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Max Fischer, MD, Pathology, Silver Spring, MD

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Pathology Silver Spring, MD

Dermatopathology

Dermatopathologist, Bethesda Dermatopathology Laboratory; Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

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  • Office

    Bethesda Dermatopathology Laboratory
    1730 Elton Road, Suite 11
    Silver Spring, MD 20903
    Phone+1 301-439-4301
    Fax+1 301-439-4340

Education & Training

  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Dermatopathology, 2011 - 2012
  • University of Maryland
    University of MarylandResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2007 - 2011
  • University of Maryland
    University of MarylandInternship, Surgery, 2006 - 2007
  • Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
    Columbia University Mailman School of Public HealthMPH, Epidemiology, 2004 - 2006
  • Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2006
  • Jamkhed Institute for Training and Research in Community Health and Population
    Jamkhed Institute for Training and Research in Community Health and PopulationDiploma, Community-Based Health and Development, 2000 - 2000
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyB.S., Biology, 1996 - 2000

Certifications & Licensure

  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 2012 - 2026
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2011 - 2012
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2009 - 2009
  • American Board of Pathology Pathology - Anatomic/Pathology - Clinical
  • American Board of Pathology Dermatopathology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • “Golden Apple Teacher of the Year” Award Johns Hopkins Dermatology Residency, 2014
  • Conrad G. Lattes ’63 Fellowship Columbia University, 2006
  • Scholarship Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 2004
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A 70-year-old kidney transplant recipient presenting with persistent leg cellulitis  
    Nelson GE, Neofytos D, Fischer M, Durand CM, Clin Infect Dis, 1/1/2014
  • Linear IgA Bullous Dermatosis  
    Chen S, Mattei P, Fischer M, Gay JD, Milner SM, Price LA., Eplasty, 1/1/2013
  • Verrucous lymphangioma circumscriptum  
    Terushkin V, Marmon S, Fischer M, Patel RR, Sanchez MR, Dermatol Online J, 1/1/2012
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Essential cryofibrinogenemia clinically mimicking pyoderma gangrenosum
    Inouye C, Sung S, Kirkorian A, Fischer M, 51st Annual Meeting, American Society of Dermatopathology; J Cutan Pathol, Chicago, IL, 1/6/2015
  • Sézary syndrome with CD30-positive large cell transformation without tumor formation
    Braunstein I, Shanbhag S, Kempf W, Fischer M, Taube J, 51st Annual Meeting, American Society of Dermatopathology; J Cutan Pathol, Chicago, IL, 1/6/2015
  • Contextualizing isolated dyskeratotic/apoptotic keratinocytes in skin biopsies of vascularized composite allografts
    Fischer M, Shores J, Brandacher G, Lee WP, 51st Annual Meeting, American Society of Dermatopathology, Chicago, IL, 1/6/2015
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Lectures

  • Diagnostic Pitfalls in Cutaneous Infections and Altered Immune Status 
    Lebanon, New Hampshire - 1/1/2014
  • Folliculocentric cutaneous presentation of disseminated Candida krusei infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia 
    Denver, CO - 1/1/2014
  • A wolf in sheep’s clothing - Hansen’s disease masquerading as a vasculitic process 
    San Diego, CA - 1/1/2014
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Press Mentions

  • Wearing Glasses Leads to Significant Boosts in School Performance
    Wearing Glasses Leads to Significant Boosts in School PerformanceApril 15th, 2021

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