Taipei
Mackay Memorial Hospital: International Fellowship of Dermatopathology
The Center for Dermatopathology Training in Mackay Memorial Hospital is an accredited Training Centre for the ICDP-UEMS International Board Certifying Examination – Diploma in Dermatopathology since 2015 (2015-2024).
We accept short-term attachment (weeks to months) or long-term (six-month to one-year) training in the International Dermatopathology Fellowship Program. A maximum of six positions are available at any one time.
The program provides a comprehensive dermatopathology experience. Training includes daily slide reading, clinico-pathological and academic conferences, and access to a well-organized dermatopathology slide library.
From a collection of thousands of test slides, an additional 15 unknowns are reviewed as a self-test every month. Fellows are also welcome to use our complete year collection of clinical pictures, glass slides, and presentation files in the clinico-pathological conferences.
Program director
Dr. Yu-Hung WU
Academic appointments and affiliations
- Department of Dermatology, senior attending physician
- Associate professor, Mackay Medical College
- Chair, Department of Dermatology, Mackay Memorial Hospital (2007-2013)
- Chair, Continuing Education Committee, Taiwanese Dermatological Association (2010-2019)
- Editor-in Chief, Dermatologica Sinica (2007-2012, indexed in SCIE)
- President, Asian Society of Dermatopathology (2018-2022)
- Executive committee member (2007-2013) and sponser member, International Society of Dermatopathology
- Non-resident associate, American Society of Dermatopathology
- Foundation fellow, Asian Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
- International fellow, American Academy of Dermatology
Qualifications
- 1994: Board certification of dermatology, Taiwanese Dermatological Association
- 2002: Fellowship, Dermatology & Pathology, Indiana University Hospital
- 2005: ICDP-UEMS International Board Certification – Diploma in Dermatopathology
Program Curriculum
Fellows will read slides daily with the program director, prepare conferences, and review teaching materials in the department collection. They will develop further understanding of the skin pathology and interpretation methods, including histopathology, histochemistry, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, electron microscopy, and diagnostic molecular pathology.
Short attachment 1 to 3-month training
- The fellows can learn how to diagnose common skin disease, patterns of skin pathology, and immunohistochemical stains used in the diagnosis .
- The fellows can be familiar with the thinking process about how to make diagnosis in skin biopsy and the way of clinico-pathological correlation.
6-month training
- The fellows can study more advanced topics in skin pathology, including inflammatory disorders, infection, and tumors of the epidermis, appendageal tumors, soft tissue tumors, and lymphoma.
- The fellows can interpret direct immunofluoresence, reviews topic-oriented teaching sets.
- The fellows can learn by themselves by reviewing thousands of teaching materials.
1-year training
- The fellows can learn all topics systematically and comprehensively
- The fellows can prepare drafts of pathological reports by themselves
- The fellow will present in the clinico-pathological conference or international conference
- The fellow may join research group and prepare academic writing, either case report or original study
Facilities
The dermatopathology laboratory has a 10-headed microscope and connected with a digital camera and projected screen. Clinical images are available for every patient received skin biopsy. The lab can access clinical information and images immediately. The clinical-pathological correlation is proceeded in every case before signing out the pathology report.
The immunofluorescence images are projected into a high-resolution screen for students and trainees and recoreded by digital camera. A large immunofluorescence image archive (more than 10,000 images) is available for comparison and leraning.
There are many reference books and e-resources of journal articles. A comprehensive and well-organized slides are available for self-learning, including teaching sets in 36 topic and more than 1,000 teaching slides from self-assessment collected every month.
There is also a collection of previous cases of clinical-pathological conference since 2002. There are more than 2,000 slides. The database also include clinical images, powerpoint presentation file, and reference files.
Contact & tuition fee
The applicant must be a board-certified dermatologist or pathologist. Please be noted there is a tuition fee for this program. Please submit an Application for Observership at Mackay Memorial Hospital 6 months before the desired program commences. Applications should be addressed to:
Ms Mei-Chun Chen (Fellowship Training Program Administrator)
- Department of Medical Education,
- Mackay Memorial Hospital
- 92, Sec.2, Chunshan North Road,
- Taipei, Taiwan, 10449
- Phone: +886-2-2543-3535 ext 2482
- Fax:+886-2-2523-2448
- E-mail: mmhedu@mmh.org.tw
Physicians who do not hold a valid Taiwan medical license are considered observers and may not provide direct patient care.