Melissa P. Upton, MD

Board Certifications

Board Certified in Anatomic Pathology

Academic and Medical Appointments

Academic Appointments

Professor Emeritus of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2016-Present

Associate Director, Pathology Residency Training Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2015-2016

Director, Pathology Residency Training Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2013-2015

Professor of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2011-2016

Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2002-2011

Instructor in Pathology, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, 1992-2002

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 1988-1991

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA, 1987-1991

Instructor in Pathology, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA, 1987

Medical Appointments

Staff Pathologist, University of Washington Medical Center; Affiliate Medical Staff, Harborview Medical Center; Affiliate Medical Staff, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 2002-Present

Associate Director of Anatomic Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 2002-2010

Staff Pathologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1997-2002

Staff Pathologist, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA, 1991-1997

Provisional Staff Pathologist, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA, 1990-1991

Staff Pathologist, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1988-1991

Staff Pathologist, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1987-1988

Education and Training

Nakasone Foreign Research Fellow of the Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research, Pathology Division, The National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan, 1985-1987

Research Fellow, Department of Pathology, The Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 1983-1985

Fourth Year Resident and Clinical Fellow, Department of Pathology, The Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1982-1983

Chief Resident, Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1981-1982

Resident in Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1979-1982

Intern in Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1979

Medical Doctorate, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 1978