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George L. Mutter, M.D.

Associate Professor of Pathology (HMS)
Director of Women’s and Perinatal Research Laboratories
Associate Pathologist

Email: gmutter@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
(617) 732-7980
(617) 738-6996

Division of Women's and Perinatal Pathology
Department of Pathology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115


Educational Background

Medical/Graduate Education

1982 M.D. Harvard Medical School

Post-doctoral Fellowship(s)

1982-1984 Residency in Pathology Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
1984-1985 Residency in Pathology Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
1985-1986 Fellowship in Pathology Presbyterian Hospital New York

Board Certification

1986 Anatomic Pathology

Academic Interest(s)

Endometrial carcinogenesis

     Dr. Mutter is a diagnostic pathologist in the Women's and Perinatal Division, and Medical Director of the BWH Reproductive Endocrinology Laboratory. His diagnostic interests are in endometrial pathology.

     Dr. Mutter’s research laboratory studies the genetic, histopathologic, and clinical features of premalignant endometrial disease. He has developed tools for objective precancer diagnosis including genetic clonality assays, computerized morphometric analysis of tissue structure, and informative biomarkers. Correlation of monoclonal growth of premalignant disease with routine histopathology has led to revised diagnostic criteria for endometrial precancers: Endometrial Intraepithelial Neoplasia. . Most recently, loss of function of the tumor suppressor gene PTEN, which occurs in over 80% of endometrial cancers with a premalignant phase, has been established as an early event in the initiation of premalignant endometrial disease. Premalignant endometrial cells detected by the PTEN biomarker are the earliest stage and highest prevalence of nonfamilial precancerous lesions ever shown in humans. Dr. Mutter is now studying those progression events which determine which small fraction of latent endometrial precancers will progress to carcinoma.

Publication List and Abstracts (from PubMed/National Library of Medicine)

For More Information:

http://www.endometrium.org


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