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Shannon Kelley, M.D.

Shannon Kelley, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Assistant Professor

Schools
Medical School
Departments
Pathology

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  • Biography

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    Shannon Kelley, M.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in pediatric pathology with an emphasis on liver disease in children. 

    Dr. Kelley earned her medical degree at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. She completed a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and a fellowship in pediatric pathology at UT Southwestern. 

    At UT Southwestern, Dr. Kelley serves as the Residency Rotation Director for Pediatric Pathology. She is very involved in medical education, with teaching responsibilities for medical students, pathology residents, and pediatric residents. Dr. Kelley belongs to several professional associations including the Society for Pediatric Pathology and Digital Pathology Association, where she is involved in the creation of educational materials for pathologists. 

  • Education
    Medical School
    Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine (2009)
    Residency
    Baylor University Medical Center (2019), Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
    Fellowship
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020), Pediatric Pathology
  • Research Interest
    • Pediatric liver disease
  • Publications

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    Pkd1l1-deficiency drives biliary atresia through ciliary dysfunction in biliary epithelial cells.
    Lim YZ, Zhu M, Wang Y, Sharma T, Kelley S, Oertling E, Zhu H, Corbitt N, J Hepatol 2024 Mar
    Cardiac Juvenile Xanthogranulomatosis in an Infant Presenting With Pericardial Effusion
    Mohammad Qasim Mehdi, Pezad Doctor, Shannon Kelley, and Nicolas Madsen JACC: Case Reports 2024
    Are we in the GI tract? Trachealization of the esophagus in a 10-year-old boy without eosinophilic esophagitis
    Daves G, Goyal A, and Kelley S JPGN Report 2023
    Pediatric Gastric Mucosal Calcinosis.
    Ngai D, Wolf M, Kelley S, Goyal A, JPGN Rep 2022 Aug 3 3 e212
    Histologically heterogeneous pediatric glioneuronal tumor with FGFR1::TACC1 fusion.
    Canan F, Daoud EV, Weon JL, Raisanen JM, Burns DK, Hatanpaa KJ, Park JY, Kelley S, Rajaram V, Clin Neuropathol 2022 Mar
    COVID-19 in a Pediatric Patient: Novel Presentation of Cardiac Failure resulting in Chylous Ascites and Abdominal Pain.
    Phen C, Woolley J, Kelley S, Garcia J, Baez Hernandez N, Aqul A, JPGN Rep 2021 May 2 2 e068
    Assessing comfort level with pediatric skin specimens among dermatopathologists and pediatric pathologists: A national cross-sectional survey.
    Enos T, Hughes C, Kelley S, Mir A, Rakheja D, Vandergriff T, J Cutan Pathol 2021 Feb
    Extramedullary hematopoiesis masquerading as a cranial (clivus) tumor.
    Krause JR, Baugh L, Kelley S, Onofrio A, Snipes G, Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2020 Jan 33 1 69-70
    Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus after Adalimumab Treatment for Psoriatic Arthritis from Human Papillomavirus Activation.
    Sulhan S, Konda V, Kelley S, Ontiveros E, Leeds SG. Clin Oncol Case Rep 2019 2 1
    Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis associated with aggressive renal angiomyolipoma.
    Cooper A, Baugh L, Kelley S, Huang H, Guileyardo J, Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2018 Jan 31 1 81-83
  • Honors & Awards
    • Resident Laboratorian of the Year
      (2016-2017)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Society for Clinical Pathology (2015-2026)
    • College of American Pathologists (2015-2026)
    • Digital Pathology Association (DPA) (2025-2026)
    • Society for Pediatric Pathology (2019-2026)
    • Texas Society of Pathologists (2015-2026)
    • United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (2019-2026)