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Interested in collaborating?
We are looking to collaborate with colleagues from Trusts around the UK and abroad to help with our research. Our project looks to apply artificial intelligence algorithms to digital slides of melanomas to detect tumour.
Update On Our First Online Dermatopathology Teaching Session For Dermatology And Histopathology Registrars
Update On Our First Online Dermatopathology Teaching Session For Dermatology And Histopathology Registrars Huge thank yous to Dr Sara Edward, Consultant Dermatopathologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and former BSD Secretary for her fantastic BSD trainee educational...
Part 3 – The enigmatic dysplastic naevus
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...
Part 2 – A happy interlude
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 the...
Dermatopathology, An Art and a Science – Part 1: The Beginning
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 innocent...
The humble H&E stain for discovering melanoma prognostic features: pathetically inadequate in the molecular era or a wastefully unexplored treasure trove?
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...