Sharon Mount

Sharon Mount

Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Division Chief, Autopsy, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Contact Information
E-mail: Sharon.Mount@uvmhealth.org
Office Location:
EP2-122

Expertise

Cytopathology & autopsy pathology

Postdoctoral Training

1992-1993 Chief Resident, Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1990-1994 Residency (Pathology), University of Vermont College of Medicine/Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
1988-1989 Internship (Pathology), Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas

Education

1988 M.D. - U.T.H.S.C.D. Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX
1980 B.A. - Princeton University - Classics, Cum Laude
1979 Stanford University Center for Intercollegiate Classical Study Rome, Italy - Classical Studies

Academic Appointments

2017- Present Director Autopsy Service, Depart of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; University of Vermont Medical Center
2003-Present Professor, Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1995-Present Graduate School faculty member, University of Vermont
2005-2009 Visiting Professor, University Autonomica Guadalajara Medical School, Mexico
2004-2009 Hiriam Buttles Endowed Chair in Pathology
1998-2003 Associate Professor, Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine
1994-1998 Assistant Professor, Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine

Awards and Honors

2011, 2012 Silver Stethoscope “Inspirational Cameo of the Year”
2003 Inspirational Cameo (Limited duration, extended impact) (University of Vermont College of Medicine)
1997-2001, 03, 04, 09 American Medical Women’s Association Teaching Award: Gender Equity (University of Vermont College of Medicine)
1996, 2003 Runner-up for Basic Science Teacher of the Year (University of Vermont College of Medicine)
1996 American Medical Association Golden Apple teaching award (University of Vermont College of Medicine)
1993 First place at International Academy of Pathology resident poster contest awarded by Society of Ultrastructural Pathology
1988 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Publications

"A Large Postmortem Database of COVID-19 Patients Can Inform Disease Research and Public Policy Decision Making." Hooper J, Sanchez H, Litovsky S, Lu Z, Gabrielson E, Padera R, Steffensen T, Solomon I, Gilbert A, Threlkeld K, Rapkiewicz A, Harper H, Kapp M, Schwerdt M, Mount S, Wang Y, Lu R, Williamson A. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. March 2024:PMID: 38452801

 

“Undiagnosed Malignancy and Therapeutic Complications in Oncology Patients.” Javed N, Rueckert J, Mount S. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2022 Jan 1;146(1):101-106. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0566-OA. PMID: 33836058

 

“A Postmortem Portrait of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Large Multiinstitutional Autopsy Survey Study.” Hooper JE, Padera RF, Dolhnikoff M, da Silva LFF, Duarte-Neto AN, Kapp ME, Lacy JM, Mauad T, Nascimento Saldiva PH, Rapkiewicz AV, Wolf DA, Felix JC, Benson P, de Almeida Monteiro RA, Shanes E, Gawelek KL, Marshall DA, McDonald MM, Muller W, Priemer DS, Solomon IH, Zak T, Bhattacharjee MB, Fu L, Gilbert AR, Harper HL, Litovsky S, Lomasney J, Mount SL, Reilly S, Sekulic M, Steffensen TS, Threlkeld KJ, Zhao B, Williamson AK. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2021 May 1;145(5):529-535. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0786-SA. PMID: 33449998

“Insights into pathogenesis of fatal COVID-19 pneumonia from histopathology with immunohistochemical and viral RNA studies.” Sauter JL, Baine MK, Butnor KJ, Buonocore DJ, Chang JC, Jungbluth AA, Szabolcs MJ, Morjaria S, Mount SL, Rekhtman N, Selbs E, Sheng ZM, Xiao Y, Kleiner DE, Pittaluga S, Taubenberger JK, Rapkiewicz AV, Travis WD. Histopathology. 2020 Jul 2. doi: 10.1111/his.14201. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 32614086 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

“Double trouble: para-neoplastic anti-PCA-2 and CRMP-5-mediated small fibre neuropathy followed by chorea associated with small cell lung cancer and evolving radiological features.” Waheed W, Boyd J, Khan F, Mount SL, Borden NM, Tandan R. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Aug 29;2016. pii: bcr2016215158. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-215158. PMID: 27571910 Free PMC Article


“Primary vaginal mucinous adenocarcinoma of intestinal type, associated with intestinal metaplasia of Skene ducts in a diethylstilbestrol-exposed woman.” 
Tatsumi K, Schlappe B, Everett EN, Gibson PC, Mount SL. Am J Clin Pathol. 2015 Nov;144(5):790-5. doi: 10.1309/AJCPVZ0QNLUO7OFE. PMID: 26486744

“Increased utilization, verification, and clinical implications of immunocytochemistry: Experience in a northern New England hospital.” 
Sauter JL, Ambaye AB, Mount SL Diagn Cytopathol. 2015 Sep;43(9):688-95. doi: 10.1002/dc.23279. Epub 2015 Jul 3. PMID: 26138744

“Threonyl-tRNA synthetase overexpression correlates with angiogenic markers and progression of human ovarian cancer.” 
Wellman TL, Eckenstein M, Wong C, Rincon M, Ashikaga T, Mount SL, Francklyn CS, Lounsbury KM. BMC Cancer. 2014 Aug 27;14:620. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-620. PMID: 25163878 Free PMC Article

“The utility of human papillomavirus testing in young women with atypical glandular cells on pap test.” 
Crothers JW, Mount SL, Harmon M, Wegner E. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2015 Jan;19(1):22-6. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000044. PMID: 24769653