Titles and Education

1. Current position: Clinical Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology
    
2. Prior positions: Assistant Professor, tenure-track, Surgical Oncology, University of Missouri 2020-2025 
3. Assistant Professor, tenure-track, Small Animal Surgery, Iowa State University 2018-2020
4. Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgery, Small Animal 2019
5. Surgical Oncology Fellowship: Colorado State University, Flint Animal Cancer Center, 2017-2018
6. Residency: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014-2017
7. Internship: North Carolina State University, Small Animal Rotatin, 2013-2014
8. DVM: University of Wisconsin-Madison, DVM 2013
9. Bachelor's: University of Wisconsin-Madison, BS Biology 2009

Research

Research interests are focused on clinical translational research within oncology, sentinel lymph node mapping, and margin assessment.

Responsibilities

Dr. Mickelson is starting the Surgical Oncology service at UW-Madison and is the only surgical oncology fellow in the state of Wisconsin! Her responsibilities include, teaching students and house officers, research, and clinical time in the multidisciplinary Oncology service. She serves as the Conference planning chair for Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology (VSSO) and as a member of the Examination Committee for the American College of Veterinary Surgery (ACVS).

Clinical Interests

Clinical interests surround anything related to surgical oncology, including the use of interventional techniques and sentinel lymph node mapping.

Recent Publications

1. Bourgeois A, Skinner OT, Karnia JJ, Smith AC, Kim DY, Gallestegui A, Griffin MA, O’Neill M, Wustefeld-Janssens BG, Fontes GS, Selmic LE, Traverson M, souse CH, Bertran J, Thomsen B, Vinayak A, Mickelson MA. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography for identification of potential malignancy in canine colorectal mesenchymal tumors. Vet Comp Oncol 2025. DOI: 10.1111/vco.13047. PMID: 40056897.
2. Herron VA, Skinner OT, Sidhu DS, Mickelson MA. Muzzle-shortening rhinoplasty to prevent ventral nasal deviation after bilateral rostral maxillectomy in a dog. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2024. DOI: 10.2460/javma.24.08.0509. PMID: 39488074.
3. Bevelock TJ, Skinner OT, Baumgardner RM, Dean L, Matheson JS, Mickelson MA, Donnelly LL, Hutcheson KD. Radiographs are of limited use and poor cost-effectiveness when combined with ultrasound for abdominal restaging in dogs with solid, soft tissue tumours. J of Small Anim Pract 2024 DOI:10.1111/jsap.13791. PMID: 39367588.
4. Strait K, Mickelson MA, Hildebrandt IM, Skinner OT. Hypercalcaemia in association with Sertoli cell tumour in a dog. J of Small Anim Pract 2024. DOI: 10.1111/jsap.13820. PMID: 39800929.
5. Hildebrandt IM, Skinner OT, Mickelson MA, Daniel TE, Ashworth HL, Kim A, Wustefeld-Janssens B, Martin TW, McKenna C, Oblak ML, Poirier VJ, Randhawa K, Turek MM, McAnulty JF, Griffin MA, Duda LE, Mendez Valenzuela CR, Vanhaezebrouck IF, Sterman AA, Bloom C, Selmic LE, Fu DR, Rao Gutti J, Nagata K, Thomsen B, Vinayak A, Jenei B, Maitz CA. Surgery and postoperative definitive radiotherapy for management of canine soft tissue sarcoma: a multiinstitutional retrospective study of 272 dogs (2010-2020). J Am Vet Med Assoc 2024. DOI: 10.2460/javma.24.06.0363. PMID: 39241800.
6. Skinner OT, Kim DY, Story AL, Selmic LE, Lapsley JM, Dornbusch JA, Oblak ML, Garrett CJ, Hoehn MM, Mickelson MA. Prospective assessment of canine thyroid cancer (PACT) – Part I: Nodal metastatic rate and impact of nodal immunohistochemistry in 70 dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.24.03.0223. PMID: 38906171.
7. Dark KV, Skinner OT, Kim DY, Karnia JJ, Mickelson MA, and Maitz CA. Sodium iodide symporter immunolabeling as a predictor of clinical iodine uptake in canine thyroid carcinoma: a preliminary study. Vet Comp Oncol 2024;1-6. DOI:10.1111/vco.12971. PMID: 38488259.
8. Solari F, Mickelson MA, Bilof J, Odunayo A, McPhetride JB, Scharf VF, Yuan L, Mochel JP, and Walton B. Retrospective evaluation of the prevalence and risk factors associated with red blood cell transfusions in cats with urethral obstruction (2009-2019): 575 cases. J Vet Emerg Crit Care 2024; DOI: 10.1111/vec.13378. PMID: 38728082.
9. Stokes R, Wustefeld-Janssens BG, Hinson WD, Weiner DJ, Hollenbeck D, Bertran J, Mickelson MA, Chen CL, Selmic L, Ali A, Hayes G. Surgical and oncologic outcomes in dogs with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor arising from brachial or lumbosacral plexus. Vet Comp Oncol 2023;21:739-747. DOI: 10.1111/vco.12938. PMID: 37727977.
10. Latifi M, Skinner OT, Schroeder MM, Mickelson MA. Fascial plane mapping for superficial tumor resection in dogs. Part III: hindlimb and pelvis. Vet Surg. 2023. DOI: 10.1111/vsu.14037. PMID: 37753557.
11. Mickelson MA. Updated concepts in surgical oncology: Apocrine gland anal sac adenocarcinoma and mast cell tumors. Vet Clin Small Anim, 2022;52:549-580. DOI:10.1016/j.cvsm.2021.12.009. PMID: 35082090.