Meredith Pittman, MD

Education and Training

• 2005-2010, MD, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
• 2008-2010, Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
• 2010-2014, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis
• 2013-2014, Chief Resident Anatomic Pathology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis
• 2014-2015, Liver and Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Research Summary

My research focuses on the medical (non-neoplastic) diseases of the liver, pancreas, and gastrointestinal tract. Clinically, I enjoy working with gastroenterologists, hepatologists, and surgeons to care for the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary health of patients.

• Autoimmune metaplastic atrophic gastritis. ME Pittman, L Voltaggio, F Bhaijee, SA Robertson, EA Montgomery. The American journal of surgical pathology 39 (12), 1611-1620
• Differentiating posttransplant inflammatory bowel disease and other colitides in renal transplant patients. ME Pittman, J Jessurun, RK Yantiss. The American journal of surgical pathology 41 (12), 1666-1674
• Lymphocyte-predominant esophagitis: a distinct and likely immune-mediated disorder encompassing lymphocytic and lichenoid esophagitis. ME Pittman, E Hissong, PO Katz, RK Yantiss. The American journal of surgical pathology 44 (2), 198-205
• Portal Cavernoma Cholangiopathy: Histologic Features and Differential Diagnosis. ME Pittman, AS Kierans, D Rao, RK Yantiss, B Samstein, J Jessurun. American journal of clinical pathology 151 (3), 255-262
• A spatial model predicts that dispersal and cell turnover limit intratumour heterogeneity. B Waclaw, I Bozic, ME Pittman, RH Hruban, B Vogelstein, MA Nowak. Nature 525 (7568), 261-264
• Validation of Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System 2017 (LI‐RADS) criteria for imaging diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. AS Kierans, J Makkar, P Guniganti, J Cornman‐Homonoff, MJ Lee. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 49 (7), e205-e215
• Classification, morphology, molecular pathogenesis, and outcome of premalignant lesions of the pancreas. ME Pittman, R Rao, RH Hruban. Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 141 (12), 1606-1614