Daffolyn Rachael Fels Elliott, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC

Professional Background

Residency:
Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Francisco
Fellowship:
Liver/Gastrointestinal Pathology, University of California San Francisco
Thoracic Pathology, University of Michigan
Board Certification:
Anatomic Pathology, American Board of Pathology
Anatomical Pathology, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Clinical interest: Liver/Gastrointestinal Pathology, Thoracic Pathology

Research

Overview

Tumor microenvironment in Barrett esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Liver transplant pathology, including atypical and late pattern of rejection.
Global health, including developing partnerships in pathology research and education

• Fels Elliott D R, Myers JL, Konopka KE. 2021. Thymoliposarcoma with sebaceous differentiation and MDM2 amplification. Pathology International, 71 (9), 633-635
• Münch N Stephens, Fang H-Y, Ingermann J, Maurer H Carlo, Anand A, Kellner V, Sahm V, Wiethaler M, Baumeister T, Wein F, Einwächter H, Bolze F, Klingenspor M, Haller D, Kavanagh M, Lysaght J, Friedman R, Dannenberg AJ, Pollak M, Holt PR, Muthupalani S, Fox JG, Whary MT, Lee Y, Ren T Y, Fels Elliott D R, Fitzgerald RC, Steiger K, Schmid RM, Wang TC, Quante M. 2018. High-fat diet accelerates carcinogenesis in a mouse model of Barrett's esophagus via IL8 and alterations to the gut microbiome. Gastroenterology, 46 (10), 870-872
• Fels Elliott D R, Perner J, Li X, Symmons MF, Verstak B, Eldridge M, Bower L, O'Donovan M, Gay NJ, Fitzgerald RC. 2017. Impact of mutations in Toll-like receptor pathway genes on esophageal carcinogenesis. PLoS genetics, 13 (5)