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Christopher Gocke

Christopher Gocke, MD

Molecular Genetic Pathology

Highlights

Languages

  • English

Gender

Male

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

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    Stanford University Medicine

    Residency, Pathology, 1991

    University of Rochester Medical Center

    Residency, Pathology, 1987

    Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    Medical Education, MD, 1985

    Board Certifications

    Molecular Genetic Pathology

    American Board of Pathology, 2005

    Anatomic Pathology

    American Board of Pathology, 1991

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