Chelsea Maedler-Kron

Pathology

As a mother of two young children, I understand intimately that my role as a diagnostician affects not only the life of a child, but the entire family caring for that child. Most families will never meet me, but I never lose sight of the responsibility and trust inherent in the diagnosis I provide

Hospital information

Academic appointment 

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 

Clinical focus 

  • Pediatric and perinatal pathology, including placental pathology, pediatric gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary pathology, pediatric solid tumours, and pediatric autopsy pathology. 
  • Diagnostic and molecular pathology, immunohistochemistry, and biomarker testing. 
  • Practice in medical pediatric autopsies and non-suspicious pediatric coroner/forensic autopsy cases. 
  • Dual board-certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic Pathology and Pediatric Pathology. 

Other appointments 

  • Director, Immunohistochemistry & Biomarkers Laboratory, McGill University Health Centre. 

Education

University

  • MD, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, 2008-2012; BSc, First Class Honours in Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 2004-2008. 

Residency

  • Anatomic Pathology, McGill University and Dalhousie University, 2012-2017. 

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Pathology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, ACGME-accredited fellowship, 2017-2018. 

Fun fact about me

I have always loved teaching. Long before becoming a pathologist, I taught art classes to children and tutored math and science. 

Research

Research interests

  • Pediatric and perinatal pathology. 
  • Gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic pathology. 
  • Molecular pathology, precision oncology, and biomarker development. 
  • Digital pathology, artificial intelligence, and pathology education. 

Awards and distinctions

  • Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Pathology, McGill University, 2020 and 2021. 
  • Brigadier-General Hebert Stanley Birkett Memorial Research Award, Montreal General Hospital Foundation, 2018. 
  • Grete Roggenburg Research Award, Montreal General Hospital Foundation, 2018. 
  • McLaughlin Fellowship, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 2017. 
  • Kristin Sivertz Resident Leadership Award, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2015. 

Selected publications

  • Benmassaoud A, et al. EUS-guided liver biopsy and portal pressure measurement compared to transjugular approach: a randomized controlled trial. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2025. 
  • Drügg Hahn G, et al. Defining Fecal Calprotectin Cutoffs That Predict Endoscopic and Histologic Remission in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2025. 
  • Pande N, et al. Polyomavirus Associated Trichodysplasia Spinulosa in a Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipient. Pediatric Transplantation. 2025. 
  • White-Brown AM, et al. PRKAG2-Related Lethal Congenital Glycogen Storage Disease of the Heart as Rare Cause of Fetal Hydrops With Bradycardia and Cardiomyopathy. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 2024. 
  • Alharbi E, et al. A Deep Learning-Based Approach to Estimate Paneth Cell Granule Area in Celiac Disease. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 2023