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Michelle Madden Felicella, MD
Associate Professor

Division: Neuropathology, Surgical Pathology and Autopsy

Phone: (409) 772-3499
Email: mifelice@utmb.edu

  • Brain tumors, neurodegenerative diseases
  • FellowshipUniversity of California San Francisco,
    San Francisco, CA    		Neuropathology2012
    ResidencyUniversity of Vermont Medical Center
    Burlington, Vermont    		Anatomic and Clinical Pathology2010
    Chief Resident University of Vermont College of Medicine,
    Burlington, Vermont    		Anatomic and Clinical Pathology 2009-2010
    Medical DegreeUniversity of Vermont College of Medicine,
    Burlington, Vermont    		Medicine2006
    BSRandolph-Macon Woman’s College,
    Lynchburg, Virginia    		Chemistry2001
  • Best Anatomic Pathology Faculty Award2021
    Alpha Omega Alpha2006
    Phi Beta Kappa, Summa cum laude 2001
  • American Board of Pathology Anatomic and Clinical Pathology 2010
    American Board of Pathology Neuropathology 2012
  • American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP) 2012 -
    Society of Neuro-oncology (SNO) 2012 -
    International Society of Neuropathologists (ISN) 2012 -
    College of American Pathologists (CAP) 2006 -
    • Gadde R, Arora K, Felicella MM, Arora S, Cheng L, Park H, Gupta NS, Salamat MS, Williamson SR. Cystic trophoblastic tumor in a primary central nervous system post-chemotherapy germ cell tumor: the first case report [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 4]. Int J Surg Pathol. 2020;1066896920929751. doi:10.1177/1066896920929751 PMID: 32498578
    • Almeida JP, Stephens CC, Eschbacher JM, Felicella MM, Yuen KCJ, White WL, Mooney MA, Bernat AL, Mete O, Zadeh G, Gentili F, Little AS. Clinical, pathologic, and imaging characteristics of pituitary null cell adenomas as defined according to the 2017 World Health Organization criteria: a case series from two pituitary centers. Pituitary. 2019;22(5):514-519. PMID: 31401793
    • Tayebi Meybodi A, Borba Moreira L, Lawton MT, Eschbacher JM, Belykh EG, Felicella MM, Preul MC. Interdural course of the ophthalmic artery in the optic canal. J Neurosurg. 2019;132(1):277-283. PMID: 30611145
    • deCarvalho AC, Kim H, Poisson LM, Winn ME, Mueller C, Cherba D, Koeman J, Seth S, Protopopov A, Felicella M, Zheng S, Multani A, Jiang Y, Zhang J, Nam DH, Petricoin EF, Chin L, Mikkelsen T, Verhaak RGW. Discordant inheritance of chromosomal and extrachromosomal DNA elements contributes to dynamic disease evolution in glioblastoma. Nat Genet. 2018;50(5):708-717. PMID: 29686388
    • Leeper H, Felicella MM, Walbert T. Recent Advances in the Classification and Treatment of Ependymomas. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2017;18(9):55. PMID: 28795287
    • Basheer A, Rammo R, Kalkanis S, Felicella MM, Chedid M. Multifocal Intradural Extramedullary Pilocytic Astrocytomas of the Spinal Cord: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Neurosurgery. 2017;80(2):E178-E184. PMID: 28173580
    • Singh J, Olle B, Suhail H, Felicella MM, Giri S. Metformin-induced mitochondrial function and ABCD2 up- regulation in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy involves AMP-activated protein kinase. J Neurochem. 2016;138(1):86-100. PMID: 26849413
    • Reinard KA, Felicella MM, Zakaria HM, Rock JP. Intradural tophaceous gout of the cavernous sinus and spine: Case report and review of the literature. J Neurol Disord. 2015;3(3):234 doi: 10.4172/2329-6895.1000234
    • Gulati R, Alkhatib Y, Donthireddy V, Felicella MM, Menon MP, Inamdar KV. Isolated Ocular Manifestation of Relapsed Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Presenting as Myeloid Blast Crisis in a Patient on Imatinib Therapy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Pathol. 2015;2015:380451. PMID: 26819793
    • Venneti S, Santi M, Felicella MM, Yarilin D, Phillips JJ, Sullivan LM, Martinez D, Perry A, Lewis PW, Thompson CB, Judkins AR. A sensitive and specific histopathologic prognostic marker for H3F3A K27M mutant pediatric glioblastomas. Acta Neuropathol. 2014;128(5):743-753. PMID: 25200322
    • Kaur G, Sayegh ET, Larson A, Bloch O, Madden M, Sun MZ, Barani IJ, James CD, Parsa AT. Adjuvant radiotherapy for atypical and malignant meningiomas: a systematic review. Neuro Oncol. 2014;16(5):628-36. PMID: 24696499
    • Venneti S, Felicella MM, Coyne T, Phillips JJ, Gorovets D, Huse JT, Kofler J, Lu C, Tihan T, Sullivan LM, Santi M, Judkins AR, Perry A, Thompson CB. Histone 3 lysine 9 trimethylation is differentially associated with isocitrate dehydrogenase mutations in oligodendrogliomas and high-grade astrocytomas. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2013;72(4):298-306. PMID: 23481705