University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Robert Greer DDS, ScD

Professor - Dental Pathology

Primary Phone:303-724-6982

Mailing Address:

School of Dental Medicine

13065 East 17th Avenue

Aurora, CO 80045

Subspecialty:

Education:

BA, Miami University, Miami, FL (1965)
DDS, Dentistry, Howard University College of Dentistry, Washington, D.C. (1969)
ScD, Pathology, Boston University Medical Center Schools of Medicine and Graduate Dentistry, Boston, MA (1974)
MA, Boston University, Boston, MA (1989)

Postdoctoral Education:

Residency, Boston University Hospital and Boston University School of Graduate Dental Medicine, Boston, MA (1971-1973)
Pathology Fellowship, Boston University Hospital, Boston, MA (1974)

Research Activities:

Developing multiplex molecular signature detection methods for the prognosis and diagnosis of HPV associated head and neck lesions
Accessing the role of chemokines in HPV associated oral dysplasia and cancer

Recent Publications:

Selected Publications:

Greer RO: Oral manifestations of smokeless tobacco use. Otolaryngology Clinics of North America, 44: pp. 31-56, 2011.
Greer RO, Meyer S, Said S, et al: p16INK4a protein expression in oral smokeless tobacco lesions a reliable precancerous marker. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 37: 840-846, 2008.
Greer RO, Said S, Shroyer KR, et al. Overexpression of cycline D1 and cortaxin is primarily independent of gene amplification in salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma. Oral Oncology, 43: 735-741, 2007.
Greer RO, Shroyer KR, Berrera J, et al. Estrogen and progesterone receptor and p53 gene expression in adenoid cystic carcinoma. Head and Neck Oncology, 2: 13-18, 2008.
Greer RO. Principals and Practice of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Chapter 22, The Oral Cavity, Silverberg, SG, editor, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press, In press.
Greer RO, Marks R, Said S, Lovell MA, and Prok L. Pediatric Pathology of the Head and Neck: Clinicopathologic and Therapeutic Principals. Quintessence Publishing Company, In Press, publication date: March 15, 2014.

CU Anschutz

Academic Office One

12631 East 17th Avenue

2nd Floor

Aurora, CO 80045

Please contact the specific Pathology unit directly, for general questions call 303-724-3704