
Lauren Parsons, MD
Associate Professor
Locations
- Pathology - Froedtert Hospital
- Pathology - Children's
Specialties
- Pathology - Anatomic
- Pathology - Clinical
- Pediatric Pathology
- Cytopathology
Languages
- English
Education
- MD - Doctor of Medicine
Biography
Dr. Parsons is an associate professor of pathology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Medical Director of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at Children’s Wisconsin. Her clinical duties include pediatric cytopathology, pediatric surgical pathology, adult cytopathology, placental pathology, and perinatal/pediatric autopsy pathology. She is Program Director for the Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency Program, the director of the pediatric pathology fellowship, and actively participates in pediatric resident and fellow education. Dr. Parsons’ major clinical and research interests include the application of aspiration cytology in pediatrics, pediatric thyroid nodules and cancer, and pediatric renal tumors. She is a member of and pathology central reviewer for the Children’s Oncology Group Renal Tumor Committee and is actively involved in the development and execution of pediatric renal tumor clinical trials.
Research Interests
Pediatric cytopathology and minimally invasive biopsy
Pediatric thyroid nodules and cancer
Pediatric renal tumors
Pediatric/perinatal pathology
Publications
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Emerging, Uncommon, and Aggressive Pediatric Kidney Tumors: An Update and Diagnostic Pitfalls.
(Parsons LN, Treece AL.) Surg Pathol Clin. 2025 Jun;18(2):269-279 PMID: 40412826 05/25/2025
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(Renfro LA, Vallance KL, Tfirn IC, Evageliou N, Benedetti DJ, Shamberger RC, Ehrlich PF, Cost NG, Aldrink JH, Schechter A, Treece A, Parsons LN, Walz AL, Sutton KS, Armstrong AE, Fernandez CV, Dome JS, Geller JI, Mullen EA, AREN03B2 Authorship Group.) Ann Surg. 2025 Apr 11 PMID: 40211953 04/11/2025
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Composition and Priorities of Multidisciplinary Pediatric Thyroid Programs: A Consensus Statement.
(Kothari R, Donner JR, Balakrishnan K, Hartman G, Pediatric Thyroid Program Workgroup:, Alazraki A, Antal Z, Bauer A, Chelius D, Cherella C, Dahl JP, Dimachkieh A, Fox LA, Helmig S, Jiang W, Kazahaya K, Laetsch TW, Lodish M, Mahajan P, Parsons L, Prickett K, Quintanilla-Dieck L, Rastatter J, Rothstein DH, Simons J, Sheyn A, Wagner A, Waguespack SG, Wasserman JD, Wassner AJ, Seeley H, Meister KD.) Thyroid. 2025 Apr;35(4):346-356 PMID: 39950999 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85219661890 02/14/2025
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(Srivatsa S, Al-Hadidi A, Stanek J, Horvath K, Parsons L, Martinez-Rios C, Hopp A, Engle S, Plunk M, Shapira-Zaltsberg G, Nagar S, Masters S, Al-Katib S, Tucker R, Atweh LA, Shah S, Bobbey A, Hoffman R, Aldrink JH.) J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Jan;60(1):161924 PMID: 39358076 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85205374747 10/03/2024
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(Murphy AJ, Brzezinski J, Renfro LA, Tornwall B, Malek MM, Benedetti DJ, Cost NG, Smith EA, Aldrink J, Romao RLP, Dome JS, Davidoff AM, Treece AL, Parsons LN, Mullen EA, Shamberger RC, Paulino AC, Lo AC, Geller JI, Ehrlich PF.) Int J Cancer. 2024 Nov 15;155(10):1824-1831 PMID: 38973574 PMCID: PMC11570340 07/08/2024
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Bilateral Wilms tumor with anaplasia: A report from the Children's Oncology Group Study AREN0534.
(Romao RLP, Aldrink JH, Renfro LA, Mullen EA, Murphy AJ, Brzezinski J, Malek MM, Benedetti DJ, Cost NG, Smith E, Dome JS, Davidoff AM, Treece A, Parsons LN, Fernandez CV, Tornwall B, Shamberger RC, Paulino A, Kalapurakal JA, Geller JI, Ehrlich PF.) Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Jul;71(7):e30981 PMID: 38637871 PMCID: PMC11116047 04/19/2024
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Putting It All Together: Postmortem Diagnosis of a Rare Ichthyosis Syndrome.
(Jain PV, Maxey J, W Lawlor M, Parsons LN.) Cureus. 2023 May;15(5):e38787 PMID: 37303350 PMCID: PMC10249999 06/12/2023
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(Galbraith K, Vasudevaraja V, Serrano J, Shen G, Tran I, Abdallat N, Wen M, Patel S, Movahed-Ezazi M, Faustin A, Spino-Keeton M, Roberts LG, Maloku E, Drexler SA, Liechty BL, Pisapia D, Krasnozhen-Ratush O, Rosenblum M, Shroff S, Boué DR, Davidson C, Mao Q, Suchi M, North P, Hopp A, Segura A, Jarzembowski JA, Parsons L, Johnson MD, Mobley B, Samore W, McGuone D, Gopal PP, Canoll PD, Horbinski C, Fullmer JM, Farooqui MS, Gokden M, Wadhwani NR, Richardson TE, Umphlett M, Tsankova NM, DeWitt JC, Sen C, Placantonakis DG, Pacione D, Wisoff JH, Teresa Hidalgo E, Harter D, William CM, Cordova C, Kurz SC, Barbaro M, Orringer DA, Karajannis MA, Sulman EP, Gardner SL, Zagzag D, Tsirigos A, Allen JC, Golfinos JG, Snuderl M.) Neurooncol Adv. 2023;5(1):vdad076 PMID: 37476329 PMCID: PMC10355794 07/21/2023
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(Hopp AM, Tetzlaff JE, Kopidlansky K, Leventaki V, Parsons LN, Bone K, Drendel HM, Sreynich K, Lyvannak S, Heng S, Chanpheaktra N, Putchhat H, Khauv P, Camitta BM, Jarzembowski JA.) Am J Clin Pathol. 2022 Jul 01;158(1):81-95 PMID: 35050350 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85133980519 01/21/2022
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(Vujanić GM, Parsons LN, D'Hooghe E, Treece AL, Collini P, Perlman EJ.) Histopathology. 2022 Jun;80(7):1026-1037 PMID: 35275409 03/12/2022
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(Hopp AM, Pant M, Sniedze S, Parsons LN, Hunt B, Giorgadze T.) Ann Diagn Pathol. 2021 Feb;50:151670 PMID: 33310590 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85097476735 12/15/2020
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Wilms Tumor: Challenges and Newcomers in Prognosis.
(Parsons LN.) Surg Pathol Clin. 2020 Dec;13(4):683-693 PMID: 33183727 11/14/2020