Megan Samuelson, MD
Clinical Professor of Pathology
Primary Office
Current Positions
- Clinical Professor of Pathology
- Director of Anatomic Pathology
Education
- BA in Biology, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
- MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa
- Extern, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa
- Resident in Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
- Fellow in Surgical Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
- Fellow in Cytopathology, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Research Interests
- Neuroendocrine tumor SPORE developmental research grant submission: evaluation of high grade neuroendocrine tumors of the lower gynecologic tract
- STTR grant submission to evaluate usage of a novel stress-sheer device on urine samples assessed with cytology, submitted 8/2016
- CTEP-funded GOG research trial evaluating response of endometrial cancer to progestin treatment (provisionally approved 8/2016)
- NCI supplemental grant submitted 8/2016, to evaluate p53 expression in GOG 218 patients with advanced ovarian cancer
Licenses & Certifications
- Cytopathology, American Board of Pathology
- Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology
- State of Iowa Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa
- Resident License, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa
Selected Publications
- Chen S.J.T., Samuelson M.I., Rajan Kd A. (2024). A Reassessment of the Impact and Significance of Social Media to Pathology. Arch Pathol Lab Med. May 1; 148(5):613-622. DOI: 10.5858/arpa.022-0463-RA. PMID: 37639395.
- Duska, L. R., Filiaci, V. L., Walker, J. L., Holman, L. L., Hill, E. K., Moore, R. G., Ring, K. L., Pearl, M. L., Muller, C. Y., Kushnir, C. L., Lankes, H. A., Samuelson, M. I., Carrick, K. S., Rajan, A., Rodgers, W. H., Kohn, E. C., Piekarz, R. & Leslie, K. K. (2021). A Surgical Window Trial Evaluating Medroxyprogesterone Acetate with or without Entinostat in Patients with Endometrial Cancer and Validation of Biomarkers of Cellular Response. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-4618. PMID: 33766814.
- Samuelson, M. I., Chen, S. J., Boukhar, S. A., Schnieders, E. M., Walhof, M. L., Bellizzi, A. M., Robinson, R. A. & Rajan Kd, A. (2021). Rapid Validation of Whole-Slide Imaging for Primary Histopathology Diagnosis. American journal of clinical pathology. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa280. PMID: 33511392.
- Halvorson, T. S., Robinson, R. A. & Samuelson, M. I. (2020). Pure Primary Ovarian Carcinoid Tumor. International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists. DOI: 10.1097/PGP.0000000000000675. PMID: 32187084.
- Tasche, K. K., Samuelson, M. I. & Pagedar, N. A. (2019). Unilateral Nasal Mass in a Woman in Her 20s. (Vols. 145). (9), pp. 862-863. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2019.1671.
- Isaacson, A. L., Robinson, R. A. & Samuelson, M. I. (2019). Creating Pathologists From a Post-Sophomore Pathology Fellowship: 21 Years and 126 Fellows at an Academic Pathology Department. Academic Pathology 6. DOI: 10.1177/2374289519851203.
- Reyes, H. D., Miecznikowski, J., Gonzalez-Bosquet, J., Devor, E. J., Zhang, Y., Thiel, K. W., Samuelson, M. I., McDonald, M., Stephan, J. M., Hanjani, P., Guntupalli, S., Tewari, K. S., Backes, F., Ramirez, N., Fleming, G. F., Filiaci, V., Birrer, M. J. & Leslie, K. K. (2017). High stathmin expression is a marker for poor clinical outcome in endometrial cancer: An NRG oncology group/gynecologic oncology group study. Gynecologic oncology 146 (2) 247-253. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2017.05.017. PMID: 28532857. PMCID: PMC5526627.
- Davick, J., Krone, J., Samuelson, M. & Stockdale, C. (2017). The Prevalence of Lichen Sclerosus in Patients with Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int J Gynecol Pathol 36 (4) 305-309. DOI: 10.1097/PGP.0000000000000341. PMID: 27801760.
- Williams, H., Salinas, E., Savage, E., Samuelson, M. & Goodheart, M. J. (2016). Malignant struma ovarii with insular carcinoma: a case report and literature review. Gynecol Oncol Rep 18 1-3. DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2016.08.003.. PMID: 29607388. PMCID: PMC5875290.
- Taher, H., Samuelson, M., Gehlbach, B. & Gross, T. (2016). A young man with dyspnoea and audible expiration: The loops never lie. Breathe (European Respiratory Society) 12 (2) 159-63. DOI: 10.1183/20734735.007015. PMID: 27408634. PMCID: PMC4933619.