We provide a wide range of services, ranging from standard histology evaluation of tissue to specialized immunologic and molecular techniques. Our missions are to deliver the best possible patient care, to advance the field of dermatopathology through scholarly activities, and to train future leaders in the specialty of dermatopathology.
The Division accepts prepared slides, processed or fresh tissue for expert consultation and, when necessary, additional testing. Please see the link below for information on submitting specimens for consultation or second opinion.
Faculty
Maria Angelica Selim, MD, is a professor of Pathology and director of the Dermatopathology Division. She joined the Duke faculty in 1999 after completing a pathology residency program at New England Deaconess Hospital and a fellowship in Dermatopathology at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on providing pathology expertise to several multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaborations aimed at improving our understanding of vulvar inflammatory disorders and vulvar dysplasia, as well as cutaneous lymphomas.
Jennifer Crimmins, MD, is an assistant professor and Duke alumna who joined our faculty in 2023. She was one of our Dermatopathology fellows from 2020-21. After completing her fellowship here, she joined the faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Kenneth Ellington, MD, completed his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Duke University Medical Center followed by a Junior faculty position for three years at this institution. He has been a member of Duke Community Pathology since 1998. He is a board-certified dermatopathologist who enjoys working in all aspects of the field, particularly in outreach clinical practices.
Eric E. Morgan, MD, is a board-certified dermatopathologist and assistant professor in Pathology. He completed an anatomic pathology residency and dermatopathology fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He joined the Duke faculty in October 2024 after working as faculty at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where he was the associate program director of the Anatomic Pathology Residency Program. His interests include cutaneous soft tissue pathology, skin adnexal tumors, melanocytic neoplasms, inpatient dermatopathology, and medical education.
Carlos Prieto-Granada, MD, joined Duke Dermatopathology and Soft Tissue and Bone Pathology as an associate professor in May 2025. Originally from Asuncion, Paraguay, Prieto-Granada attended medical school at the Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, then came to the United States as a research fellow at Tufts Medical Center under the guidance of the late Martin C. Mihm Jr., MD. His interests include neoplastic pathology within dermatopathology (melanocytic and skin adnexal neoplasms); soft tissue pathology (nerve sheath tumors); and non-neoplastic pathology, such as the histopathology of infections. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed manuscripts, over 15 book chapters, review articles, and online resources, and multiple abstracts.
Alan D. Proia, MD, PhD, is a surgical pathologist with over 40 years of experience diagnosing eyelid and periocular diseases. He is a coauthor of Comprehensive Textbook of Eyelid Disorders and Diseases, which Wolters Kluwer will publish in 2022. His research interests focus on eyelid diseases and the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and open-angle glaucoma.
Michelle Schneider, MD, completed her residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston before pursuing both Dermatopathology and Surgical Pathology fellowships at Duke University. Her interests lie in the varied world of inflammatory dermatoses as well as in the assessment of rejection of skin transplants in vascularized composite allotransplants. She is most enthusiastic about medical education of fellows and resident trainees and medical students.
