AmeriPath Cleveland
Specializing in GI Pathology Gastrointestinal Pathology Robert E. Petras, MD, FCAP, FACG, AGAF Managing Director, AmeriPath Institute of Gastrointestinal Pathology and Digestive Disease Phone: 1.440.703.2100 I Email:
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Robert E. Petras, MD is a board-certified pathologist specializing in gastrointestinal pathology. Dr. Petras is currently the managing director of Gastrointestinal Pathology Services for AmeriPath, as well as the director of the AmeriPath Institute of Gastrointestinal Pathology and Digestive Disease in Cleveland, OH. He has co-authored over 200 scientific publications on a variety of subjects relevant to gastrointestinal disease including: management of early colorectal cancer, accurate diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease, and the diagnosis and management of dysplasia and early cancer in inflammatory bowel disease and Barrett's esophagus. Dr. Petras has also lectured extensively ongastrointestinal disease at various universities as well as state and regional gastroenterology, colorectal surgery and pathology society meetings.
Board Certifications
Residency
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH
Additional Training Gastrointestinal Pathology St. Mark's Hospital London, England
Medical Degree The Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, OH
Sampling of Professional Affiliations American Society for Clinical Pathology U.S. and Canadian Academy of Pathology College of American Pathologists Ohio Society of Pathologists Cleveland Society of Pathologists Gastrointestinal Pathology Society American Gastroenterological Association American College of Gastroenterological American College of Physician Executives
Sampling of Publications Petras R. Non-Neoplastic Intestinal Diseases. In Mills SE (ed). Sternberg’s Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 6th edition. Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, New York, 2015, 1447-1504. Petras R. The Gastrointestinal Tract. In Gattuso P, Reddy V, David, O, Spitz, D, Haber, M(eds). Differential Diagnosis in Surgical Pathology, 3rd Edition, Elsevier Ltd., Philadelphia, PA, 2015, 290-387. Katzin WE, Petras RE. The Small Intestine. In Mills SE (ed). Histology for Pathologists, 4th edition. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2012, 647-671. Katzin WE, Petras RE. The Vermiform Appendix. In Mills SE, (ed). Histology for Pathologists 4th edition. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2012, 697-708. Petras RE. Normal small intestine: anatomy, specimen dissection and histology relevant to pathological practice. In Shepherd N, Warren B, Williams G, et al (eds). Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology, 5th edition. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK, 2013, 281-292. Rudolph WG, Uthoff SMS, McAuliffe TL, Goode ET, Petras RE, Galandiuk S. Indeterminate colitis: the real story. DIS COLON RECTUM 45:1528-1534, 2002. Morales SJ, Bodian CA, Kornacki S, Rouse RV, Petras R, Rouse NA, Cohen LB, Bamji ND, Miller KM, Soetikno RM, Kaltenbach T, Aisenberg J. A simple tissuehandling technique performed in the endoscopy suite improves histologic section quality and diagnostic accuracy for serrated polyps. Endoscopy 45:897-905, 2013. AmeriPath.com AmeriPath, any associated logos and all associated AmeriPath registered or unregistered trademarks are the property of AmeriPath. All thirdparty marks are the property of their respective owners. ©2016 AmeriPath Incorporated. All rights reserved. RPETRAS-AP 7/2016
