Melanie Wooten, MD

Melanie Wooten, MD

Melanie Wooten, MD
Melanie Wooten, MD

Assistant Professor of Pathology

Russell Hall 215B

1425 Prince Avenue

Athens, GA 30602

706-713-2123

Education

2007-2011 – B.S., summa cum laude, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA, Major: Biology, Minor: Chemistry
2011-2015 – M.D., University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa Branch Campus, Birmingham/Tuscaloosa, AL

2015-2018 – Resident, Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2018 – Diplomate (Board Certified), Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology

2018-2019 – Fellow, Hematopathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2019 – Diplomate (Board Certified), Hematopathology, American Board of Pathology
2019-2020 – Fellow, Transfusion Medicine/Blood Banking, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2020 – Diplomate (Board Certified), Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, American Board of Pathology

Honors / Awards / Achievements

2018 – Clinical Pathology Resident Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2018 – Outstanding Instructor of the Year, Emory Healthcare Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Program, Atlanta, GA

Selected Publications

Wooten M, Bradley K. “B-Cell Chronic Lymphoid Leukemias,” Hoffman’s Atlas of Diagnostic Hematology, edited by Teruya-Feldstein J and Kremyanskaya M, Elsevier, September 1, 2020, p. 177-210.

Educational Activities

2020-present – Education Coordinator (Board Member), Tennessee Association of Blood Banks (TABB)
2021-present – Junior Committee Member, e-Learning Committee, Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB)
2020-present – American Red Cross, Regional Resident/Fellow Rotations – UAB, Vanderbilt, Brookwood Baptist, Emory

Scholarship & Research

2020 – Speaker, Southeastern Association of Blood Bankers (SEABB), Annual Meeting (1 hour) – “Transfusion Reactions”
2020 – Speaker, Tennessee Association of Blood Banks (TABB), Annual Meeting (1 hour) – “Ceftriaxone and Drug-Induced Hemolysis”
2021 – Speaker, American Red Cross (ARC) SUCCESS Web Seminars (1 hour) – “Updates in Transfusion Medicine: An Overview of Viscoelastic Testing and Potential Clinical Applications”
2021 – Speaker, Brazilian Congress of Hematology, Hemotherapy and Cell Therapy (HEMOPLAY 2021), Brazilian Association of Hematology, Hemotherapy and Cell Therapy (ABHH) (15 minutes) – “Automated Red Blood Cell Concentrate Collection”

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