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E Hedley-Whyte, MD, Pathology, Boston, MA

ETessaHedley-WhyteMD

Pathology • Boston, MA

Neuropathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Pediatric Pathology

Neuropathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

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Summary

  • Dr. E Tessa Hedley-Whyte is a Neuropathologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA and Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School. She received her medical degree from Durham University (Newcastle University) Medical School and has been in practice 43 years. She specializes in neuropathology and anatomic pathology and is experienced in glioblastoma, astrocytoma, gliomas, immunohistochemistry, and neuropathology.

Education & Training

  • Newcastle University
    Newcastle UniversityM.D., Neuroscience, With Commendation, 1976 - 1976
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Neuropathology, 1965 - 1968
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Neuropathology, 1964 - 1964
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1963 - 1964
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1962 - 1963
  • Children's Hospital
    Children's HospitalResidency, Pediatric Pathology, 1960 - 1962
  • University of London Faculty of Medicine
    University of London Faculty of MedicineClass of 1960
  • University of Durham Medical School
    University of Durham Medical SchoolMBBS, Medicine and surgery, 1955 - 1960

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1962 - 2025
  • American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology
  • American Board of Pathology Neuropathology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Honorary Fellow of Newcastle University Newcastle University, 2009
  • Award for Meritorious Contributions to Neuropathology, American Association of Neuropathologists, 2005
  • Dr. Edison H. and Sallie Y. Miyawaki Award for excellence in teaching, Harvard Medical School, 2003
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Infectious Causes of Stroke A Review  
    Fugate JE, Lyons JL, Thakur KT, Smith BR, Hedley Whyte ET, Mateen FJ, Lancet Infect Dis., 9/1/2014
  • Phylogenetic and epidemiologic evidence of multi-year incubation in human rabies  
    Boland TA, McGuone D, Jindal J, Rocha M, Cumming M, Rupprecht CE, Souza Barbosa TF, Oliveira RdeF, Chu CJ, Cole AJ, Kotait I, Kuzmina NA, Yager PA, Kuzmin IV, Hedley-..., Ann Neurol., 1/1/2014
  • A 34-year-old man with bitemporal hemianopsia  
    Stein TD, Chae YS, Won N, Lee JH, Hedley-Whyte ET, Brain Pathology, 1/1/2014
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Cushing's Disease 
    Chapter: Pathology of Cushing’s Disease. 
    Page 33 - 44Cheunsuchon P, Hedley-Whyte ETEditors: Swearingen B, Biller BMK.Springer Science and Business Media, New York2011
  • Keen Minds to Explore the Dark Continents of Disease; a History of the Pathology Services of the Massachusetts General Hospital 
    Chapter: Edward Peirson Richardson Jr. 
    Page 147 - 153De Girolami U, Hedley-Whyte ET, Louis DNEditors: Louis DN, Young RH.Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston2011
  • Keen Minds to Explore the Dark Continents of Disease; a History of the Pathology Services of the Massachusetts General Hospital 
    Chapter: Neuropathology. 
    Page 230 - 250Hedley-Whyte ET, Louis DN, Di Girolami U, Frosch MPEditors: Louis DN, Young RH.Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston2011
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Other

  • Slice of Brain, Univ of Utah Medical School and the Univ of Washington School of Medicine (electronic publication) 
    Stensaas S (ed) (Hedley-Whyte ET, Pathology Contributor)
    1/1/1993
  • Immunohistochemistry of pituitary adenomas. 
    Madsen JR, Hedley-Whyte ET, Neurology and Neurosurgery Update Series
    1/1/1987
  • Cholesterol Localization in the Nervous System. (Thesis) 
    Hedley-Whyte ET, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom
    1/1/1976

Committees

  • Membership Committee 1986-88 (Chairman 1986-88); Councilor 1987-91; Vice President-Elect 1989-90; Vice President 1990-91; Professional Affairs Committee 1990-92; President-Elect 1994-95, President 1995-96, American Association of Neuropathologists 1996 - 1996

Professional Memberships

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