MGH Appointment: Neuropathologist
HMS Appointment: Professor of Pathology
MGH Address: Neuropathology Laboratory, Warren 333
MGH Phone Number: (617) 726-5154
E-Mail Address: ehedleywhyte@partners.org
Fax Number: (617) 724-1813
Undergraduate Education: M.B., B.S., Medicine, Durham University, UK
Graduate and/or Medical School: M.D., University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Residencies and Fellowships: Pathology Residency, Children's, New England Deaconess & Brigham and Women's Hospitals, 1960-1965 Electron Microscopy Fellowship, Children's Cancer Research Foundation (now Dana-Farber), 1965-1968
Foreign Language Spoken: French
Certification by an American Specialty Board: yes
Primary Specialty: Anatomic pathology
Other Specialties: Neuropathology
Research Interests: Brain tumors, pituitary tumors, neurodegenerative disorders, immunohistochemistry
Clinical Interests: Brain tumors, pituitary tumors, neurodegenerative disorders, immunohistochemistry
Representative Publications:
Newell KL, Hyman BT, Growdon JH, Hedley-Whyte ET. Application of the National Institute on Aging (NIA)-Reagan Institute criteria for the neuropathological diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease. J Neuropathol Exper Neurol 1999;58:1147-55.
Gomez-Isla T, Growdon WB, McNamara M, Newell K, Gomez-Tortosa E, Hedley-Whyte ET, Hyman BT. Clinicopathological correlates in temporal cortex in dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurology, 1999;53:2003-9.
Hsu DW, Hedley-Whyte ET. Clinical Interpretation of special pathologic procedures applied to pituitary adenoma biopsies: immunocytochemistry, electron microscopy and cell proliferative studies. The Endocrinologist. 1999, 9:350-357.
Shafqat S, Hedley-Whyte ET, Henson JW. Age-dependent rate of anaplastic transformation of low grade astrocytoma. Neurology 1999;52:867-9.