Jo Elle Peterson, MD

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Education:

• BS - Cum laude, Biology, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX (1998-2001)
• Certified Medical Technologist - School of Medical Technology, Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, Waco, TX (2002-2003)
• MD - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX (2003-2007)

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Board Certification(s):

• Diplomate, Neuropathology, American Board of Pathology
• Diplomate, Anatomic Pathology, American Board of Pathology

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Residency:

• Anatomic Pathology - Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (2008-2012)

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Fellowship:

• Surgical Pathology - Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (2010-2011)
• Neuropathology - Houston Methodist Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (2012-2014)

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Select Publications:

1. Mukherjee A, Peterson JE, Sandberg G, Takei H, Adesina A, Goodman JC, et al. Central nervous system pathology in fatal swine-origin influenza A H1N1 virus infection in patients with and without neurological symptoms: an autopsy study of 15 cases. Acta Neuropathol. 2011;122:371–373.
2. Fesler JR, Poddar K, Arrington DK, Peterson JE. Fatal mycotic cerebral abscess in an immuno-competent healthy adolescent. Pediatr Neurol. Oct 2015;53(4):371-372. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.06.008. PMID: 26216501.
3. Peterson JE, Love JC, Pinto DC, Wolf DA, Sandberg G. A novel method for removing a spinal cord with attached cervical ganglia from a pediatric decedent. J Forensic Sci. 2015 Aug 21 [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.12925. PMID: 26296423.
4. Conner AK, Fung KM, Peterson JE, Glenn CA, Martin MD. Ectopic ganglion in cauda equina: case report. J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 Feb 12:1-4. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26871650
5. Skunda R, Puckett T, Martin M, Sanclement J, Peterson JE. 14-year-old boy with mild antecedent neck pain in setting of acute trauma: a rare case of benign fibrous histiocytoma of the spine. [Case Report & Literature Review] Am J Orthop. 2016 Mar-Apr;45(3):E148-E152. PMID: 26991583