Medical author

MELISSA CONRAD STPPLER, MD Melissa Conrad Stppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology. Dr. Stppler served as an Assistant Professor of Pathology in the Georgetown University School of Medicine and has also served on the medical faculty at the University of Marburg, Germany. Her research in the area of virus-induced cancers has been funded by the National Institutes of Health as well as by private foundations. She has a broad list of medical publications, abstracts, and posters and has taught medical students and residents both in the United States and Germany. Dr. Stppler was named a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Society in Germany and was a recipient of a Physician Scientist Award from the U.S. National Cancer Institute. An active medical journalist and writer, Dr. Stppler currently serves on the Medical Editorial Board of MedicineNet.com, and is the Chief Medical Editor of eMedicineHealth.com, both WebMD Inc. companies. Her experience also includes translation and editing of medical texts in German and English. Dr. Stppler's special interests in medicine include family health and fitness, patient education/empowerment, and molecular diagnostic pathology. Dr. Stppler is currently a specialist consultant in the Breast Oncology research program at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and is Co-Editor-In-Chief of the Webster's New World Medical Dictionary, Year 2008 Third Edition. She currently resides in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband and their three children.