Dr. Dean M Havlik MD
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
2021 N 12th St Community Hospital Grand Junction CO, 81501About
Dr. Dean Havlik is a pathologist practicing in Grand Junction, CO. Dr. Havlik is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Havlik can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Havlik may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
Med Coll of Pa, Philadelphia Pa 1995
Board Certification
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP- Forensic Pathology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Case of the month: incidental and not-so-incidental findings.
- Solitary fibrous tumor of the orbit with a t(9;22)(q31;p13).
- Fatal "crack" cocaine ingestion in an infant.
- Sudden death due to primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis.
- July 2001: 58-year-old man with a temporal bone mass.
- Sudden death in an infant resulting from torsion of the uterine adnexa.
- Case of the month: allaying apprehension. Autopsy Committee of the College of American Pathologists.
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