Michele Anderson, DO
Hematopathology
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Department: Pathology
Email: Michele.Anderson@vcuhealth.org
Michele Anderson, DO is currently an Assistant Professor of pathology at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System.
Dr. Anderson graduated from Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia. She completed her residency training at VCU Health in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and continued her training at VCU Health with a fellowship in hematopathology, followed by a molecular genetic pathology fellowship.
Clinical Specialties: Benign and malignant hematopathology with a special interest in molecular pathology
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Education
Postgraduate Medical Training
2025 Molecular Genetic Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA
2024 Hematopathology, Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA
2023 Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA
2020 Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Medical Education
2019 Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA
Graduate Education
2015 Bachelor of Science in Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Licenses & Certifications
Medical Licenses
Board Certified in Pathology by the American Board of Pathology in Hematopathology
Board Certified in Pathology by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Board Certifications
Board of Medicine Commonwealth of Virginia
Professional Organizations
2017- present United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
2017- present College of American Pathologists
Recent Invited Presentations
2025 Grand Rounds Presentation, T-Cell Gene Rearrangements: Clinical Utility to Assay Validation, Richmond, VA
2024 Grand Rounds Presentation, Eosinophils on the Rise: Navigating Hypereosinophilia, Richmond, VA
2024 Grand Rounds Presentation, Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia: A review of updated diagnostic criteria and current molecular biology, Richmond, VA
2023 Grand Rounds Presentation, Validation of Flow Cytometry: An Overview, Richmond, VA
2022 Virginia Society for Pathology Resident Research Presentation Closing the Gap on Undifferentiated Lesions with Molecular Genetics: A Case Presentation of AML​, Richmond, VA
2022 Resident Research Presentation, Long-term Outcomes of Liver Transplantation Versus Resection For Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single-center Experience in the USA, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA
2022 G6PD Deficiency in Transfusion Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA
2021 Clinical Pathology Noon Conference, Gaucher disease: An incidental finding in a patient with pancytopenia. Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA
2020 Clinical Pathology Noon Conference Mysteries and Mimics on the Peripheral Blood Smear, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA
2020 Resident Journal Club, Transfusion Service Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA
Recent Publications
Michele Anderson, Rajeswari Jayakumar. Recent Advances in the Molecular Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia. Advances in Molecular Pathology. 2024, August 10. ISSN 2589-4080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yamp.2024.07.001.
Gordetsky J, Spieker AJ, Pena MDCR, Kamanda S, Anderson MR, et al. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder Is Not Associated With High-risk HPV [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 16]. Urology. 2020;S0090-4295(20)30832-3. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2020.06.065.
Godbey EA, Anderson MR, M Bachmann L, Sanford KW, Wieditz K, Roseff SD. How do we monitor hemoglobin S in patients who undergo red blood cell exchange and take voxelotor? Transfusion. 2021 Apr 20. doi: 10.1111/trf.16405. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33880770.
Recent Poster Presentations
Winklemann N., Anderson MR, Jayakumar R. Disease Times Three: A Rare Case of a Chronic Hematologic Condition with Two Newly Developed Hematologic Neoplasms. American Society for Clinical Pathology Annual Meeting, Nov. 2025.
Bates J., Anderson MR, Jayakumar R., Kolipakkam B. Leiomyoma-induced Paraneoplastic Hypereosinophilia. American College of Physicians 2025 Virginia Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting, September 2025.
Anderson MR, Dalton J., Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with germline predisposition due to GATA2 deficiency. Presented at the 2025 Society for Hematopathology Workshop: Hematopathology in the Pediatric and Adolescent/Young Adult Populations. September 2025.
SZ Wang, Lee SM, Lee SD, Anderson MR, Hatfield B, Lee H, Khan A, Bhati C, Sharma A, Bruno D, Kumaran V, Cotterell A, Levy MF. Long-term Outcomes of Liver Transplantation Versus Resection For Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single-center Experience in the USA. American Society of Transplant Surgeons 22nd Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium 2022.