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International Board Certification in Dermatopathology: A worldwide effort to raise standards in dermatopathology
Author(s) -
Kerl Helmut,
Cerroni Lorenzo,
Burg Günter,
Cerio Rino,
Gollnick Harald,
Kutzner Heinz,
Sangueza Omar
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2006.00390.x
Subject(s) - dermatopathology , medicine , dermatology
On December 11, 2004, the second Certifying Examination in Dermatopathology (Diploma of Dermatopathology), organized by the International Board of Dermatopathology under the auspices of the International Committee for Dermatopathology, was held in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. The examination was sponsored by the International Society of Dermatopathology, the European Society for Dermatopathology, and the Ibero-Latin-American Society of Dermatopathology and was open to dermatologists and pathologists from all countries in the world. The International Board of Dermatopathology (Fig. 1) was chaired by Helmut Kerl (Graz, Austria; President, International Committee for Dermatopathology) and included Günter Burg (Zurich, Switzerland; General Secretary, International Committee for Dermatopathology), Rino Cerio (London, UK; President, European Society for Dermatopathology), Lorenzo Cerroni (Graz, Austria; President, Austrian Society of Dermatopathology; Past-President, International Society of Dermatopathology), Bernard Cribier (Strasbourg, France; Secretary, European Society for Dermatopathology), Harald Gollnick (Magdeburg, Germany; President, Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS)-Section of Dermatology and Venereology; President, German Society of Dermatology), Philip E. LeBoit (San Francisco, USA; Editor-in-Chief, The American Journal of Dermatopathology), Omar Sangueza (Winston-Salem, USA; President, International Society of Dermatopathology; President, Ibero-Latin-American Society of Dermatopathology), Heinz Kutzner (Representative for Dermatopathology of the German League of Dermatology), and Bruce R. Smoller (Little Rock, AR, USA; Past-President, American Society of Dermatopathology). Maureen Walsh (Belfast, Northern Ireland; Chief Examiner for the Diploma in Dermatopathology of the Royal College of Pathologists, UK) and Dirk Ruiter (Nijmegen, the Netherlands; President, Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS)-Section of Pathology) were present as representatives of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK) and of the UEMS-Section of Pathology, respectively. Once again, Roland J Cutan Pathol 2006: 33: 156–159 Copyright # Blackwell Munksgaard 2006 Blackwell Munksgaard. Printed in Singapore Journal of Cutaneous Pathology