MicheleKathrynMcElroyMD

Cytopathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Pathology Department Chief: Northwest Permanente/Kaiser Permanente NW

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Office
Kaiser Permanente Northwest Regional Laboratory
13705 NE Airport Way Suite C
Portland, OR 97230
Phone+1 503-258-6900

I currently serve as the Pathology Department Chief for Northwest Permanente in Portland OR. I also am the cytology director for our regional lab. My prior employment included three years with AmeriPath Denver as a staff patholgist. I trained in AP/CP residency as well as Surgical Pathology fellowship at UCSD in San Diego, followed by Cytopathology fellowship at OHSU in Portland. I now live and work in Portland, OR.

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU Health)Fellowship, Cytopathology, 2013 - 2014
UC San Diego Medical Center - HillcrestSurgical Pathology Fellowship, 2012 - 2013
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2008 - 2012
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2003 - 2008
University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 2003

Saltzstein Award for the Clinical Practice of Pathology UCSD Department of Pathology, 2010
The Foundation Achievement Award in Surgery UCSD Department of Surgery, 2003
Chancellor's Schollar UCSD School of Medicine, 1997
Phi Beta Kappa UC Berkeley, 1996
Summa Cum Lauda UC Berkeley, 1996
Chancellor's Schollar UC Berkeley, 1992
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PubMed

16 citations
Nocturnal O2 enrichment of room air at high altitude increases daytime O2 saturation without changing control of ventilation.
Michele McElroy, Andre B. Gerard, Frank L. Powell, G. Kim Prisk, Nicole Sentse
High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 2000-01-01
78 citations
PLGA nanoparticle-mediated delivery of tumor antigenic peptides elicits effective immune responses.
Wenxue Ma, Mingshui Chen, Sharmeela Kaushal, Michele McElroy, Yu Zhang
International Journal of Nanomedicine. 2012-03-15
33 citations
Six Percent Oxygen Enrichment of Room Air at Simulated 5000 m Altitude Improves Neuropsychological Function
Andre B. Gerard, Michele McElroy, Michael J. Taylor, Igor Grant, Frank L. Powell
High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 2000-01-01

NIH T32 Research Training Grant, Moores Cancer Center U. C. San DiegoTwo-year T32 grant-funded research project to develop novel fluorescent model systems in mice for the study of cancer biology and therapeutics. Faculty Mentor: Michael Bouvet, MD2006 - 2008
NIH-Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Scholars training Program, NIH/FDA Bethesda MDTwo-year fellowship-funded research project studying the protective efficacy of DNA vaccines encoding influenza antigens in a murine model of influenza. Research Advisor: Suzanne Epstein, PhD1999 - 2001
NIH Summer Research Training Program, UCSD School of Medicine, Department of PhysiologyIndependent Study project evaluating effects of overnight oxygen enrichment on the response of human subjects to hypoxia and hypercapnea at high altitude. Faculty Sponsor: John B West, MD, PhD Faculty Advisors: Kim Prisk, PhD and Frank Powell, PhD1998 - 1998