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Michael J. Thrall, MD

Professor of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Academic Institute
Full Clinical Member, Research Institute
Program Director, Cytopathology Fellowship, Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


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Cytopathology Fellowship


Biography

Dr. Michael J. Thrall works as both a cytopathologist and a general surgical pathologist with a focus on head and neck pathology. He is the Director of the Cytopathology Fellowship and Digital Pathology. He is on the Executive Board of the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) and is a member of the Digital Pathology Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP). Dr. Thrall attended medical school and completed his AP/CP residency training, including a surgical pathology fellowship, at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He then went on to complete a cytopathology fellowship at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.

Description of Research

Dr. Thrall's research interests include cytopathology and digital pathology, with a focus on quality assurance, maximizing the utility of small specimens, and correlation of cytology with histology and molecular diagnostics.

Areas Of Expertise

Cytopathology Imaging pathology
Education & Training

Clinical Fellowship, University of Rochester
Residency, University of Minnesota
MD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Publications

American Society of Cytopathology Telecytology validation recommendations for rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE)
Lin, O, Alperstein, S, Barkan, GA, Cuda, JM, Kezlarian, B, Jhala, D, Jin, X, Mehrotra, S, Monaco, SE, Rao, J, Saieg, M, Thrall, M & Pantanowitz, L 2024, , Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 111-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasc.2023.12.001

A Practical Approach to Squamous Abnormalities on Cervical Cytology: Overview of Interpretive Criteria and Guidance for Altering Thresholds in Response to Quality Assurance Findings
Thrall, MJ 2023, , Acta Cytologica, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 129-142. https://doi.org/10.1159/000528531

One procedure—one report: the Re-Imagine Cytopathology Task Force position paper on small tissue biopsy triage in anatomic pathology
Ly, A, Balassanian, R, Alperstein, S, Donnelly, A, McGrath, C, Sohani, AR, Stelow, EB, Thrall, MJ, Zhang, ML & Pitman, MB 2023, , Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 395-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasc.2023.04.007

A retrospective analysis of molecular testing in cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules with histologic correlation: Experience at a heterogenous multihospital system
Sura, GH, Thrall, MJ, Rogers, J, Hodjat, P, Christensen, P, Cubb, TD, Khadra, HS, Thomas, JS & Jacobi, EM 2024, , Diagnostic Cytopathology, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 82-92. https://doi.org/10.1002/dc.25250

Assessing the quality of cytopathology whole slide imaging for education from archived cases
Sura, GH, Doan, JV & Thrall, MJ 2022, , Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 313-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasc.2022.06.001

Rescreening of high-risk HPV positive Papanicolaou tests initially screened as negative is a low yield procedure in the era of HPV genotyping
Narkcham, S, Mody, DR, Jones, A & Thrall, MJ 2021, , Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 558-564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasc.2021.05.002

Urinary Bladder Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor with Mutated TP53 and PPFIBP1-ALK Gene Fusion
Barbieri, AN, Tallman, CT, Satkunasivam, R, Annunziata, J, Thomas, JS, Olsen, RJ, Shen, SS, Thrall, MJ & Schwartz, MR 2021, , AJSP: Reviews and Reports, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 45-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advms.2022.02.002

Cytopathology: the small specimen subspecialty
Thrall, MJ & Pang, JC 2020, , Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 306-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasc.2020.04.011

Small core needle biopsies in cytology practice: a survey of members of the American Society of Cytopathology
Thrall, MJ, Vrbin, C, Barkan, GA, Monaco, SE, Pambuccian, SE, Pantanowitz, L, Pitman, MB & Kurtycz, DFI 2020, , Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 310-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasc.2020.06.002

Extramedullary multiple myeloma involving the liver and periportal lymph node, diagnosed by EUS-FNA in a patient with cirrhosis
Suo, L, Liu, S, Vega, I & Thrall, M 2020, , Diagnostic Cytopathology, vol. 48, no. 7, pp. 657-661. https://doi.org/10.1002/dc.24416

Peripheral T cell lymphoma, NOS with aberrant aß and ?d T cell receptor expression in a post-heart transplant patient
Liu, S, Ewton, A, Miller, TN, Zieske, AW, Thrall, MJ, Olsen, RJ, Zu, Y & Hao, S 2020, , Journal of Hematopathology, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 109-116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12308-020-00393-w

Cyto-histo correlations of plasmacytoid and micropapillary variants of high-grade urothelial carcinoma: do they fit well in The Paris System for reporting urinary cytology?
Suo, L, Vega, I & Thrall, M 2021, , Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 20-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasc.2020.05.013

A review of the FDA-approved molecular testing platforms for human papillomavirus
Salazar, KL, Duhon, DJ, Olsen, R & Thrall, M 2019, , Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 284-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasc.2019.06.001

In vivo and ex vivo microscopy moving toward the integration of optical imaging technologies into pathology practice
Wells, WA, Thrall, M, Sorokina, A, Fine, J, Krishnamurthy, S, Haroon, A, Rao, B, Shevchuk, MM, Wolfsen, HC, Tearney, GJ & Hariri, LP 2019, , Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, vol. 143, no. 3, pp. 288-298. https://doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2018-0298-RA

In vivo and ex vivo microscopy: A business plan to justify the introduction of similar emerging technologies into pathology practice
Wells, WA, Harhen, MT, Thrall, MJ, Shevchuk, MM, Tearney, GJ & Hariri, LP 2019, , Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, vol. 143, no. 3, pp. 299-304. https://doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2018-0375-RA

Automated screening of Papanicolaou tests: A review of the literature
Thrall, MJ 2019, , Diagnostic Cytopathology, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1002/dc.23931

The effects of the Bethesda System 2014 on endometrial cell reporting and follow-up endometrial biopsies in women 45 years of age and over
Moyer, AB, El-Zaatari, ZM & Thrall, MJ 2018, , Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 201-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasc.2018.01.003

Automation and Other Techniques in Cytopathology
Davey, DD & Thrall, MJ 2018, . in I Ramzy, D Mody & R Laucirica (eds), Clinical Cytopathology: Fundamental Principles and Practice. 3rd edn, McGraw Hill Education, pp. 731-744.

Molecular Testing in Gynecologic Cytology
Thrall, MJ 2018, . in I Ramzy, D Mody & R Laucirica (eds), Clinical Cytopathology: Fundamental Principles and Practice. 3rd edn, McGraw Hill Education, pp. 583-590.

Urinary Tract and Prostate
Rone, VR & Thrall, MJ 2018, . in I Ramzy, D Mody & R Laucirica (eds), Clinical Cytopathology: Fundamental Principles and Practice. 3rd edn, McGraw Hill Education, pp. 393-412.

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