Dr. Petzar's primary clinical interest is in hematopathology, with additional interests in coagulation, point of care testing and automated testing.

Qualifications

M.D., The Albany Medical College 1983
Resident, Internal Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs, Martinez, CA 1983-86
Resident, Pathology, Loma Linda University Medical Center 1998-2001
Resident, Pathology, University of California, Davis 2001-2002
Fellow, Hematopathology, University of California, Davis 2002-2003
Fellow, Transfusion Medicine, University of Pittsburgh 2004-2005
Board Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine 1987
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology 2002
American Board of Pathology, Hematopathology 2004
American Board of Pathology, Transfusion Medicine/Blood Banking 2005

Research Overview

Dr. Petzar has worked on the Shope Palilloma Virus model of oncogenesis, specifically related to the extraction of host DNA and assessment by hybidization of integration of the viral DNA sequences into the host DNA as opposed to episomal viral DNA.

 

 

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