Faculty and Staff

Molecular Pathology
OU Health Sciences Center
940 S.L. Young Blvd, BMS 468
Oklahoma City, OK 73104

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Academic Section(s):

Pathology

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Education:

• University of Oklahoma
  B.S., summa cum laude (1992)
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
  M.D. (1997)
• Internal Medicine Internship
  University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (1998)

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Board Certification(s):

• Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology (American Board of Pathology)
• Molecular Genetic Pathology (American Board of Pathology)

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Fellowship:

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
  Psychiatry Residency (PGY-2) (1999)
• Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency
  University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (2003)
• Advanced Training in Molecular Pathology
  University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (2004)
• Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship
  Baylor College of Medicine (2005)

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Select Honors & Accomplishments:

• Perry Lambird Award for Outstanding Resident in Clinical Pathology, Dept. of Pathology, OUHSC, 2000 and 2002
• Parker-Heartland Award for Outstanding Resident in Anatomic Pathology, Dept. of Pathology, OUHSC, 2002
• College of American Pathologists Foundation Fall Informatics Award, 2002
• College of American Pathologists Foundation Conference Travel Award for Lab Info Tech Summit, 2004
• Aesculapian Award for excellence in teaching the basic sciences, Class of 2009, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, 2007
• Unsung Hero Award, Teaching Programs Division, Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, 2007
• Richard W. Leech Teaching Award, Residency Program, Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, 2013
• Aesculapian Award for excellence in teaching the basic sciences, Class of 2017, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, 2014
• Dewayne Andrews, MD, Excellence in Teaching Award for preclinical medical student education, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Academy of Teaching Scholars, 2016

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Select Publications:

1. Laszik ZG and Blakey GL.   Searching for a valid animal model of hemolytic uremic syndrome.   Am J Clin Pathol. 2002 Sep;118(3):323-5.
2. Wang J, Blakey GL, Zhang L, Bane B, Torbenson M, Li S: Uterine tumor resembling ovarian sex cord tumor: report of a case with t(X;6)(p22.3;q23.1) and t(4;18)(q21.1;q21.3).   Diagn Mol Pathol 2003;12(3):174-180.
3. Blakey GL and Laszik ZG. Laser-assisted microdissection of the kidney: fundamentals and applications. J Mol Histol 2004;35(6):581-587.
4. Blakey GL, Luna RA, and Versalovic J. Infectious disease testing. Unit 9.18 of Current Protocols in Human Genetics (NC Dracopoli et al., eds.). John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ. 2005.
5. Blakey GL and Farkas DH. General Approach to Molecular Pathology. In: Molecular Pathology of Lung Diseases. Zander DS, Popper HH, Jagirdar J, Haque AK, Cagle PT, Barrios R, eds. New York: Springer Science+Business Media, 2008; 70-77.
6. Tang H-Y, Basehore MJ, Blakey GL, Darilek S, Oghalai JS, Roa BB, Fang P, Alford RL. Infrequency of two deletion mutations at the DFNB1 locus in patients and controls. Am J Med Genet Part A. Apr 2008;146A(7):934-936.
7. Zuna RE, Moore W, Shanesmith R, Dunn ST, Wang SS, Schiffman M, Blakey G, Teel T: Association of HPV16 E6 variants with diagnostic category in cervical cytology samples of 354 women in a US population. Int J Cancer. Dec 1, 2009;125(11):2609-13.
8. McCloskey CB and Blakey GL. 2012 CPIP Case 02: Shiga-toxin producing E. coli infections: detection, characterization, and treatment. © 2012 College of American Pathologists – Online CME Self-Assessment Module released February 2012. (Online learning materials, peer-reviewed)