William Bradlyn Laskin, MD
Professor of PathologyCards
About
Titles
Professor of Pathology
Biography
After graduation from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1973, Dr. Laskin served two years on the destroyer, USS Corry (DD-817) as Gunnery Officer. He then earned his MD in 1979 from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia through the Navy Medical/Osteopathic Scholarship Program. Dr. Laskin completed his Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency at Bethesda Naval Hospital (now known as Walter Reed National Military Medical Center) and was board certified in 1984. His Navy Medical Corps career included clinical leadership positions at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, the National Naval Medical Center, and Naval Hospital Japan, as well as faculty positions at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences from 1990-1996. He was a member of the pathology faculty at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago from 1996 to 2015, and served for a time as head of surgical pathology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Laskin joined the Pathology Department at Yale Medical School in 2015 as an Associate Professor.
Appointments
Pathology
ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology
- Pathology
- Sarcoma Program
- Surgical Pathology
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- Resident
- Bethesda Naval Hospital (1984)
- MD
- Jefferson Medical College (1979)
- BS
- United States Naval Academy, Chemistry (1973)
Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Clinical Care
Overview
William Laskin, MD, is a pathologist who specializes in diagnosing bone and soft tissue sarcomas, rare tumors arising in bone and in the connective tissues throughout the body, such as muscle, nerves, tendons and blood vessels.
The rarity of these diseases means it can be difficult to find pathologists who are highly specialized in diagnosing soft tissues sarcomas, Dr. Laskin explains. In addition to constantly updating his knowledge on the latest developments in soft tissue sarcomas, Dr. Laskin keeps patient care forefront in his mind. “I treat every microscope slide as if it is the patient,” he says.
At Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Laskin is an associate professor of pathology.
Clinical Specialties
Board Certifications
Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Pathology
- Original Certification Date
- 1984