Justin Dalton, MD
Director of Clinical Immunology; Assistant Professor
Hematopathology;
Transfusion Medicine
Department: Pathology
Phone: (804) 828-5389
Fax: (804) 828-8177
Email: Justin.Dalton@vcuhealth.org
Justin Dalton, MD, is the Director of the Clinical Immunology Laboratory and an assistant professor of pathology at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences from VCU with a second BS degree in biochemistry from Virginia Tech.
Dr. Dalton worked in the Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Immunology Laboratories for little over a year and then entered medical school. Following graduation from West Virginia University School of Medicine, he completed residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at VCU. He then received Fellowship training in Medical Microbiology from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine followed by Hematopathology Fellowship training at VCU.
Dr. Dalton's clinical interests are in clinical immunology, hematopathology, and in transfusion medicine/apheresis. He participates in the teaching of medical technology students, medical students, and residents at VCU.
Clinical Specialties: Clinical Immunology, Hematopathology, and Transfusion Medicine
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Education
Postgraduate
2014 - 2015 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Hematopathology, Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA
2012 - 2013 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2011 - 2012 AP/CP Residency, Chief Resident, Department of Pathology
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA
Medical Education
2004 - 2008 MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV
Undergraduate Education
2001 - 2003 Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
1997 - 2001 Bachelor of Science, Clinical Laboratory Sciences Medical College of Virginia-Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Licenses & Certifications
Medical Licenses
2026 Commonwealth of Virginia
Board Certifications
2015 American Board of Pathology, Hematology
2013 American Board of Pathology, Medical Microbiology
2012 American Board of Pathology, Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology
Professional Organizations
American Society for Clinical Pathology
College of American Pathologists
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
International Society for Laboratory Hematology
Richmond Academy of Medicine
Awards
May 2012 Fergus O. Shiel Award for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching
May 2011 Clinical Pathology Service Award
June 2019 Saul Kay Faculty Teaching Award
Recent Publications
Publications
Bledsoe JR, Ferry JA, Li J, Sassoon A, Stonhill MA, Siegele B, Liang X, Dalton J, Mochel MC, Ivanshkevich Y, Johari V, Sadigh S, Selove W, Sood S, Ward N, Woda B, Degar B, Feraco AM, Rowe J, Davies K, Al-Ibraheemi A, Amador C, Kovach A, Fleming MD, Harris MH, Tsai HK. Recurrent SWI/SNF deficiency defines a subset of peripheral T-cell lymphoma with distinct clinicopathologic features. Modern Pathology. 2026;39(7):101015. Online ahead of print.
Jones T, Lefebvre, M, Reyes M, Dalton J, Shishido A, Friedel D. Fever in a man with uncontrolled HIV. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2026;82(6):1091-95. Gillam J, Catic A, Paulraj P, Dalton J, Lai G, Jackson-Cook C, Turner S, Ferreira-Gonzalez A, Barrie E. Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia with trisomy 3 and CBFA2T3::GLIS2: A case report. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2022;61:491-496
Gillam J, Catic A, Paulraj P, Dalton J, Lai G, Jackson-Cook C, Turner S, Ferreira-Gonzalez A, Barrie E. Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia with trisomy 3 and CBFA2T3::GLIS2: A case report. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2022;61:491-496
Pierce J, Dalton J, Stevens M, Godwin M, Hill A, Doern C, Bryson A. 28-year-old man with an organism extracted from the eyelid. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021;72(11):2049-2051
Riley R, Gandhi P, Harley S, Garcia P, Dalton J, Chesney A. A synoptic reporting system to monitor bone marrow aspirate and biopsy quality. Journal of Pathology Informatics. 2021;12:23. PMID 3447603
Godbey EA, Dalton JB, Lai G, Sanford KW, Roseff SD. First reported case of leukocytapheresis in plasma cell leukemia. Transfusion. 2020;60(1):11-12
Riley RS, Gilbert A, Dalton J, Pai S, McPherson RA. Widely used types and clinical applications of D-Dimer assay. Laboratory Medicine. 2016;47(2):90-102
Suwantarat N, Dalton JB, Lee R, Green R, Memon W, Carroll KC, Reidel S, Zhang SX. Large-scale clinical validation of a lateral flow immunoassay for the detection of cryptococcal antigen in serum and cerebrospinal fluid specimens. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2015;82(1):54-6
Reller ME, Chen WH, Dalton JB, Lichay MA, Dumler JS. Multiplex 5’ Nuclease Quantitative Real-Time PCR for the Clinical Diagnosis, Speciation, and Epidemiologic Evaluation of Malaria, including Plasmodium knowlesi. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2013;51(9):2931-2938
Bell WR, Dalton JB, McCall CM, Karram S, Pearce DT, et al. Iatrogenic Exserohilum infection of the central nervous system: mycological identification and histopathological findings. Modern Pathology. 2013;26(2):166-170
Abstracts
Van Buskirk S, Dalton J, Jayakumar R. Blast phase of chronic myeloid leukemia with both erythroid and basophil precursors following treatment with a second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Abstr. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Pathology. Atlanta, GA. 2025
Ye Mon M, Dalton J, Turner S, Barrie E, Jayakumar R. Reassessing MRD detection: SPEP and IFE outperform routine bone marrow diagnostic studies in resource-limited settings. Abstr. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Pathology. Atlanta, GA. 2025
Christensen J, Yakubu I, Dalton J, Moinuddin I, Morales M, Gupta G. Duration of Antibody Response to Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Abstract, American Transplant Congress 2023
Dalton J, Catic A, Barrie E, Turner S, Ferreira-Gonzalez A, Jackson-Cook C, Lai G, Paulraj P. Trisomy 3 and CBFA2T3- GLIS2 fusion in a child with acute megakaryoblastic leukemia without Down syndrome. Abstract, 2021 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting. April 2021
Karrs JX, Ferreira-Gonzalez A, Vlagnos C, Riley R, Wilkinson DS, Dalton J, Idowu M, Jackson-Cook C. A Complex Four-Break Rearrangement Involving Chromosomes 9, 15, 17, and 22—Integration of Multiple Techniques to Resolve a Leukemia Diagnosis. Abstr. Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology. 2018. USCAP, Augusta, GA.
Dalton J, Salee P, Dionne K, Carroll K, Parrish N. 2013. Development and Optimization of a Novel Extraction Method for Identification of Mycobacteria Using MALDI-TOF MS. Poster LB-09. Abstr. 113th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology. ASM, Washington, DC.
Lichay M, Dalton J, Reller M, Dumler JS. 2013. Integration of Plasmodium knowlesi into a Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Plasmodium Species. Poster 935. Abstr. 113th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology. ASM, Washington, DC.
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