Peter A Humphrey, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology; Director, Genitourinary Pathology
Departments & Organizations
Pathology: Experimental Pathology Graduate Program | Genitourinary Pathology | Gynecological Pathology | Gynecological Pathology | Thoracic Pathology
General Adult Urology
Pathology
Yale Cancer Center: Prostate & Urologic Cancers Program
Biography
Peter A. Humphrey, M.D., Ph.D. obtained his B.A. in Chemistry and Biochemistry, and his MD and PhD (in biochemistry) from The University of Kansas. He did his anatomic pathology residency at Duke University Medical Center, and joined the faculty there for four years, followed by 21 years as a faculty member at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Humphrey is a practicing surgical and urologic pathologist, with a research focus on clinico-pathologic and molecular pathologic aspects of prostate cancer. He is on the editorial boards of The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, Modern Pathology, Human Pathology, and the American Journal of Clinical Pathology. He has published 246 papers, has authored the textbook Prostate Pathology, co-authored the textbook Gleason Grading of Prostate Cancer, co-authored the AFIP Fascicle on the Prostate, co-authored the textbook Neoplastic Mimics in Genitourinary Pathology, is co-editor of The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology, and is co-editor of the 2016 World Health Organization book on Classification of Tumors of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs . He is immediate past President of the International Society of Urological Pathology and is President of The Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists. He has given lectures on 6 of the 7 continents.
Education & Training
MD | University of Kansas School of Medicine (1984) |
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PhD | University of Kansas School of Medicine (1984) |
Residency | Duke University Medical Center |
Board Certification | AB of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology (1988, recertified: 2014) |
Board Certification | AB of Pathology, Pathology (2014) |