Dermatopathology
Director, April Deng, MD
Mission
Faculty
Consultative Services
Specimen Delivery and Requirements
Requisition
Fellowship
Contact information
Mission
- To provide accurate and timely pathology diagnosis on skin biopsies to assist dermatologists and other clinicians to achieve high quality patient care for cutaneous diseases.
- To provide an optimal education for medical students, pathology and dermatology residents, and dermatopathology fellows.
- To advance knowledge through basic and clinical research and the translation of advances from the laboratory to clinical practice.
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Consultative Services
Our dermatopathology service is housed in a state of the art facility and processes over 15,000 skin specimens from dermatology clinics at UMass as well as from other dermatology practices in central MA. The services we provide include:
- Light microscopic examination and interpretation of specimens from skin that are routinely processed and H&E stained, with further special stains if indicated, including PAS, Gram, mucin, AFB, Fite, Giemsa, melanin, elastin and trichrome.
- Immunohistochemistry studies.
- Immunofluorescent studies for immunoblistering and other autoimmune disorders.
- Molecular and cytogenetic studies, including T and B-lymphocyte clonality analysis and FISH.
- Ultrastructural study
- Clinicopathological correlation
- Consultation
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Faculty
April C. Deng, MD, PhD
Rujing Han, MD
Stephen Lyle, MD, PhD
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Specimen Delivery and Requirements
- Paraffin block or unstained slides and one H&E
- Tissue fixed in 10% Neutral buffered formalin
- Tissue fixed in Zeus fixative (for immunofluorescence studies)
Send specimens to:
UMass Memorial Hospital Labs
365 Plantation Street
Worcester, MA 01605
508-334-2863
For assistance with consultation cases please call the Main Office at 508-793-6100
For assistance with billing issues please call Lou Savas at 508-793-6204
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Contact Information
Director: Dr. April Deng
Division of Anatomic Pathology
Three Biotech
One Innovation Drive
Worcester, MA 01605
Tel: 508-793-6100
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