Gregory J. Tsongalis BS, MHS, PhD, HCLD, CC

Gregory J. Tsongalis is a Pofessor of Pathology and the current Director of Molecular Pathology and co-director of the Pathology Translational Research program at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He received a BS in zoology from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst and an MHS as a Pathology Assistant from Quinnipiac College in Hamden, CT. In 1990, he received his Ph.D. in Pathology from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
He completed his postdoctoral training in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 1994-2004, Dr. Tsongalis was the director of molecular pathology at Hartford Hospital (CT) and an adjunct faculty member in the School of Allied Health at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. In 2004, he joined the faculty of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and became the director of the molecular pathology service at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.
His research interests are in the pathogenesis of solid tumors, disease association of SNP genotyping and personalized medicine. He has authored/edited eight textbooks in the field of molecular pathology, published more than 160 peer reviewed manuscripts, and has been an invited speaker at both national and international meetings.