Harshwardhan Thaker, MD, PhD

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Harshwardhan Thaker, MD, PhD
Professor

Anatomic Pathology, Surgical Pathology, Pediatric Pathology

Phone: (409) 772-8075
Email: hathaker@utmb.edu

Dr. Thaker’s research interest is in the adoption of digital pathology and application of artificial intelligence to the practice of pathology and medicine. He has a longstanding interest in fetal, perinatal and placental pathology and in molecular genomics. He has collaborated on numerous research projects using model organisms to study the pathology of viral infections.

06/1981 &ndash 01/1987	MBBS (MD equivalent) University of Bombay TN Medical College, India
07/1987 &ndash 08/1993	PhD (Biology) Yale University New Haven, CT
09/1993 &ndash 08/1996	Post-Doctoral Research Associate Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford University School of Medicine
09/1996 &ndash 06/2000	Anatomic Pathology Residency Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY

10/2013	Certificate: Leadership Development for Academic Physician Executives Harvard School of Public Health
08/2016	Certified Physician Executive (CPE) Certifying Commission in Medical Management American Association of Physician Leaders
02/2023	AI for Health Care, Concepts and Applications Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Executive and Continuing Professional Education
05/2023	Innovation with AI in Health Care Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Executive and Continuing Professional Education
05/2023	Business Applications for AI in Healthcare Certificate of Specialization Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Executive and Continuing Professional Education

04/2018-	Professor, Department of Pathology Vice Chair for Clinical Outreach Vice Chair for Digital and Integrative Pathology Director of Anatomic Pathology Director of Surgical Pathology Medical Director of Value University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston
07/2000 – 07/2008	Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology New York Presbyterian and Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospitals Director of Tissue Bank Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY
08/2008 – 09/2011	Associate Professor, Department of Pathology University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, UT Attending Surgical Pathologist Huntsman Cancer Center Director of Autopsy and Perinatal Pathology Primary Children’s Hospital Head of Perinatal Pathology ARUP Laboratories
10/2011 – 10/2016	Professor, Department of Pathology Vice Chair, Pathology Operations Medical Director for Pathology Laboratories Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

1. Maharsi S, Abdulla H, Krill T, Thaker H, Parupudi S 2018. Over the Scope Clip to Control Major Bleeding of Gastric Adenocarcinoma. American Journal of Gastroenterology: 113, S1096
2. Krill TS, Zaibaq JN, Thaker H, Merwat S, 2019. Mediastinal Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Presenting with Hematemesis. Digestive and Liver Disease 51 (5), 752. PMID: 30926283
3. Sood A, Abdulla H, Walker J, Thaker H, Parupudi S, Cohn S. 2020. A Stitch in Time for Successful Management of Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Official Journal of the American College of Gastroenterology ACG 115, S1114
4. McTaggart LS, Pfost SS, Williams TP, Ramdas D, Rapp A, Pillai AS, Thaker HM, Radhakrishnan RR. 2021. Tracheal and esophageal atresia with trachea-esophageal fistula- A rare co-occurrence with high mortality. Journal Ped Surg Case Reports : 65, 101718
5. DeFilippo CG, Shah NR, Mao R-MD, Williams TP, Thaker H, Radhakrishnan RS, 2021, Laparoscopic excision of pancreatic duplication cysts in an asymptomatic infant, Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 79, 102213.
6. Krooks J, Thaker H, Qiu S, Reep G, He J. Oxyntic Gland Adenoma in a Patient With Refractory Reflux. 2023. Cureus. 2023 May 5;15(5):e38577. doi: 10.7759/cureus.38577. PMID: 37284353; PMCID: PMC10239566.
7. Raymond C, Han S, Huang G, Clement C, Thaker H, Dong J. Digynic monoandric triploidy in the setting of recurrent pregnancy loss: a case report and literature review. 2023. Lab Med. 2023 May 15:lmad036. doi: 10.1093/labmed/lmad036. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37184333.
8. Fernandez De La Vega J, Lahiji AP, Raymond C, Han S, Thaker H, Dong J. The first reported case of double trisomy 10 and 20 in a product of conception. 2023 Lab Med. 2023 Jun 9:lmad052. doi: 10.1093/labmed/lmad052. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37294932.
9. Abdul-Baki, K; Pavurala, R; Bigham,; Thaker, H; Reep, G; Parupudi, S. 2023 Cervical Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Arising From Gastric Inlet Patch: A Benign Lesion With Malignant Potential. ACG Case Rep Journal. Jul 26;10(7) e01096. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001096. PMID: 37501937
10. Ronk AJ, Lloyd NM, Zhang M, Atyeo C, Perrett HR, Mire CE, Saphire EO, Ward AB, Ksiazek TG, Thaker HM, Alter G, Himansu S, Carfi A, Bukreyev A. 2023. Modified mRNA vaccine provides sterilizing immunity against Lassa virus despite the antibody response lacking effective neutralizing activity. Nature Communications 2023 Sep 12;14(1):5603. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41376-6 PMID: 37699929

Harshwardhan Thaker, MD, PhDProfessor

Harshwardhan Thaker, MD, PhD
Professor