Salvatore Fortunato Priore, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Director, Division of Precision and Computation Diagnostics
Associate Director, Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship
Contact InformationDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Division of Precision and Computational Diagnostics
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Specialty Division
Precision and Computational Diagnostics
Education
BS (Biochemistry), SUNY Geneseo, 2006
PhD (Chemistry), University of Rochester, 2013
MD (Medicine), University of Rochester, 2015
Cert (Data Analytics), University of Pennsylvania College of LIberal and Professional Studies, 2023
Specialty Certification
American Board of Pathology: Anatomic Pathology, 2018
American Board of Pathology: Molecular Genetic Pathology, 2019
Postgraduate Training
Anatomic Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, 2015-2018
Molecular Genetic Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, 2018-2019
Postdoctoral Fellow, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2019-2020
Awards and Honors
Alumni Fellows Scholarship, SUNY Geneseo, 2005-2006
Dr. Spencer J. Roemer Memorial Scholarship, SUNY Geneseo, 2006-2007
Jennifer Wachunas Memorial Scholarship, SUNY Geneseo, 2006-2007
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 2006
Outstanding Biochemistry Student Award, American Institute of Chemists Foundation, 2006
Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, State University of New York, 2006
Class of 1970 Scholarship, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, 2007-2008
T32 Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical, and Molecular Science, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, 2009-2010
GAANN Fellowship, University of Rochester Department of Chemistry, 2009-2010
Sherman Clarke Graduate Fellowship, University of Rochester Department of Chemistry, 2009-2011
Robert and Marian DeRight Endowed Graduate Fellowship, University of Rochester School of Arts & Sciences, 2011-2012
Elon Huntington Hooker Graduate Fellowship, University of Rochester School of Arts & Sciences, 2012-2013
William B. and Phyllis H. Hawkins Pathology Award, University of Rochester school of Medicine & Dentistry, 2015
The Leonard Berwick Resident Teaching Award, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2018
The William Pepper Fellowship Award, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2019
Chairman's Award for Distinguished Citizenship and Extraordinary Service to the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Penn Medicine, 2024
Memberships and Professional Organizations
College of American Pathologists, 2015 - ?
Association for Molecular Pathology, 2015 - Present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2015 - ?
American Society of Clinical Pathology, 2015 - 2023
Web Links
Selected Publications
Myofibroblast to T-Zone Reticular Cell Ratio Identifies Unicentric Castleman Disease Lymph Nodes
Brandstadter, JD, Lutge, M, Lim, MS, Bagg, A, Miller ID, Gonzalez, MV, Austin B, Priore SF, Ludewig B, Fajgenbaum, DC, Maillard I, Blood 144(Supplement 1): 1155, 2024
NKX2-1 Gene Variants in Solid Tumors: The Spectrum of Gene Variants and Potential Impact in Surgical Pathology Diagnosis
Yoon, J, El-Sharkawy, N, Ding, QC, Rosenbaum, JR, Priore, SF, Journal of Clinical Pathology jcp-2024-209860(): , 2024, PMID:39572232
Genomic features of newly diagnosed large B cell lymphoma with or without subsequent disease progression
Landsburg DJ, Morrissette JJD, Nasta SD, Barta SK, Schuster SJ, Chong EA, Svoboda J, Barlev A, Bagg A, Priore SF., Cancer Res Commun. 4(11): 2947–2954., 2024, PMID:39392347
Rare Cases of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors with Concomitant KIT and SDH Gene Mutations: A Single Institution Experience
Kim JS, Priore SF, Chen SB, Morrissette JJ, Fortuna D, Haye KK, Harris JC, Poniatowski N, Yang G., The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 26(11, Supplement ): , 2024
Development of a Pathologic Prognostic Index (PPI) for Newly Diagnosed Large B Cell Lymphoma Patients Treated with R-CHOP
V Ni, SD Nasta, SK Barta, SJ Schuster, EA Chong, J Svoboda, JJD Morrissette, A Barlev, A Bagg, SF Priore, DJ Landsburg, Blood 144(Supplement 1): 3083, 2024
Acquired BCL2 variants associated with venetoclax resistance in acute myeloid leukemia.
Brown FC, Wang X, Birkinshaw RW, Chua CC, Morley TD, Kasapgil S, Pomilio G, Blombery P, Huang DCS Professor, Czabotar PE, Priore SF, Yang G, Carroll MP, Wei AH, Perl AE, Blood Adv., 2024, PMID:39374584
Distinct Molecular Alterations in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Arising in a Non-Fibrotic Liver Compared to a Cirrhotic Liver
L Wang, R G Ramesh, S Priore, K stashek, Z Alipour, EE Furth, R Tondon, American Journal of Clinical Pathology 162(Supplement 1): S107, 2024
Inherited Basaloid Neoplasms Associated With SUFU Pathogenic Variants
James J. Abbott, MD; Angela J. Jiang, MD; Rama Godse, MD; Sarah Ahmed, MD; Stephen C. Senft, MD; Melissa A. Wilson, MD, PhD; Justine V. Cohen, DO; Tara C. Mitchell, MD; Temitayo A. Ogunleye, MD; H. William Higgins II, MD, MBE; Thuzar M. Shin, MD, PhD; Christopher J. Miller, MD; Jacquelyn J. Roth, PhD; Salvatore F. Priore, MD, PhD; Leslie Castelo-Soccio, MD, PhD; Rosalie Elenitsas, MD; John T. Seykora, MD, PhD; Katherine L. Nathanson, MD; Emily Y. Chu, MD, PhD, JAMA Dermatology, 2024, PMID:39292485
Impact of Reflex Testing on Tissue-Based Molecular Genotyping in Patients With Advanced Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Melina E Marmarelis; Dylan G Scholes; Cindy M McGrath; Salvatore F Priore; Jacquelyn J Roth; Michael D Feldman; Jennifer J.D Morrissette; Leslie A Litzky; Charu Deshpande; Jeffrey C Thompson; Abigail Doucette; Peter E Gabriel; Lova Sun; Aditi P Singh; Roger B Cohen; Corey J Langer; Erica L Carpenter; Charu Aggarwal, Clinical Lung Cancer 25(3): 262-265.e2, 2024, PMID:38582618
Detection of Clinically Relevant Results in Specimens Failing to Pass Quality Contro
F. El-Sharkawy, S. Priore, J. Roth, The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 25(11): S1-S165, 2023
