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Pei Hui, PhD, MD

Professor of Pathology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
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Additional Titles

Director, Gynecologic Pathology

Clinical Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratories

Director, Pathology

About

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Professor of Pathology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Director, Gynecologic Pathology; Clinical Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratories; Director, Pathology

Biography

Dr. Hui is Professor in the Department of Pathology and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Hui obtained his medical degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University in China in 1984. He received combined anatomic and clinical pathology residency training at Yale-New Haven Hospital in 2000, followed by oncological pathology fellowship training at MSKCC in 2001. Dr. Hui is a board-certified surgical pathologist with clinical expertise in gynecologic pathology and diagnostic molecular pathology. He is Director of Gynecologic Pathology, Clinical Director of Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, and Director of Center for the Precision Medicine of Trophoblastic Disease at Yale School of Medicine. He has authored over 280 publications including four gynecological pathology textbooks. Dr. Hui serves on the editorial boards of International Journal of Gynecological Pathology, Modern Pathology, Human Pathology and Virchows Archiv. Dr. Hui is a consensus/expert editorial board member of the 4th (2014) and 5th (2020) editions of WHO Tumor Classifications of Female Reproductive Organs. Dr. Hui serves on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists (ISGyP) and is President-Elect of the society.

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Education & Training

Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2001)
Residency
Yale School of Medicine (2000)
PhD
SUNY at Buffalo (1994)
MS
Peking University, Tumor Biology (1987)
MD
Xian Medical University (1984)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Adnexal Diseases; Endometrial Neoplasms; Genotyping Techniques; Gestational Trophoblastic Disease; Gynecology; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Ovarian Neoplasms; Pathology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; Uterine Neoplasms; Vaginal Neoplasms; Vulvar Neoplasms

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Pei Hui's published research.

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2024

2023

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    F. Stephen Vogel Award

Clinical Care

Overview

Pei Hui, MD, PhD, is a pathologist who specializes in gynecological diseases and cancers, including endometrial, ovarian, and fallopian tube cancers.

“You understand disease better through pathology,” Dr. Hui says. “You learn how it develops and its mechanisms at a cellular and molecular level.”

Dr. Hui points out that although pathologists rarely see patients face-to-face, they are still in charge of the well-being of the patient through the microscopic diagnosis. “We look at 30 to 50 cases each day, so in a way you could say that we see more patients than any other physician,” he says.

Dr. Hui says that he enjoys working as a team to provide better care for patients. For example, on any given day, he might be talking via phone, email, or text, to a patient’s oncologist or doctor. “We are informative for them because we provide timely and accurate diagnosis and using new biomarkers that may change the patient treatment options. The boundary between physician and pathologist is smaller than ever.”

What most excites Dr. Hui is the ability to improve diagnostic accuracy and find new biomarkers to guide clinical management for patients and prognosis. He continues his research in that area as professor and director of gynecologic pathology at Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Pathology; Gynecological Pathology; Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

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Board Certifications

  • Molecular Genetic Pathology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pathology
    Original Certification Date
    2003
  • Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pathology
    Original Certification Date
    2000

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