The Washington University Dermatopathology Center offers a one-year fellowship designed to prepare aspiring dermatopathologists to work independently in an academic or practice setting.
The program provides intensive training in the evaluation of cutaneous disease, including the use of immunofluorescence, immunohistochemical stains and molecular diagnostics. Cases are obtained from in-house, hospital-based and outpatient-based dermatology as well as outside consultations. Research opportunities in a wide range of fields are available and participation is encouraged.
Education
Supported by a world-class medical school, the Washington University Dermatopathology Center strives to provide superior education to future generations of dermatologists and pathologists. Our trainees augment our team, allowing us to handle a large caseload of both basic and complex cases.
Dermatology Grand Rounds
Patients presenting with diagnostic or therapeutic challenges may be examined at the weekly Grand Rounds conference held by the Division of Dermatology. Clinical faculty members will discuss the clinical presentation and biopsy results of each patient and offer diagnosis and treatment recommendations to the referring physician. Dermatopathology faculty play a key role in this discussion by clarifying pathologic findings and working with clinical faculty for appropriate clinicopathologic correlation.
Fellows must be board-certified or board-eligible in anatomic pathology or dermatology.
The Center accepts one fellow each year for a one-year program designed to prepare aspiring dermatopathologists to work independently in an academic or practice setting.
The fellowship provides intensive training in the evaluation of cutaneous disease, including the use of immunofluorescence, special and immunohistochemical stains and molecular diagnostics. Cases are obtained from in-house, hospital-based and outpatient-based dermatology as well as outside consultations. Research opportunities in a wide range of fields are available and participation is encouraged.
Requirements
Board eligible in Dermatology, Anatomic Pathology or Anatomic Pathology/Clinical Pathology.
Applications for the 2026/27 fellowship position will be open December 15 through February 15, 2025. Interviews will take place in March or April of 2025.
Program Director
Leigh Compton, MD, PhD
Dermatopathology Center
Washington University
School of Medicine
CORTEX Building, Suite 212
4320 Forest Park Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: (314) 362-5757
Program Contact
Lana Womack
Senior Fellowship Program Administrator
600 South Euclid Avenue, Box 8118
St. Louis, MO 63110
lanaktorry@wustl.edu
Leigh A. Compton, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Director, Dermatopathology Fellowship
Director, Dermatopathology Laboratory
- Phone: 314-362-5757
- Email: lacompton@wustl.edu
Division: Anatomic & Molecular Pathology
Louis P. Dehner, MD
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
- Phone: 314-362-0150
- Email: dehner@wustl.edu
Division: Anatomic & Molecular Pathology
Spencer Ng, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Dermatology)
- Phone: (314) 362-5757
- Email: n.spencer@wustl.edu
Division: Anatomic and Molecular Pathology
Ilana Rosman, MD
Professor, Internal Medicine (Dermatology)
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Section Head, Dermatopathology
- Phone: 314-362-5757
- Email: irosman@wustl.edu
Division: Anatomic & Molecular Pathology
Aaron Russell, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Dermatology)
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology
- Fax: 314-362-5701
- Email: aaronrussell@wustl.edu
Division: Anatomic & Molecular Pathology
Trainees
