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Meredith Parsons, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology

Introduction

Dr. Parsons joined UI Pathology on July 31, 2023, as part of our transfusion medicine and clinical microbiology services within Clinical Pathology. She received her M.D. from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and is a former Pathology Extern. She also completed the Clinical Pathology Residency Program, Medical Microbiology Fellowship, and Transfusion Medicine Fellowship here at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Outside of work she enjoys tending to her absurd number of houseplants and equally absurd cats, as well as “old lady” crafting and dreaming about new travel destinations.

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor - Pathology

Education

  • BS in Integrative Physiology and Minor in Biology, University of Iowa
  • MD, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine
  • Pathology Extern, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  • Residency in Clinical Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  • Fellowship, Medical Microbiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  • Fellowship, Transfusion Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Research Interests

  • Role of plasma exchange in stem cell and solid organ transplant rejection prevention and treatment
  • Interest in teaching efficacy and trainee engagement with pathology
  • Interest in practical and relevant projects in transfusion medicine and medical microbiology

Licenses & Certifications

  • Resident Physician, State of Iowa Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine
  • State of Iowa Medical License, Permanent Physician, Iowa Board of Medicine
  • CP Board Certification, American Board of Pathology
  • Board Eligible in Medical Microbiology, American Board of Pathology
  • Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Board Certification, American Board of Pathology

Selected Publications

  • Jacobs JW, Adkins BD, Booth GS, Stanek CG, Allen ES, Grossman BJ, Stephens LD, Crowe EP, Daou L, Marques MB, Siniard RC, Wallace LR, Yamada C, Duque MA, Wu Y, Aljuboori O, Harrington TJ, Byrnes DM, Eichbaum Q, Figueroa Villalba CA, Juskewitch JE, Klapper E, Perez-Alvarez I, Klein MS, Aldarweesh F, Alkhateb R, Parsons MG, Schlueter AJ, Tormey CA, Wheeler AP, Powers AA, Webb CB, Yates SG, Bloch EM, Raval JS. (2025) A Descriptive 5-Year Analysis of the Demographics and Therapies for Patients With Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in the USA: A Multicenter Study of 390 Disease Episodes From 2017 to 2021. Journal of Clinical Apheresis. Apr;40(2):e70017. doi: 10.1002/jca.70017. PMID: 40145682
  • Parsons MG, Hermelin D, Hennenfent A, Tiller RV, Annambhotla P, Negron ME, Basavaraju SV, Katz LM. (2024) Animal vaccine strain Brucella abortus infection in a plateletpheresis donor: A case report. Transfusion. May; 64(5):946-948. DOI: 10.1111/trf.17799. PMID: 38501889.
  • Olthoff M, Kobayashi T, Parsons MG, Ford B, Prasidthrathsint K, Non L, Salinas JL, Diekema DJ, Ince D. (2024) Impact of metagenomic next-generation sequencing on clinical decision-making t an academic medical center, a retrospective study, Iowa, 2022-2022. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. Mar 27; 4(1):e39. DOI: 10.1017/ash.2024.31. PMID: 38562514. PMCID: PMC10983051.
  • Zandvakili A., Kobayashi T., Seligman K., Parsons M.G., Ford B., Bayon R., Herwaldt L.A., (2024) A 58-Year-Old Male With a Chronic Sore Throat. Clin Infect Dis. 77(5): 792-794. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad043. PMID: 37696670.
  • Parsons MG, Diekema DJ. (2023) What’s New in Fungal Infections? Mod Pathology. Jun; 36(6):100187. DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100187. PMID: 37059227.
  • Rogers KJ, Mott SL, Parsons MG, Schlueter AJ. (2023) Use of subgroup‐specific hematopoietic stem cell collection efficiencies to improve truncation calculations for large‐volume leukapheresis procedures. J Clin Apher. Dec; 38(6):664-676. DOI: 10.1002/jca.22077. PMID: 37526046.
  • Olthoff M, Kobayashi T, Parsons MG, Ford B, Prasidthrathsint K, Non L, Salinas J, Diekema D, Ince D. Impact of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing on Clinical Decision Making at an Academic Medical Center, a Retrospective Study, Iowa, 2020–2022. Accepted to Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol.
  • Parsons MG, Hermelin D, Hennenfent A, Tiller RV, Annambhotla P, Negron ME, Basavaraju SV, Katz LM. Animal vaccine strain Brucella abortus infection in a plateletpheresis donor: a case report. Accepted to Transfusion.
  • Parsons M, Holanda DG, Rastogi P.  Non-Myeloma hematologic Malignancies in Renal Biopsies: a Single Institution Experience. Kidney Week 2019; November 5-10, 2019, Washington, DC. 
  • Parsons MG, Diekema DJ. What’s New in Fungal Infections? Accepted to Modern Pathology.