About
Faculty Member Since: 2018
Michele Merten is the Director of Graduate Nursing Programs and an Assistant Professor at Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI. She is also a nurse practitioner in the Division of Endocrinology, an Assistant Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She received her Master’s and Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees through Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI. Her primary clinical focus and interest include cancer survivorship care, papillary thyroid cancer, thyroid disease, and thyroid nodules. She is a member of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, American Thyroid Association, American Thyroid Association Women in Thyroidology, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and Association of Southeastern Minnesota Nurse Practitioners.
Peer-reviewed Articles
- Merten MM, Castro MR, Zhang J, Durski J, Ryder M. Examining the Role of Preoperative Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography in Combination with Ultrasonography in Discriminating Benign from Malignant Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules. Thyroid. 2017 Jan; 27 (1):95-102 Epub 2016 Dec 05 PMID: 27762671 DOI: 10.1089/thy.2016.0379
- Delivanis DA, Gustafson MP, Bornschlegl S, Merten MM, Kottschade L, Withers S, Dietz AB, Ryder M. Pembrolizumab-Induced Thyroiditis: Comprehensive Clinical Review and Insights Into Underlying Involved Mechanisms. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Aug 1; 102 (8):2770-2780 PMID: 28609832 PMCID: 5546861 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2017-004483.
- Merten MM, Foster T, Lyden M, Henry M, Regina Castro M. Favorable Early Outcomes With Thyroid Lobectomy for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer: The Mayo Clinic Experience. Am Surg. 2021 Sep; 87 (9):1374-1378 Epub 2021 Sept 01 PMID: 34468234 DOI: 10.1177/00031348211038557
- Schrader S, Meyer AF. Enhancing Adolescent Risk Perception of Electronic Cigarette Use. J Dr Nurs Pract. 2021 Nov 1; 14 (3):186-192 PMID: 34963666 DOI: 10.1891/JDNP-D-20-00080
- Merten MM, Foster T, Lyden M, Henry MR, Castro MR. Favorable Early Outcomes With Thyroid Lobectomy for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer: The Mayo Clinic Experience The American Surgeon. 2021; 0(0)(1-5).
Non-Peer-reviewed Articles
- Merten MM. Implementation of Survivorship Care Plans in a Thyroid Cancer population Viterbo University Library Repository Digital Collections.. 2018.
Abstracts
- FAVORABLE EARLY OUTCOMES WITH THYROID LOBECTOMY FOR LOW-RISK PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER: THE MAYO CLINIC EXPERIENCE Thyroid. 09/30/2021; 31. Abstract no. 29115.
Ask Mayo Expert Topic
- Ryder M, Morris JC III, Merten MM, Wald MK, Rhodes DJ, Karlin NJ, Westphal SA, Foote RL. Differentiated thyroid cancer: surveillance and survivorship care process model. AskMayoExpert.2018 Jul;