Michael A. Jones, M.D.

Chief, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine 04096
(207) 662-2959 Office
(207) 662-6341 Fax
jonesm@mmc.org

Biosketch

Dr. Jones graduated from the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, completed a Pathology residency at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and a Surgical Pathology Fellowship at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. He also received additional training in Gynecologic Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Jones came to Maine Medical Center in 1988 and became the Director of Surgical Pathology and Cytology. He became the Chief of Pathology in 1996. He has published extensively in the areas of gynecologic and urologic pathology with interested in the molecular biology of neoplasia. In addition to his Chief position, Dr. Jones serves as the Medical Director of the NorDx Regional Laboratories in Scarborough, Maine, and the Interim Director of the Maine Medical Center Cancer Program.

Research Interests

• Clinical/Pathologic Gynecologic Pathology
• Molecular pathways in Gynecologic cancers
• Urologic Pathology
• Correlation of oncologic molecular events and surgical pathology.

Selected Publications

Jones M, Young R, Scully R.  Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis: A clinicopathologic analysis of eleven cases with review of the literature.  Am J Surg Pathol 19:815,1995.

Jones M. Young R, Srigley J, Scully R.  Paratesticular serous papillary carcinoma. A report of six cases.  Am J Surg Pathol 19:1359, 1995. 
Howell D, Parsons W, Jones M, Bosco J, Hanson B.  Complete tissue sampling of biliary strictures at ERCP utilizing a new device.  Gastroint Endoscopy 43:498,1996.

Carmody M, Jones M, Tarraza H, Vary C.  Use of the polymerase chain reaction to amplify integrated HPV-16 DNA by virtue of its linkage to interspersed repetitive DNA.  Molec Cellular Probes 10:107,1996.

Jones MA, Young RH. Endocervical type A (non-cystic) tunnel clusters with cytologic atypia.  A report of 14 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 20:1312,1996.

Ruter A, Dreifus J, Jones M, Nishiyama R, Lennquist S.  Overexpression of p53 in tall cell variants of papillary thyroid carcinoma.  Surgery 120:1046,1996.

Jones MA. Atypical polypoid adenomyoma:   Revisiting fibromyomatous proliferations 100 years later and expanding the spectrum of a rare entity. Adv Anat Pathol, 4:156, 1997.

Jones MA, Young RH.  Atypical oxyphilic metaplasia of endocervical epithelium.  A report of six cases.  Int J Gynecol Pathol 16:99, 1997.

Jones MA, Young RH,  Scully RE.  Benign fibromatous tumors of the testis and paratesticular region: A report of 9 cases with a proposed classification of fibromatous tumors and tumor-like lesions.  Am J Surg Pathol 21:296,1997.

Jones MA, Young RH, Scully RE.  Adenocarcinoma of the epididymis.  A report of four cases and review of the literature.  Am J Surg Pathol 21:1474, 1997.

Jones MA, Young RH.  Sertoliform cystadenoma of the rete testis.  A report of two cases.  J Urol Pathol, in press.

Jones MA. Transitional cell metaplasia and neoplasia of the female genital tract. An update. Adv Anat Pathol 5:106, 1998.

Davis CJ, Woodward PJ, Dehner LP, Jones MA, Srigley JR, et. al. Tumours of paratesticlar    structures. In Tumours of the Urinary System and Male Genital Organs, Eble JN, Sauter G, Epstein JI, Sesterhenn IA eds. WHO Classification of Tumours. IARC Press. 2004.