MelissaMBlessingDO

Forensic/Autopsy, Neuropathology, Pediatric Pathology, Surgical Pathology

Assistant Professor of Pathology & Immunology / Pediatric Pathology & Neuropathology

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Dr. Melissa Blessing is a pathologist in Houston, TX and is affiliated with Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. She received her medical degree from A.T. Still University, School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona and has been in practice 5 years. She specializes in pediatric pathology, neuropathology and forensic/autopsy pathology. She has a particular interest in Rapid Autopsy for pediatric oncologic research, and sudden unexpected death in infants and children. She has more than 20 publications and over 250 citings.

Boston Children’s HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Pathology, 2019 - 2020
Harris County Institute of Forensic SciencesFellowship, Forensic Pathology, 2018 - 2019
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Neuropathology, 2016 - 2018
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2012 - 2016
A.T. Still University, School of Osteopathic Medicine in ArizonaClass of 2012

PubMed

119 citations
Characteristics of Spontaneous Spinal Cord Infarction and Proposed Diagnostic Criteria.
Nicholas L. Zalewski, Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Karl N. Krecke, Robert D. Brown, Eelco F. M. Wijdicks
JAMA Neurology. 2019-01-01
58 citations
Association between contact sports participation and chronic traumatic encephalopathy: a retrospective cohort study.
Kevin F. Bieniek, Melissa M. Blessing, Michael G. Heckman, Nancy N. Diehl, Amanda M. Serie
Brain Pathology. 2020-01-01
5 citations
Mimics of Pediatric Small Vessel Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System.
Coral M Stredny, Melissa M Blessing, Vivian Yi, Morgan E Ryan, Bo Zhang
Annals of Neurology. 2023-01-01

Journal Articles

The Characteristics of All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV)-Related Deaths: A Forensic Autopsy Data-Based Study
Melissa M Blessing, Peter T Lin, Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology
Characteristics of Spontaneous Spinal Cord Infarction and Proposed Diagnostic Criteria
Allen J Aksamit, Karl N Krecke, Giuseppe Lanzino, Alejandro A Rabinstein, J D Bartleson, Melissa M Blessing, Nicholas L Zalewski, Timothy J Kaufmann, Brian G Weinshenk..., JAMA