Dermatopathology Section

1. Promote excellence in the dermatopathology curriculum for dermatology residency training and dermatopathology fellowship training.
2. Provide a forum for networking and discussion of opportunities, challenges, and developments of dermatopathology training in residency and fellowship programs. Residency and fellowship program refers to an ACGME approved training program.
3. Promote cooperative relationships between the Section and other professional organizations whose goals are to educate trainees and physicians in dermatopathology. The purpose of these relationships is to develop and maintain the highest educational standards within dermatopathology training.
4. To encourage innovation in dermatopathology training methods.
5. Provide an opportunity for professional development of dermatology trained dermatopathology faculty.

1. Be a dermatopathologist who holds a faculty appointment in an ACGME approved residency or fellowship program.
2. Actively contribute to the dermatopathology education of medical students, residents, and fellows.
3. Dermatopathologists with academic affiliations who do not otherwise qualify for APD membership, may join the dermatopathology listserv and may attend meetings of the Section by paying non-member meeting fees as set by the APD.

1. The Chair will serve for two (2) years.
2. The Vice Chair will serve for two (2) years.
3. The Chair will also serve as chair for the dermatopathology break-out session or other meetings.
4. The Immediate Past-Chair will serve for two (2) years.
5. The committee members will serve for three (3) years, staggered.
6. The Chair and Vice Chair will have been previous committee members (after first 2 years of implementation of the Section).

1. The Chair of the section will serve ex-officio on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professors of Dermatology.
2. The Steering Committee may appoint ad hoc task forces to address areas of interest for the membership.
3. All members of the Steering Committee, including the Chair and Vice Chair, must be members of the APD.

1. Prepare the agenda and preside at any Section meetings.
2. Communicate with other professional organizations that share goals of educating trainees and physicians in dermatopathology.
3. Report Dermatopathology Section activities to the APD at the board meeting.

1. Serve in the place of the Chair when necessary.
2. Record minutes and communicate Section activities to dermatopathology educators both within and outside the APD, as needed.

Dermatopathology Section Steering Committee