report 5(10): 846, 2019
An Unusual Case of Testicular Swelling in a Patient With HIV
Abernethy, J, Innis,SA Glaser, L MD, Short WR, Contagion 4(): 32, 2019
Role of Ancillary Techniques in Fluid Cytology
Yu GH, Glaser LJ, Gustafson KS, Acta Cytol 24(): 1-11, 2019
A Practical Guide to the Role of Ancillary Techniques in the Diagnosis of Infectious Agents in Fine Needle Aspiration Samples
Glaser LJ, Montone KT, Acta Cytol, 2019
Evaluation of the DiaSorin Molecular Simplexa VZV Direct Assay for Direct Detection of Varicella Zoster Virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Adult and Pediatric Populations
Uprety P, Gaston E, Belman J, Alby K, Glaser, L, Microbe, 2019
Blood Culture Practice Improvement: Improving the Volume of Blood Obtained for Routine Blood Cultures
Laurel Glaser, Peggy Bulley, Kara Eller, Karen Hendricks, Irving Nachamkin, Diagnostic Error in Medicine 11th Annual International Conference, 2018
Evaluation of Clinical Outcomes with Fosfomycin for E. coli and non-E. coli Enterobacteriaceae Urinary Tract Infections
Tiffany Lee, PharmD, Laurel Glaser, MD, PhD, Kevin Alby, PhD, ID Week, 2018
Pap vs. NAAT: Comparing Methods for Detecting Trichomonas Vaginalis as a Quality Improvement Metric
Savannah Aepli BS, Laurel Glaser MD, PhD, Cindy M. McGrath MD, Roseann I. Wu MD, MPH, American Society of Cytopathology Annual Meeting, 2018
Identification of Clinically Relevant Mycobacterial Species After Extended Incubation Times in the BACTEC MGIT System
Rea B, Maisel JR, Glaser L, Alby K., American Journal of Clinical Pathology 151(1): 63-67, 2018, PMID:30169764
