Dermatopathology Fellowship

The Harvard-Mass General Brigham (MGB) Dermatopathology Fellowship is an ACGME-accredited training program that draws on the facilities of the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), with didactic input from faculty at Boston Children's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Harvard Fellowship is overseen at BWH by Dr. George Murphy, Program Director and Dr. Alvaro Laga, Co-Director, and at MGH by Dr. Mai Hoang, Institutional Director.

The period of fellowship is one year. Fellows enter the program eligible for Board certification in dermatology or pathology and receive training in the complementary fields of anatomic pathology or clinical dermatology, respectively. Additionally, fellows receive training in immunopathology, immunofluorescence, microbiology/mycology, tissue processing for both routine and specialized microscopy, diagnostic electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, molecular genomics, and laboratory management. The program uniquely in provides rotational exposure to two major Harvard teaching hospitals (MGB), exposing fellows with a wide range of faculty expertise and institutional resources.

Clinical and translational research opportunities are available throughout the program, and at least one research project is required. Fellows have abundant opportunities to attend a wide variety of clinical and pathological-diagnostic conferences, and are required to teach in training programs offered to residents and medical students.

The MGB Diagnostic Services analyze daily a large number of diverse and complex specimens derived from Mass General and Brigham clinical practices as well as the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Services are supported by comprehensive special diagnostic laboratories that provide a vast array of immunohistochemical and molecular probes. The Research Divisions occupy a complementary facility conducting NIH-funded investigation focused on molecular and cellular pathways responsible for cutaneous cytotoxicity, melanocyte/melanoma stem cell biology, skin cancer and transplantation immunology, epigenetics, and proteasome/ubiquitin biology. Thus there exist ample resources for participation in translational research that complements acquisition of basic diagnostic skills requisite for dermatopathology practice and/or for academic careers as clinical educators and physician/scientists.

Faculty mentors are actively involved in didactic initiatives, including authorship participation in a number of dermatopathology texts, including recent editions of Pathology of the Skin, and Lever's Histology of the Skin, and the AFIP Fascicles on Melanocytic Tumors of the Skin and Inflammatory Disorders of the Skin.

Faculty

George F. Murphy, MD, Professor of Pathology, Program Director, Director BWH Program in Dermatopathology: melanoma, allotransplantation and skin immunity, stem cell biology and regenerative medicine
Kristine Cornejo, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology; dermatopathology and genitourinary pathology
Lyn M. Duncan, MD, Professor of Pathology; melanoma, cutaneous lymphoma, dermatopathology education
Ruth Foreman, MD, PhD, Instructor in Pathology; melanocytic neoplasia, squamous cell carcinoma, continuing medical education
Alvaro Laga, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Dermatopathologist BWH: global dermatopathology, infectious disease
Christine Guo Lian, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Dermatopathologist BWH: skin cancer, epigenetics, immunology
John Hanna MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Dermatopathologist BWH: proteasome and ubiquitin biology
Mai P. Hoang, MD, Professor of Pathology, MGH Director of Dermatopathology and Institutional Fellowship Director; mucosal melanoma, adnexal carcinoma, Merkel cell carcinoma
Rosalynn M. Nazarian, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology: fibrosing disorders, medical dermatopathology
Eleanor Russell-Goldman, MD, PhD, Instructor in Pathology, Dermatopathologist BWH
Brigitta Schmidt, MD, Instructor in Pathology, Pediatric Dermatopathologist BCH
Anna Stagner, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Dermatopathologist, Eye pathology
Igor Katsyv, MD, PhD, Instructor in Pathology, Dermatopathologist BWH
Mia DeSimone, MD, PhD, Instructor in Pathology, Dermatopathologist BWH

Supporting Faculty

Harley A. Haynes, MD, Dermatologist; cutaneous oncology and clinicopathological correlation
Richard A. Johnson, MD, Dermatologist; HIV infection and epidemiology, Lyme borreliosis
Arthur J. Sober, MD, Dermatologist; melanoma and dysplastic nevi
David Fisher, MD, PhD: Pediatric oncologist: melanocyte/melanoma biology
Thomas Kupper, MD: Mycosis fungoides
Chris Crum, MD: HPV, gynecologic aspects of skin pathology
Chris Fletcher, MD: Soft tissue pathology
Geraldine Pinkus, MD: Hematopathology
Jon Aster, MD, PhD: Hematopathology, biomarkers
Cynthia Morton, PhD: Skin cancer cytogenetics Atul Bhan, MD: Immunohistochemistry, molecular diagnostics
Charles Yoon, MD, PhD: Melanoma oncology and biology
Dennis Orgill, MD, PhD: Wound healing and skin regeneration
F. Stephen Hodi, MD: Melanoma immuno-oncology
Keith Flaherty, MD: Clinical melanoma genomics
Sook-Bin Woo, DMD: Oral pathology/medicine

Requirements

Fellowship candidates must be graduates of approved medical schools in the United States or Canada. Graduates of foreign medical schools must have an ECFMG Certificate. Applicants must have completed a residency training program in either Pathology or Dermatology and be eligible for certification in either one to enter the program. Applications accepted July 01, 2022 for July 2024 fellowship.

Application

There are currently no available positions for the Harvard-MGB Dermatopathology Fellowship for the 2025 academic year.

Additional information about the dermatopathology fellowship, application form and the application process should be addressed to:

Elaine Garland
Harvard Dermatopathology Fellowship Program
Program in Dermatopathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
401 Eugene Braunwald Research Center
221 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Email: hmsdermpathfellowship@partners.org