Clinical and Research Background
Dr. True is a surgical pathologist with subspecialty expertise in GU pathology and research on the molecular biology of prostate cancer, focused on tissue biomarkers of prognosis (for patients on active surveillance) and of prediction of response to systemic therapy (for patients whose prostate cancer has progressed). He is also investigating the application of innovative methods of tissue research using laser microdissection for proteomics, quantum dot-based immunohistochemistry and the 3-dimensional structure of prostate cancer.
Board Certifications
Board Certified in Anatomic Pathology
Academic and Medical Appointments
Academic Appointments
Professor of Pathology, Adjunct Professor of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2003-Present
Associate Professor or Pathology, Adjunct Associate Professor of Urology (effective 2002), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1991-2003
Associate Professor of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1989-1990
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1984-1989
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1982-1983
Instructor, Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 1980-1981
Medical Appointments
Staff Pathologist, University of Washington Health Sciences Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WAStaff Pathologist, University of Washington Health Sciences Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA, 1991-Present
Staff Pathologist and Director of Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry, Yale-New Haven Hospital, CT, 1984-1991
Staff Pathologist and Director of Diagnostic EM Lab, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago, IL, 1982-1983
Staff Pathologist, University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 1980-1981
Other Positions
U.S. Peace Corps Physician, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1973-1975
Education and Training
Residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 1976-1980
Internship in Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 1971-1972
Medical Doctorate, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA,1971
Bachelor of Arts, Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1967
Publications
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