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Lauren Parsons, MD

Associate Professor

Location

  • Pathology - Froedtert Hospital
  • 900 N. 92nd St.
  • Milwaukee, WI 53226

Specialties

  • Pathology - Anatomic
  • Pathology - Clinical
  • Pediatric Pathology
  • Cytopathology

Overview

Diseases and Conditions

  • Pediatric Renal Tumor

Treatments and Services

  • Pediatric/Perinatal Autopsy Pathology
  • Adult Cytopathology
  • Placental Pathology
  • Pediatric Cytopathology
  • Pediatric Surgical Pathology
  • Pediatric Thyroid Nodules and Cancer
  • Pediatric Cytopathology and Minimally Invasive Biopsy

Patients Ages Seen

  • Infant
  • Child
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Senior

Languages

  • English

Board Certifications

  • Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
  • Cytopathology
  • Pediatric Pathology

Clinic Locations

Pathology - Children's

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Biography

Dr. Parsons is an associate professor of pathology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Director of the Pediatric Cytopathology service at Children’s Wisconsin. Her clinical duties include pediatric cytopathology, pediatric surgical pathology, adult cytopathology, placental pathology, and perinatal/pediatric autopsy pathology. Dr. Parsons is the Director of the Pediatric Pathology Fellowship Program at Children’s Wisconsin. She is Program Director for Anatomic Pathology for the Pathology Residency Program, the director of the pediatric pathology resident rotation, and actively participates in pediatric resident and fellow education. Dr. Parsons’ major clinical and research interests include the application of aspiration cytology in pediatrics, thyroid nodules and cancer (particularly in children), and pediatric renal tumors. She is an active member of the Society for Pediatric Pathology, the American Society of Cytopathology, and Children’s Oncology Group.

Education and Training

Doctor of Medicine - Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI (2009)
Residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology - Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals - Milwaukee, WI (2010-2015)
Fellowship in Cytopathology - Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI (2013-2014)
Fellowship in Pediatric Pathology - Children's Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI (2015-2016)