Dermatopathology Fellowship

SSM Health/Saint Louis University offers a one-year ACGME-accredited dermatopathology fellowship program sponsored by the Department of Dermatology. Nicole Burkemper, M.D., serves as fellowship director, and M. Yadira Hurley, M.D., serves as associate fellowship director.

The fellowship is open to physicians who have completed a residency in either dermatology or pathology and is designed to train individuals to function as independent dermatopathologists. Though our program is accredited for two positions, one fellow is accepted each year. Our goal is to have one dermatology-trained fellow and one pathology-trained fellow.

About the Application Cycle

Applications for our 2027-2028 fellow closed on Aug. 31, 2025. Interviews will be held in the fall of 2025.

How to Apply

Please send the following documents in one PDF to joey.weissmann@slucare.ssmhealth.com:

• Personal statement (one page)
• Curriculum vitae
• Copy of your USMLE score reports
• Medical school transcript
• Three letters of recommendation (one must be from your program director). These may be emailed separately by your letter writers or a program coordinator.

Please note: We do not utilize a standard application. There is no need to send one or other documents that are not listed above. Thank you for your interest in our program.

About SLU's Dermatopathology Training

All faculty members in the dermatopathology division are board certified in dermatology or pathology, as well as in dermatopathology, and have diverse interests.

The program provides training in the morphologic evaluation of inflammatory skin disease and cutaneous neoplasms, use of histochemical and immunohistochemical stains, and evaluation of direct immunofluorescence specimens.

The dermatopathology cases for the fellowship includes approximately 45,000 routine dermatopathology cases, 100 consult cases, and 400 direct immunofluorescence cases annually. The program provides the opportunity for instruction in the interpretation of frozen and permanent Mohs micrographic surgery specimens. 

For dermatologists, the fellowship involves surgical pathology training in the Saint Louis University Department of Pathology and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center. Pathology-trained fellows will participate in clinics in the Department of Dermatology, completing clinical requirements with an emphasis in clinicopathologic correlations.

Research in either the Department of Dermatology or Department of Pathology is required. Fellows actively teach medical students and residents and participate in didactic conferences as appropriate to previous residency training.

Meet Our Current Dermatopathology Fellows

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