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Faculty Detail    
Name MICHAEL G CONNER
 
Campus Address HSB 124 Zip 6823
Phone  (205) 975-8320
E-mail  mgconner@uab.edu
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Education
Undergraduate  University of Alabama at Birmingham      B.S. 
Medical School  University of Alabama School of Medicine      M.D. 

Certifications
American Board of Pathology (Anatomical and Clinical)  1980 & 2013 


Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Clinical Pathology  Anatomic Pathology Professor Emeritus

Graduate Biomedical Sciences Affiliations
Molecular and Cellular Pathology Program 

Biographical Sketch 
University of Alabama at Birmingham 1968-1972 B.S. University of Alabama Scool of Medicine 1972-76 M.D. University of Mississippi Pediatric Internship 1976-77 Unversity of Alabama Dep't of Pathology 1977-80 Pathology Residency University of Alabama Dep't of Pathology 1979-80 Chief Resident University of Alabama Dep't of Pathology 1980 Hematopathology Fellowship University of Alabama Dep't of Pathology 1991-92 Surgical Pathology Fellowship

Society Memberships
Organization Name Position Held Org Link
    Alabama Association of Pathologists 
American Society of Clinical Pathologists     
College of American Pathologists     
International Society of Gynecologic Pathologists     
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology     
Society of Gynecologic Oncology     



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Description
Dr. Conner’s primary interest and activity is in diagnostic OB-GYN surgical pathology. He is actively engaged in the performance of diagnostic surgical pathology on the OB-GYN surgical pathology service. In addition to this activity, he also provides diagnostic pathology service for the GYN Tumor Board and the Colposcopy Clinic at UAB. In addition to clinical service work, Dr. Conner is also heavily involved in teaching activity both within the Pathology Department and the School of Medicine. Teaching activities with the Pathology Department include the training of pathology residents as they rotate on the OB-GYN surgical pathology service. Dr. Conner serves as Coursemaster for the Reproductive Pathology section of the Correlative Pathology Course at the School of Medicine. Dr. Conner’s research interests are generally associated with providing surgical pathology support to clinical studies.

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
Wei S, Ma R, Conner MG, and Siegal G: Reduced E-cadherin and aberrant β-catenin expression are associated with advanced disease in signet ring cell carcinomas; Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol; Jan, 2016   
Royse KE1, Zhi D, Conner MG, Clodfelder-Mille Br, Srinivasasainagendra V, Vaughan LK, Skibola CF, Crossman DK, Levy S, and Shrestha S: Differential gene expression landscape of coexisting cervical pre-cancer lesions using RNA-seq; Frontiers in Oncology; 4:339; 2015   
Londoño-Joshi A, Arend RC, Aristizaba Ll, Lu W, Saman RSt, Metge BJ, Hidalgo, Grizzle
WE, Conner MG, Forero-Torres A, LoBuglio AF, Li Y, and Buchsbaum DJ: Effect of niclosamide on basal-like breast cancers; Molecular Cancer Therapeutics; 2014 Feb 19
 
 
Cui X, Peker D, Conner MG, Greer H and Novak L: Extramedullary hematopoiesis in uterine leiomyoma associated with numerous intravascular thrombi; Case Reports in Pathology; vol. 2014, Article ID 957395; 2014   
Doo D, Erickson BK, Arend R, Conner MG, Huh, Leath C: Radical surgical cytoreduction in the treatment of ovarian carcinosarcoma; Gynecologic Oncology; 133(2):234-7; 2014   
Arend RC, Londoño-Joshi A, Samant RS, Li Y, Conner MG, Hidaldo B, Alvarez R, Landen CN, Straughn JM, and Buchsbaum DJ: Inhibition of WNT/Beta-catenin pathway by niclosamide: a therapeudic target for ovarian cancer; Gynecologic Oncology; 2014   
Chuang L, Moore KN, Creasman WT, Goodman A, Henriquez Cooper H, Price FV, Conner MG, Gupta V, Gallion HH, Husseinzadeh N, Duarte J, Vu QH, Sanchez JA, Kanis MJ: Teaching gynecologic oncology in low resource settings: a collaboration of Health Volunteers Overseas and the Society of Gynecologic Oncology.; Gynecol Oncol. 2014 Oct 9. pii: S0090- 8258(14)01351-1; 2014   
Erickson BK, Kinde I, Dobbin Z, Wang Y, Martin J, Alvarez R, Conner MG, Huh WK, Roden R, Kinzler K, Papadopoulos N, Vogelstein B, Diaz L, and Landen C: Detection of somatic TP53 mutations in tampons of patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer; Obstretics and Gynecology; 124(5); 881-5; 11/2014   
Dobbin Z, Katre A, Steg A, Erickson B, Shah M, Alvarez R, Conner MG, Chen D, and Landen C: Using heterogeneity of the patient-derived xenograft model to identify the chemoresistant population in ovarian cancer; Oncotarget; 2014 Sep; 5(18):8750-64   
Stein JE, Suri A, Gehrig PA, Chiu M, Erickson BK, Huh WK, Soper JT, Le LV, Conner MG, and Kim K: Pre-operative imaging of granulosa cell tumors in combination with Ca-125 as a predictor of malignancy; Gynecol Oncol. 2013 Oct; 131(1):59-62.

 
 
Erickson BK, Conner MG, and Landon C; Response to: Risk-reducing salpingectomy as a new and safe strategy to prevent ovarian cancer; Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Oct;209(4):396.    
Ioffe YJ, Erickson BK, Foster KE, Mutch DG, Powell MA, Thaker PH, Hagemann AR, Conner MG, Huh WK, Massad LS: Low yield of residual vulvar carcinoma and dysplasia upon re-excision for close/positive margins: Gyn Oncol. 2013; 129(3):528-32.   
Ziebarth A, Nowsheen S, Steg A, Shah M, Katre A, Dobbin Z, Lopez-Berestein G, Sood A, Conner MG, Yang E, and Landen C: Endoglin (CD105) contributes to platinum resistance and is a target for tumor-specific therapy in epithelial ovarian cancer; Clin. Cancer Research,
2013 Jan 1; 19(1):170-82

 
 
Song W and Conner M: Squamous cell carcinoma arising within a mature cystic teratoma with invasion into adjacent small intestine: a case report; Int. J. of Gyn. Path; 31(3):272-5; May 2012

 
 
Steg A, Bevis K, Katre A, Ziebarth A, Alvarez R, Zhang K, Conner M, and Landen C: Stem cell pathways contribute to clinical chemoresistance in ovarian cancer; Clin. Can. Res., 1:18(3):869-81; 2012   
Greer H, Frederick P, Falls N, Tapley E, Samples K, Kimball K, Kendrick J, Conner M, Novak LO, and Straughn M: The impact of weekly tumor board conference on the management of women with gynecologic malignancies; Int. J. of Gyn. Cancer; 29(6):88562-7; Nov 2010   
Wei S, Conner MG, Kui Z, Siegal G, and Novak L: Juxtatumorial stromal reactions in uterine endometrioid adenocarcinoma and their prognostic significance; Int. J. of Gyn. Path.; 29 (6): 562-67; Nov. 2010   
Bean SM, Meara RS, Vollmer RT, Conner M, Crowe DR, Novak L, Eltoum IA, Robboy SJ, and Chhieng DC: p16 improves interobserver agreement in diagnosis of anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN); J. of Lower Genital Tract Disease; 13(3): 145-53; July 2009   
Matthews KM, Estes JM, Conner MG, Manne U, Whitworth JM, Huh WK, Alvarez RD, Barnes MN, and Rocconi RP: Lynch syndrome in women less than 50 years of age with endometrial cancer; Obstet Gynecol; 111 (5); 1161-6; May 2008   
Tita A, Cliver B, Goepfert A, Conner M, Goldenberg R, Hauth J, and Andrews W: Clinical trial of interconceptional antibiotics to prevent preterm birth: subgroup analyses and possible adverse antibiotic-microbial interaction; Am. Journ. of Obstet Gynecol.;197(4): 367.e1-6; Oct. 2007   
Kendrick JE, Conner M, and Huh, WK: Gene expression profiling of women with varying degrees of cervical neoplasia; J. Low. Genit. Tract Dis.; 11(1): 25-8; 2007   
Case A, Roconni R, Straughn JM, Conner M, Novak L, and Huh W: A prospective blinded evaluation of the accuracy of frozen section for the surgical management of endometrial cancer; Ob. and Gyn.; 108(6): 1375-9; 2006   
Andrews W, Goldenberg R, Hauth J, Copper R, and Conner M: Interconceptional antibiotics to prevent spontaneous preterm birth: a randomized clinical trial; Amer. J. of Ob. & Gyn,; 194, 617-23; 2006   
Leath CA, Numnum TM, Kendrick JE, Frederick PJ, Rocconi RP, Conner MG, and Straugn JM: Patterns of failure for conservatively managed surgical stage I uterine carcinosarcoma: implications for adjuvant therapy; Int. J. of Gyn. Cancer; 19(5):888-91; July 2009   
Bean SM, Meara RS, Vollmer RT, Conner M, Crowe DR, Novak L, Eltoum IA, Robboy SJ, and Chhieng DC: p16 improves interobserver agreement in diagnosis of anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN); J. of Lower Genital Tract Disease; 13(3): 145-53; July 2009   
Matthews KS, Estes JM, Conner MG, Manne U, Whitworth JM, Huh WK, Alvarez RD, Barnes MN, and Rocconi RP: Lynch syndrome in women less than 50 years of age with endometrial cancer; Obstet Gynecol; 111 (5); 1161-6; May 2008   
Rocconi R, Matthews K, Kimball K, Conner M, Baker A, and Barnes M: Expression of c-kit and platelet-derived growth factor receptors in ovarian granulosa cell tumors; Reproductive Sciences, Sept. 2008; 15(7): 673-7   
Tita A, Cliver B, Goepfert A, Conner M, Goldenberg R, Hauth J, and Andrews W: Impact of interconceptional antibiotics on the endometrial microbial flora; Am. Journ. of Ob. And Gyn.; 226.e1-226.e6; 2007   
Kendrick JE, Conner M, and Huh, WK: Gene expression profiling of women with varying degrees of cervical neoplasia; J. Low. Genit. Tract Dis.; 11(1): 25-8; 2007   
Andrews W, Hauth J, Cliver S, Conner M, Goldenberg R, and Goepfert A: Association of asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis with endometrial microbial colonization and plasma cell endometritis in non-pregnant women; Amer. J. of Ob & Gyn; 195(6): 1611-6; 2006   
Andrews W, Goldenberg R, Hauth J, Cliver S, Conner M, and Goepfert A: Endometrial microbial colonization and plasma cell endometritis after spontaneous or indicated preterm versus term delivery; Amer. J. of Ob. & Gyn.; 193(3 Pt 1); 739-45; 2005   
Andrews W, Goldenberg R, Hauth J, Copper R, and Conner M: Interconceptional antibiotics to prevent spontaneous preterm birth: a randomized clinical trial; Amer. J. of Ob. & Gyn,; 194, 617-23; 2006   
Dharia S, Slane A, Jian M, Conner MG, Conley A, Parker C: Co-localization of P450c17 and cytochrome b5 in androgen synthesizing tissues of the human; Biology of Repro.; 71, 83-88; 2004   
Leath C, Straughn M, Conner MG, Barnes M, Alvarez R, and Partridge E, Huh W: Immunohistochemical evaluation of the C-Kit proto-oncogene in sarcomas of the uterus: A case series; J. of Repro. Med; Feb 49(2), 71-75; 2004   
Alvarez RD, Conner MG, Weiss H, Klug PM, Niwas S, Manne U, Bacus J, Kagan V, Sexton KC, Grubbs CJ, Eltoum IE, Grizzle WE: The efficacy of 9-cis-retinoic acid (aliretinoin) as a chemopreventive agent for cervical duysplasi: Results of a randomized double-blind clinical trial; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; Feb 12(2),114-9; 2003   
Conner MG, Richter H, Moran CA, Hameed A, and Albores-Saavedra J: Small cell carcinoma of the cervix: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 23 cases; Ann. of Diag. Path; Vol. 6, No. 6 (Dec), 345-8 ; 2002   
Spannuth W, Rocconi R, Kirby T, Huh W, and Conner M: Gamma mode of infiltration associated with poor prognosis in malignant teratoma of the ovary: a case report; Gyn. Onc; 98(1); 155-7; 2005   
Dharia S, Slane A, Jian M, Conner M, Conley A, Brissie R, and Parker R: Effects of aging on cytochrome b5 expression in the human adrenal gland; J. of Clin. Endo. and Metab; 90: 4357- 4361; 2005
 
 

Keywords
gynecologic pathology, cervical cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, HPV