by BSD Admin | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog
Dermatopathology: An Art and a Science Part 3 The enigmatic dysplastic nevus One of the most dramatic moments in my early career happened at a meeting of The Dermatology Section of The Royal Society of Medicine in 1978. A young girl was presented with very numerous...
by BSD Admin | Oct 11, 2021 | Blog
Dermatopathology: An Art and a Science – Part 2 A happy interlude In 1978, I moved from Belfast to London. In those days, crossing the “Big Pond” was a huge deal. I spent the next months as an ad hoc dermatopathology fellow at St John’s Hospital for Diseases of...
by BSD Admin | Sep 26, 2021 | Blog
Dermatopathology: An Art and a Science – Part 1: The Beginning Where to begin telling my story? It all started when I was a first-year registrar (ST2 in the new NHS parlance, 2nd year resident in US-speak) at The Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. I was an...
by BSD Admin | Sep 26, 2021 | Blog
The humble H&E stain for discovering melanoma prognostic features: pathetically inadequate in the molecular era or a wastefully unexplored treasure trove? Can histopathologists be drivers of biomarker discovery? In melanoma care there are critical points where...
by BSD Admin | Aug 23, 2021 | Blog
As I am approaching the age of 60 and getting ready to retire and return with a reduced workload, I remember the times when I started my career in cellular pathology 36 years ago. I am from the generation of cellular pathologists who started with a setting that lacked...
by BSD Admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Blog, News
By Tanya Bleiker – President of the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) Fundamental to practising dermatology is a good knowledge of dermatopathology and, even more importantly, a good working relationship with our dermatopathologist colleagues. For a...
