Diagnostic pathology on our surgical biopsy service with an interest in oral pathology and neuropathology as well as participation in our autopsy (necropsy) service.

Research Interests:
a) Oral pathology of small animals, with a focus on oral neoplasms.
b) Neuropathology of small animals.
c) Virology, with a focus on natural and experimental viral diseases.

Piviani Martina, Sánchez Melissa D, Patel Reema T Cytologic features of clear cell adnexal carcinoma in 3 dogs. Veterinary clinical pathology / American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology 41: 405-11, 2012.

Desoutter A V, Goldschmidt M H, Sánchez M D Clinical and Histologic Features of 26 Canine Peripheral Giant Cell Granulomas (Formerly Giant Cell Epulis). Veterinary pathology : , 2012.

Sænchez Melissa D, Orita Vivian M, Nolan Thomas J Pathology in practice. Focally extensive granulomatous and eosinophilic conjunctivitis with numerous intralesional nematodes, consistent with Onchocerca spp. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 240: 385-7, 2012.

Flood-Knapik K E, Durham A C, Gregor T P, Sánchez M D, Durney M E, Sorenmo K U Clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical characterization of canine indolent lymphoma. Veterinary and comparative oncology : , 2012.

Sánchez Melissa D, Goldschmidt Michael H, Mauldin Elizabeth A Herpesvirus dermatitis in two cats without facial lesions. Veterinary dermatology 23: 171-3, e35, 2012.

Koch Michael W, Sánchez Melissa D, Long Sam Multifocal oligodendroglioma in three dogs. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 47: e77-85, 2011.

Kallewaard Nicole L, Zhang Lili, Chen Jin-Wen, Guttenberg Marta, Sanchez Melissa D, Bergelson Jeffrey M Tissue-specific deletion of the coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor protects mice from virus-induced pancreatitis and myocarditis. Cell host & microbe 6: 91-8, 2009.

Hobson-Peters Jody, Toye Philip, Sánchez Melissa D, Bossart Katharine N, Wang Lin-Fa, Clark David C, Cheah Wai Yuen, Hall Roy A A glycosylated peptide in the West Nile virus envelope protein is immunogenic during equine infection. The Journal of general virology 89: 3063-72, 2008.

Magee B B, Sanchez Melissa D, Saunders David, Harris David, Berriman M, Magee P T Extensive chromosome rearrangements distinguish the karyotype of the hypovirulent species Candida dubliniensis from the virulent Candida albicans. Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B 45: 338-50, 2008.

Sánchez Melissa D, Pierson Theodore C, Degrace Marciela M, Mattei Lisa M, Hanna Sheri L, Del Piero Fabio, Doms Robert W The neutralizing antibody response against West Nile virus in naturally infected horses. Virology 359: 336-48, 2007.

Davis Carl W, Nguyen Hai-Yen, Hanna Sheri L, Sánchez Melissa D, Doms Robert W, Pierson Theodore C West Nile virus discriminates between DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR for cellular attachment and infection. Journal of virology 80: 1290-301, 2006.

Pierson Theodore C, Sánchez Melissa D, Puffer Bridget A, Ahmed Asim A, Geiss Brian J, Valentine Laura E, Altamura Louis A, Diamond Michael S, Doms Robert W A rapid and quantitative assay for measuring antibody-mediated neutralization of West Nile virus infection. Virology 346: 53-65, 2006.

Hanna Sheri L, Pierson Theodore C, Sanchez Melissa D, Ahmed Asim A, Murtadha Mariam M, Doms Robert W N-linked glycosylation of west nile virus envelope proteins influences particle assembly and infectivity. Journal of virology 79: 13262-74, 2005.

Sánchez Melissa D, Pierson Theodore C, McAllister Douglas, Hanna Sheri L, Puffer Bridget A, Valentine Laura E, Murtadha Mariam M, Hoxie James A, Doms Robert W Characterization of neutralizing antibodies to West Nile virus. Virology 336: 70-82, 2005.

Milstone Aaron M, Petrella JenniElizabeth, Sanchez Melissa D, Mahmud Mariam, Whitbeck J Charles, Bergelson Jeffrey M Interaction with coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor, but not with decay-accelerating factor (DAF), induces A-particle formation in a DAF-binding coxsackievirus B3 isolate. Journal of virology 79: 655-60, 2005.

Puffer Bridget A, Pöhlmann Stefan, Edinger Aimee L, Carlin Dan, Sanchez Melissa D, Reitter Julie, Watry Debbie D, Fox Howard S, Desrosiers Ronald C, Doms Robert W CD4 independence of simian immunodeficiency virus Envs is associated with macrophage tropism, neutralization sensitivity, and attenuated pathogenicity. Journal of virology 76: 2595-605, 2002.

Pöhlmann S, Baribaud F, Lee B, Leslie G J, Sanchez M D, Hiebenthal-Millow K, Münch J, Kirchhoff F, Doms R W DC-SIGN interactions with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and 2 and simian immunodeficiency virus. Journal of virology 75: 4664-72, 2001.