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Hope Karnes

Hope Karnes portrait
2011 Graduate

Professional Background

Medical Advisor, Quest Diagnostics, Sep 2018 - Present

Staff Pathologist & Transfusion Officer, Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Jan 2018 - Sep 2018

Pathologist, Vally Pathologists, Inc/Cytology Associates of Dayton/CompuNet Clinical Laboratories; Nov 2016 - Jan 2018

Hope completed her residency in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology at Washington University in St. Louis, where she also served as Chief Resident.  She subsequently completed a fellowship in Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking, where she was voted "Best Clinical Fellow Teacher" by the Pathology Department house staff.  Hope received several national and institutional awards for research during residency and was named a "40 Under Forty" selectee for laboratory leadership by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).  Hope enjoys teaching medical students and residents and engaging clinicians in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine.

Mentor:  Dianne Durham, Ph.D., Anatomy and Cell Biology


KU School of Medicine

University of Kansas Medical Center
M.D.-Ph.D. Physician Scientist Program
Mail Stop 3062
1123 Delp Pavilion

3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, Kansas 66103