
Christopher Gocke, MD
Molecular Genetic Pathology
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Christopher Gocke
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Pathology
Background
Dr. Christopher Gocke is an Associate Professor of Pathology, Oncology, and Genetic Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is Director of the Division of Molecular Pathology, Deputy Director (Vice Chairman) of Personalized Medicine for the Department of Pathology, and co-director of Johns Hopkins Genomics.
He received his B.A. in Chemistry from Princeton University and his M.D. in 1985 from Rutgers Medical School. His residency training in pathology was at the University of Rochester and Stanford University, where he was Chief Resident. He completed a fellowship in pathology at Stanford.
Dr. Gocke has co-authored over 165 peer-reviewed publications in the area of cancer diagnostics. He is a past Councilor on the Program Directors’ Council of the Association of Molecular Pathology and a member of the NCI’s Investigational Drug Steering Committee. He is co-principle investigator on two NIH research project cooperative agreements.
Additional Academic Titles
Associate Professor of Oncology, Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine
Research Summary
Dr. Gocke's lab develops new approaches to genetic analysis. Current projects include a universal method for translocation detection and a long-range haplotyping assay. Dr. Gocke is also exploring high-throughput identification of alternative splicing of mRNA.
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Stanford University Medicine
Residency, Pathology, 1991University of Rochester Medical Center
Residency, Pathology, 1987Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Medical Education, MD, 1985Board Certifications
Molecular Genetic Pathology
American Board of Pathology, 2005Anatomic Pathology
American Board of Pathology, 1991Insurance
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