M.S. Pathology - Louisiana State University School of Graduate Studies, New Orleans, LA,1996
M.D. Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 2000

Subspecialty Fellowship: Forensic Pathology 2005-2006

Board Certification:

American Board of Pathology – Anatomic Pathology, 2007; Forensic Pathology, 2008

Bio

Dr. Troxclair has been a part of the LSUHSC Department of Pathology since 1989. Prior to attending medical school she was a Research Associate in the Department of Pathology. During that time she was heavily involved in the technical aspects of the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth (PDAY) and Risk Factors in Early Human Atherogenesis (RFEHA), nationwide studies on the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. While attending medical school and completing a pathology residency, she continued her participation in the PDAY research and developed a keen interest in Rhythmic Wrinkling in the aorta. Dr. Troxclair also completed a subspecialty fellowship in Forensic Pathology.

Clinical Interests

Forensic Pathology

Research Interests

Atherosclerosis

Rhythmic Wrinkling in the aorta

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Teaching Activities

Lectures to 2^nd year medical students - atherosclerosis and forensic pathology

Lectures to pathology residents - autopsy and forensic pathology

Committees & Administrative Responsibilities

Assistant Director of Autopsy Services, 2006-present

Institutional Biosafety Committee, 2008-present

Selected Publications

Burton EC, Troxclair DA, Newman WP III. Autopsy diagnoses of malignant neoplasms. How often are clinical diagnoses incorrect? JAMA 1998; 280:1245-1248.

Troxclair D. Boudreau DA. Malcom GT. Pedersen HS. Mulvad G. Newmann WP 3rd. Middaugh JP. Arterial calcification as a marker for atherosclerosis in three Arctic populations. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 1998; Suppl 57(1):306-311.

McGill HC, McMahan A, Zieske AW, Sloop GD, Walcott JV, Troxclair DA, Malcom GT, Tracy RE, Oalmann MC, Strong JP. Associations of coronary heart disease risk factors with the intermediate lesion of atherosclerosis in youth. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2000; 20:1998-2004.

Troxclair DA, Newman WP III, Correa H. Case Report: Perinatal herpes simplex virus infection. The Journal of Histotechnology 2001; 24:242-342.

Troxclair DA, Ross KF, Newman WP III. Cor Triatriatum Sinistrum: A rare congenital cardiac anomaly presenting in an adult with chronic atrial fibrillation. J Forensic Med Pathol 2005 26(3):1-3.

Troxclair DA, Schmidt BA, Herderick EE, Boudreau DA, Malcom GT, Strong JP. Aortic rhythmic wrinkling in youth – the PDAY Study. Virchows Archiv 2006; 449(6):707-715.

Homma S, Troxclair DA, Zieske AW, Malcom GT, Strong JP for the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth (PDAY) Research Group. Histological topographical comparisons of atherosclerosis progression in juveniles and young adults. Atherosclerosis 2008; 791-798.

Wang K, You, D, Balakrishna S, Ripple M, Ahlert T, Baher F, Becnel D, Daly M, Subra W, McElduff JS, Lomax LG, Troxclair D, Cormier SA. Sediment from Hurricane Katrina: Potential to produce pulmonary dysfunction in mice. IJCEM; 2008 (in press).

Malcom GT, McMahan A, McGill HC, Herderick EE, Tracy RE, Troxclair DA, Strong JP. Association of arterial tissue lipids with coronary heart disease risk factors in young people. Atherosclerosis 2008 (in press).

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