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Ulysses Balis, MD, Pathology, Ann Arbor, MI

UlyssesGregory JohnBalisMD

Pathology • Ann Arbor, MI

Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Informatics

A. James French Professor of Pathology Informatics and Director, Division of Pathology Informatics

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Summary

  • I am a board certified pathologist with subspecialty boards in clinical informatics, practicing in a tertiary care academic hospital, in the capacity as director of a Pathology Informatics Division. I have oversight responsibilities for all aspect of the information technology used within the pathology department for: clinical care, research and teaching, including oversight of the Laboratory Information System. The University of Michigan Department of Pathology is unique in that it is one of the few remaining centers, internationally, where I.T. stewardship has been maintained by the pathology department, as an autonomous and separate operation from central hospital I.T. operations. This separation allows the Informatics Division to maintain a staff of highly-trained technical specialists who are assigned to pathology-centric projects and systems, thus providing expert support in a manner that a typical centralized IT department would not be able to provide. I have research interests in digital pathology imaging and content-based image retrieval, as well as laboratory automation, asset tracking and natural language processing. Additionally, I have oversight responsibilities for the University of Michigan Pathology Informatics Fellowship Program - one of only six such programs in the U.S.

Education & Training

  • Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital
    Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General HospitalBioinformatics, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tissue Engineering and Bioinformatics, 1996 - 2000
  • University of Utah Health
    University of Utah HealthResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1996
  • University of Utah Health
    University of Utah HealthInternship, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1991 - 1992
  • University of South Florida College of Medicine
    University of South Florida College of MedicineClass of 1991
  • Duke University
    Duke UniversityB.S., Computer Engineering and Biology, 1984 - 1987

Certifications & Licensure

  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 2007 - 2026
  • American Board of Pathology Pathology - Clinical
  • American Board of Pathology Clinical Informatics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Election to Best Doctors in America 2016 database Best Doctors, Inc., Boston, MA, 2016
  • Member - Database and Information Technology Advisory Committee American Board of Medical Specialties, 2015
  • Election to Best Doctors in America 2015 database Best Doctors, Inc., Boston, MA, 2015
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Privacy and security of patient data in the pathology laboratory.  
    Cucoranu IC, Parwani AV, West AJ, Romero-Lauro G, Nauman K, Carter AB, Balis UJ, Tuthill MJ, Pantanowitz L., J Pathol Inform, 3/14/2013
  • Genomic responses in mouse models poorly mimic human inflammatory diseases.  
    Seok J, Warren HS, Cuenca AG, Mindrinos MN, Baker HV, Xu W, Richards DR, McDonald-Smith GP, Gao H, Hennessy L, Finnerty CC, López CM, Honari S, Moore EE, Minei JP, Cus..., Proc Natl Acad Sci [Epub ahead of print]., 2/11/2013
  • Technical note: Pathology informatics fellowship retreats: The use of interactive scenarios and case studies as pathology informatics teaching tools.  
    Lee RE, McClintock DS, Balis UJ, Baron JM, Becich MJ, Beckwith BA, Brodsky VB, Carter AB, Dighe AS, Haghighi M, Hipp JD, Henricks WH, Kim JY, Klepseis VE, Kuo FC, Lane..., J Pathol Inform, 11/28/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Methods Mol Biol. 
    Chapter: Chapter 5: Optimal molecular profiling of tissue and tissue components: defining the best processing and microdissection methods for biomedical applications. 
    Page 61 - 120Rodriguez-Canales J, Hanson JC, Hipp JD, Balis UJ, Tangrea MA, Emmert-Buck MR, Bova GS2013
  • Pathology Informatics: Theory and Practice. 
    Chapter: Chapter 3: Databases. 
    Park S, Balis UJ, Pantanowitz LASCP Press2012
  • Pathology Informatics: Theory and Practice. 
    Chapter: Chapter 8: Information System Interfaces and Interoperability. 
    Balis UJASCP Press2012
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Automated Whole Slide Image Screening for Identification of Malignant Cytologic Criteria in Pancreactobiliary Brushings by Use of Spatially-Invariant Vector Quantizati...
    Hipp, J.A., J.C. Pang, and U.J. Balis, Laboratory Investigation, 1/1/2013
  • “The SIVQ Toolkit”, Invited Scientific Seminar
    Balis UJ, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 4/20/2012
  • Digital Imaging Tools for Differentiating between Type 1 and Type 2 Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma.
    Hipp, J.A., et al., Laboratory Investigation, 1/1/2012
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Lectures

  • Computational Image Analysis: Shaping the Future of Nephropathology 
    American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 - Washington, D.C. - 11/7/2019
  • Quantitative Image Analysis: Going Subvisual 
    American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 - Washington, D.C. - 11/7/2019
  • “Use of Encoded Data in Routine Chemistry / Hematology Lab Results: Calculated Thiopurine Metabolite Responsivity as an In Silico Exemplar.” Invited Speaker 
    Boston, MA - 5/10/2013
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Other

  • Media Interview: Partnering to waltz AP IT into next generation. (Extensive telephone interview contents quoted within article). 
    Paxton A.
    4/1/2012
  • Commentary: “Two Pounds of Flesh: Another Possible World-view Concerning the Impending Greek Default.” 
    Balis UJ
    http://www.ii.umich.edu/ces/aboutus/news/ci.twopoundsoffleshanotherpossibleworldviewconcerningtheimp
    2/20/2012
  • Media Interview: "Game Changer" in Colleagues in Care - winter 2012 edition. 
    Balis UJ
    http://www.med.umich.edu/cic/2012-winter/game-changer.html
    2/6/2012
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Press Mentions

  • More Thoughts About HistoQuery: A Tool for Crowd-Sourcing Surgical Pathology Cases
    More Thoughts About HistoQuery: A Tool for Crowd-Sourcing Surgical Pathology CasesMay 24th, 2019
  • A New Tool for Obtaining Crowd-Sourced Diagnoses for Pathology Images
    A New Tool for Obtaining Crowd-Sourced Diagnoses for Pathology ImagesMay 21st, 2019
  • Software for Analyzing Digital Pathology Images Proving Its Usefulness
    Software for Analyzing Digital Pathology Images Proving Its UsefulnessJanuary 16th, 2012

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