Michelly K. Sampaio de Melo, MD

MD, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Brazil

Dr. Sampaio de Melo earned her medical degree from the Federal University of Paraíba in Brazil. She subsequently completed her residency and fellowship in Internal Medicine and Hematology in Brazil before relocating to the United States.

She completed her residency training in Anatomic Pathology in 2022 and fellowship in Hematopathology in 2024 at the Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute (NIH).

Dr. Sampaio de Melo holds board certification in both Anatomic Pathology and Hematopathology from the American Board of Pathology.

• NIH Director's Awards - member of the NIH COVID-19 Autopsy Team, nominated by the NIH Clinical Center, "In recognition of the discovery of SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence throughout the human body and brain at autopsy." 2024

Khalid, Mian B., Disha Sharma, Amari Howard, Dilara Akbulut, Michelly Sampaio de Melo, Martha M. Quezado, Perla A. Castillo, et al. 2024. “Gastrointestinal Segmental Remission with Oral Budesonide Therapy for Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases.” The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 12 (10): 2857-2860.e2. doi:10.1016/j.jaip.2024.06.028.

Platt, Andrew P., Benjamin T. Bradley, Nadia Nasir, Sydney R. Stein, Sabrina C. Ramelli, Marcos J. Ramos-Benitez, James M. Dickey, et al. 2023. “Pulmonary Co-Infections Detected Premortem Underestimate Postmortem Findings in a COVID-19 Autopsy Case Series.” Pathogens 12 (7): 932. doi:10.3390/pathogens12070932.

Sen, H. Nida, Kevin M. Vannella, Yujuan Wang, Joon-Yong Chung, Shilpa Kodati, Sabrina C. Ramelli, Jung Wha Lee, et al. 2023. “Histopathology and SARS-CoV-2 Cellular Localization in Eye Tissues of COVID-19 Autopsies.” The American Journal of Pathology. doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2023.02.016.

Stein, Sydney R, Sabrina C Ramelli, Alison Grazioli, Joon-Yong Chung, Manmeet Singh, Claude Kwe Yinda, Clayton W Winkler, et al. 2022. “SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Persistence in the Human Body and Brain at Autopsy.” Nature 612 (7941): 758–63. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05542-y.

Green, Benjamin L, Robert R C Grant, Christopher T Richie, Bishwanath Chatterjee, Michelly Sampaio De Melo, Frederic G Barr, Karel Pacak, Sunita K Agarwal, and Naris Nilubol. 2022. “Novel GLCCI1-BRAF Fusion Drives Kinase Signaling in a Case of Pheochromocytomatosis.” European Journal of Endocrinology 187 (1): 185–96. doi:10.1530/eje-21-0797.

Carmona-Rivera, Carmelo, Yu Zhang, Kerry Dobbs, Tovah E. Markowitz, Clifton L. Dalgard, Andrew J. Oler, Dillon R. Claybaugh, et al. 2022. “Multicenter Analysis of Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Dysregulation in Adult and Pediatric COVID-19.” JCI Insight 7 (16): e160332. doi:10.1172/jci.insight.160332.

Laha, Dipranjan, Robert R.C. Grant, Prachi Mishra, Myriem Boufraqech, Min Shen, Ya-Qin Zhang, Matthew D. Hall, et al. 2022. “Preclinical Assessment of Synergistic Efficacy of MELK and CDK Inhibitors in Adrenocortical Cancer.” Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 41 (1): 282. doi:10.1186/s13046-022-02464-5.

Kuang, Fei Li, Michelly Sampaio De Melo, Michelle Makiya, Sheila Kumar, Thomas Brown, Lauren Wetzler, JeanAnne M. Ware, et al. 2022. “Benralizumab Completely Depletes Gastrointestinal Tissue Eosinophils and Improves Symptoms in Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease.” The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 10 (6): 1598-1605.e2. doi:10.1016/j.jaip.2022.02.037.

Pacheco-Rodriguez, Gustavo, Connie G Glasgow, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Wendy K Steagall, Zu-Xi Yu, Katsuya Tsukada, Brent W Beasley, et al. 2022. “A Mixed Blood-Lymphatic Endothelial Cell Phenotype in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis but Not in Kaposi’s Sarcoma or Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.” American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 66 (3): 337–40. doi:10.1165/rcmb.2021-0293le.

Schmitt, Monica M., Elise M. N. Ferré, Michelly Sampaio De Melo, Megan A. Cooper, Martha M. Quezado, Theo Heller, and Michail S. Lionakis. 2021. “Mycophenolate-Induced Colitis in Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy Patients.” JPGN Reports 2 (4): e131–e131. doi:10.1097/pg9.0000000000000131..

Huang, Ni, Paola Pérez, Takafumi Kato, Yu Mikami, Kenichi Okuda, Rodney C. Gilmore, Cecilia Domínguez Conde, et al. 2021. “SARS-CoV-2 Infection of the Oral Cavity and Saliva.” Nature Medicine 27 (5): 892–903. doi:10.1038/s41591-021-01296-8.

Ferreira, Aliana Meneses, Carolina Atallah Pontes da Silva, André Domingues Pereira, Roberta Shcolnik Szor, Ana Rita Brito Medeiros da Fonseca, Mariana Gomes Serpa, Erick Menezes Xavier, et al. 2018. “Ruxolitinib in Steroid-Refractory Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: Experience of a Single Center.” Bone Marrow Transplantation 53 (4): 503–6. doi:10.1038/s41409-017-0068-2.