Melissa George, DO - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Melissa George, DO
Associate Dean for Continuing Education, Penn State College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Division of Clinical Pathology
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Division of Clinical Pathology
Disease Teams:
Cancer Institute, Immunotherapy Team
Recent Publications
2025
Karp, JK, Lofgreen, A, Johnson, K, George, MR, Barak, S, Bryant, BH, Berg, MP, Childs, JM, Knollman-Ritschel, BEC, Prieto, VG, White, KL & McCloskey, CB 2025, 'Continued Positive Job Search Experience for New Pathologists Seeking First Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2022)', Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, vol. 149, no. 1, pp. 14-19. https://doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2023-0408-CP
2024
George, MR, Timmons, CF, Johnson, K, Barak, S, Berg, MP, Bryant, B, Childs, JM, Karp, JK, Knollmann-Ritschel, BEC, Lofgreen, A, McCarthy, T, Prieto, VG, Procop, GW, Sandersfeld, T, White, KL & McCloskey, CB 2024, 'Leadership perspectives on osteopathic medical school applicants to pathology residency training', Academic Pathology, vol. 11, no. 1, 100107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100107
Lu, W, Stephens, L, Shmookler, A, O'Brien, K, Karp, JK, Hermelin, D, Bakhtary, S, Almozain, N, George, M & Fung, M 2024, 'Rh immune globulin immunoprophylaxis after RhD-positive red cell exposure in RhD-negative patients via transfusion: A survey of practices', Transfusion, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 839-845. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.17812
2023
Alvi, S, Erony, S, Potochny, E & George, M 2023, 'A case of mistaken MELD (model for end stage liver disease) score—How an acute hemolytic transfusion reaction falsely altered a patient's transplant status', Transfusion, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 883-887. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.17288
Holloman, AM, Berg, MP, Bryant, B, Dixon, LR, George, MR, Karp, JK, Knollmann-Ritschel, BEC, Prieto, VG, Timmons, CF, Childs, JM, Lofgreen, A, Johnson, K & McCloskey, CB 2023, 'Experiential exposure as the key to recruiting medical students into pathology', Academic Pathology, vol. 10, no. 2, 100074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2023.100074
McCloskey, CB, Brissette, M, Childs, JM, Lofgreen, A, Johnson, K, George, MR, Holloman, AM, Bryant, B, Berg, MP, Dixon, LR, Karp, JK, Knollmann-Ritschel, BEC, Prieto, VG, Timmons, CF & Hoffman, RD 2023, 'How influential are medical school curriculum and other medical school characteristics in students' selecting pathology as a specialty?', Academic Pathology, vol. 10, no. 2, 100073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2023.100073
George, MR, Markwood, M & Rojiani, AM 2023, 'The phenotype of academic pathology chairs', Academic Pathology, vol. 10, no. 1, 100061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2022.100061
George, MR & Markwood, M 2023, 'The phenotype of pathology residency program directors', Academic Pathology, vol. 10, no. 3, 100085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2023.100085
2022
Alvi, S & George, M 2022, 'Encouraging post transfusion platelet counts with product tags and standing orders', Transfusion, vol. 62, no. 10, pp. 1940-1941. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.17066
George, MR, Johnson, KA, Berg, MP, Bryant, BH, Childs, JM, Dixon, LR, Holloman, A, Karp, JK, Knollmann-Ritschel, B, Lofgreen, A, Prieto, VG, Timmons, CF & McCloskey, CB 2022, 'Factors influencing US osteopathic medical students to choose pathology as a specialty', Academic Pathology, vol. 9, no. 1, 100034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2022.100034
Zhang, Y, Chen, T, Polimera, H, Evans, M, Bayerl, MG & George, MR 2022, 'Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis induced by human granulocytic anaplasmosis: A case report and literature review into the immunopathogenesis', Human Pathology Reports, vol. 27, 300598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpr.2022.300598
2021
Shyu, I, Johnson, KA, Gratzinger, D, Brissette, MD, Childs, JM, Dixon, LR, George, MR, McCloskey, CB, Prieto, VG, Rojiani, AM, Timmons, CF & Hoffman, RD 2021, 'Positive job search experience for new pathologists seeking first employment between 2017 and 2019', Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, vol. 145, no. 9, pp. 1117-1122. https://doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2020-0455-CP
George, MR, Strine, DM, Guardiola, D & Niyibizi, SM 2021, 'Pseudohemolysis during therapeutic plasma exchange due to IV iron dextran therapy', Journal of Clinical Apheresis, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 775-776. https://doi.org/10.1002/jca.21921
George, MR, Johnson, KA, Childs, JM, Dixon, LR, Gratzinger, DA, Hoffman, RD, Holloman, A, Karp, JK, Knollmann-Ritschel, BEC, Lofgreen, A, Prieto, VG, Timmons, CF & McCloskey, CB 2021, 'The Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on the 2019–2020 Job Search for Newly Trained Pathologists', Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, vol. 145, no. 3, pp. 261-262. https://doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2020-0688-LE