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The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine would like to welcome Grant Fischer, MD, PhD who joins the team as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Grant joins from Harvard Medical School, where he recently completed a Fellowship in Molecular Genetic Pathology.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Fischer earned his MD from the University of Texas Medical Scientist Training program and his PhD at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He completed his residency in Anatomic Pathology at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, followed by a Dermatopathology Fellowship at Harvard-Mass General Brigham.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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