Academic dermpath jobs

[Tazarotene]

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It seems like the private practice dermpath market is terrible, but how is it in academics? I would like to find a position where I can do dermpath 1-2 days a week, and then spend the rest of my time doing clinical derm. Are these jobs just as difficult to get as the ones in private practice?

 

[Dral]

I don't think they are as bad, but not great. I've heard of two openings recently.

Another option is to find a group that is right at the threshold of switching to inhouse.

If I can assume you're Derm trained, you yourself add a fourth or fifth person to the practice bringing in patients. The practice then switches to having the slides read by you a day or so a week instead of sending them out.

I'm just starting fellowship now but already exploring this with a practice I am familiar with (and really like).

The proactive Bird gets the Derm...path.

Yeah, I went there.

 

[username456789]

Just do what a lot of the dermatologists in my area do. Read your own softball slides in house. You know, clinically obvious basal cells and squamous cells, and other slamdunk clinical diagnoses to pad your wallet. Send all melanocytic lesions and any questionable rash ( read: anything that takes longer than 30 seconds to diagnose and subsequently affects your productivity and bottom line ) to the ivory tower of academics.

 

[spartan564]

Just do what a lot of the dermatologists in my area do. Read your own softball slides in house. You know, clinically obvious basal cells and squamous cells, and other slamdunk clinical diagnoses to pad your wallet. Send all melanocytic lesions and any questionable rash ( read: anything that takes longer than 30 seconds to diagnose and subsequently affects your productivity and bottom line ) to the ivory tower of academics.

In a practice like that, who does the slide preparation and staining? Do you send that out and then have the slides sent back to you to read? Or do you hire in house techs and processing equipment?

 

[username456789]

In a practice like that, who does the slide preparation and staining? Do you send that out and then have the slides sent back to you to read? Or do you hire in house techs and processing equipment?

Good question, although I don't know the answer. Perhaps some of our colleagues in dermpath can shed some light on it.

 

[reno911]

Just do what a lot of the dermatologists in my area do. Read your own softball slides in house. You know, clinically obvious basal cells and squamous cells, and other slamdunk clinical diagnoses to pad your wallet. Send all melanocytic lesions and any questionable rash ( read: anything that takes longer than 30 seconds to diagnose and subsequently affects your productivity and bottom line ) to the ivory tower of academics.

True, but irrelevant. It seems pretty clear that OP intends to do a dermpath fellowship. No fellowship-trained dermpaths do this.

 

[MOHS_01]

Good question, although I don't know the answer. Perhaps some of our colleagues in dermpath can shed some light on it.

They do it both ways - some run a small lab in house, others pay for slide preps.

 

[Tamahawk]

In a practice like that, who does the slide preparation and staining? Do you send that out and then have the slides sent back to you to read? Or do you hire in house techs and processing equipment?

I send the biopsy specimen out for slide preparation. The slide quality and panel of stains is better than if I did it in house, and this method obviates the issue of worrying about QA issues. Plus, with the huge TC component cut a few years back, there is much less incentive to doing it in-house nowadays.