Clinical Expertise
Pediatric pathology and molecular genetic pathology.
Education & Training
Temple University School of Medicine, 2013
Residency – Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 2019
Fellowship – Stanford University Medical Center, Pediatric Pathology, 2020
Fellowship – Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Molecular Genetic Pathology, 2021
Research Interests
Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying pediatric solid tumors.
Representative Publications
- Pan M, Kurtz J. Novel STAT3 variant causing infantile-onset autoimmune disease. Front Med (Lausanne). 2023 Nov 9
- Kurtz J, Fernandes JA Jr, Mansukhani M, Copeland WC, Naini AB. Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies a Novel POLG Frameshift Variant in an Adult Patient Presenting with Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia and Mitochondrial DNA Depletion. Case Rep Genet. 2021 Nov 5;2021:9969071.
- Kurtz JL, Shimada H, Hazard FK. Composite Neuroblastoma Metastatic to a Lymph Node: The Novel Histopathologic Diagnosis of a Unique Multiclonal Neoplasm. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2021 Jul;51(4):573-579.
- Kurtz JL, Tan SY, Hazard FK. Sclerosing Epithelioid Fibrosarcoma of the Kidney: First Reported Case in a Young Child. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2021 Jan 20. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33470922.
- Spier AB, Kurtz J, Sears D, A novel case of lymphangiomatosis in HIV. Exp Mol Path. 2017 Apr;102(2):251-54.