About Me

Dr. Mara Banks is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology with a subspecialization in Gastrointestinal/Liver pathology. She received her medical education at Boston University School of Medicine and completed her pathology residency at the Medical College of Georgia/Augusta University Medical Center. Additionally, Dr. Banks completed a Surgical Pathology fellowship at the University of Utah/ARUP Laboratories and a Gastrointestinal/Liver fellowship at Brown University.

EDUCATION

• Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
• Residency: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University Medical Center
• Fellowship: University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories - Surgical Pathology; Brown University - Gastrointestinal/Liver

Certifications

• American Board of Pathology

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My Specialties

• Anatomic Pathology
• Clinical Pathology
• Gastrointestinal

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My Publications

• "Concerns about the Pathology Job Market Dominate a Popular Online Pathology Forum and Likely Deterred American Medical Students from Pursuing Pathology Residency" Heliyon, Volume 5, Issue 9, 2019
• "Effect of dietary vitamin D3 and calcium on the growth of androgen-insensitive human prostate tumor in a murine model" Anticancer Research, Volume 32, Issue 3, 2012
• "Hyperhemolysis Syndrome in Sickle Cell Patients" Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Volume 142, Issue 11, 2019
• "The Medical Student’s Guide to Pathology Residency, Fellowships and Careers" Annals of Diagnostic Pathology, Volume 54, 2021
• "Microinvasive breast cancer and the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy" Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Issue 12391, 2022
• "Molecular mechanism(s) involved in vitamin D’s antiproliferative effects in CYP27B1 transfected LNCaP cells" Anticancer Research, Volume 35, Issue 7, 2015

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