Gerald B. Wertheim, MD, PhD
Gerald B. Wertheim, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
5th Floor Main Building
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
5th Floor Main Building
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-970-5918
Email:
wertheimg@email.chop.edu
wertheimg@email.chop.edu
Education:
BS (Chemistry)
Yale University, New Haven CT, 1994.
MD, PhD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2005.
Permanent linkBS (Chemistry)
Yale University, New Haven CT, 1994.
MD, PhD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2005.
Selected Publications
Wertheim Gerald B W, Hexner Elizabeth, Bagg Adam: Molecular-Based Classification of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Its Role in Directing Rational Therapy : Personalized Medicine for Profoundly Promiscuous Proliferations. Molecular diagnosis & therapy Nov 2012.Wertheim Gerald B W, Daber Robert, Bagg Adam: Molecular Diagnostics of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: It's a (Next) Generational Thing. The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD Nov 2012.
Wertheim, G and Bagg, A: Making a meal of multiple mutations in acute myeloid malignancies. J Mol Diagn. 13(6): 605-8, Nov 2011.
Chi Anthony W S, Chavez Alejandro, Xu Lanwei, Weber Brittany N, Shestova Olga, Shaffer Andras, Wertheim Gerald, Pear Warren S, Izon David, Bhandoola Avinash: Identification of Flt3+CD150- myeloid progenitors in adult mouse bone marrow that harbor T lymphoid developmental potential. Blood Jul 2011.
Wertheim Gerald B, Bagg Adam: Minimal residual disease testing to predict relapse following transplant for AML and high-grade myelodysplastic syndromes. Expert review of molecular diagnostics 11(4): 361-6, May 2011.
King Emmanuel, Wertheim Gerald, Shiley Kevin, Wagner Jason, Bagg Adam, Greenblatt Jeff: Images Dx. Severe babesiosis. Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine 5(5): E8, May-Jun 2010.
Wertheim Gerald B W, Yang Thomas W, Pan Tien-chi, Ramne Anna, Liu Zhandong, Gardner Heather P, Dugan Katherine D, Kristel Petra, Kreike Bas, van de Vijver Marc J, Cardiff Robert D, Reynolds Carol, Chodosh Lewis A: The Snf1-related kinase, Hunk, is essential for mammary tumor metastasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106(37): 15855-60, Sep 2009.
Wertheim Gerald, Bagg Adam: Nucleophosmin (NPM1) mutations in acute myeloid leukemia: an ongoing (cytoplasmic) tale of dueling mutations and duality of molecular genetic testing methodologies. The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD 10(3): 198-202, May 2008.
Wertheim G, Edwards, R, Bagg, A: Essential thrombocythemia progressing to acute myeloblastic leukemia with acquisition of a Philadelphia chromosome/BCR-ABL1 fusion as a secondary event. Workshop of the Society for Hematopathology and European Association for Haematopathology 2007.
Fortna, RR and Wertheim GBW: Review of the Knowledge Hub for Pathology (United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology online educational materials). Hum Pathol 2007.