David E. Elder, MBChB

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP
Call 800-789-7366
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Chief, Dermatopathology Subspecialty, Anatomic Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in Dermatology

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Otago
  • Residency: Rotorua Public Hospital
  • Residency: Dunedin Public Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Elder is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Scope A, Liopyris K, Weber J, Barnhill RL, Braun RP, Curiel-Lewandrowski CN, Elder DE, Ferrara G, Grant-Kels JM, Jeunon T, Lallas A, Lin JY, Marchetti MA, Marghoob AA, Navarrete-Dechent C, Pellacani G, Soyer HP, Stratigos A, Thomas L, Kittler H, Rotemberg V, Halpern AC. International Skin Imaging Collaboration-Designated Diagnoses (ISIC-DX): Consensus terminology for lesion diagnostic labeling , J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol: 2024

Eguchi MM, Elder DE, Barnhill RL, Piepkorn MW, Knezevich SR, Elmore JG, Kerr KF. Prognostic modeling of cutaneous melanoma stage I patients using cancer registry data identifies subsets with very-low melanoma mortality , Cancer, 129: 2023,89-97

Barnhill RL, Elder DE, Piepkorn MW, Knezevich SR, Reisch LM, Eguchi MM, Bastian BC, Blokx W, Bosenberg M, Busam KJ, Carr R, Cochran A, Cook MG, Duncan LM, Elenitsas R, de la Fouchardière A, Gerami P, Johansson I, Ko J, Landman G, Lazar AJ, Lowe L, Massi D, Messina J, Mihic-Probst D, Parker DC, Schmidt B, Shea CR, Scolyer RA, Tetzlaff M, Xu X, Yeh I, Zembowicz A, Elmore JG. Revision of the Melanocytic Pathology Assessment Tool and Hierarchy for Diagnosis Classification Schema for Melanocytic Lesions: A Consensus Statement , JAMA Netw Open, 6: 2023,e2250613

Elder DE, Eguchi MM, Barnhill RL, Kerr KF, Knezevich SR, Piepkorn MW, Reisch LM, Elmore JG. Diagnostic error, uncertainty, and overdiagnosis in melanoma , Pathology: 2023

Elder DE, Elenitsas R, Rosenbach M, Murphy G, Rubin AI, Xu, X. Lever's Dermatopathology. Histopathology of the Skin, 12th Edition , Philadelphia, PA., 12: 2023

Elder DE, Scolyer RA, Massi D, Willemze R, Eds WHO classification of skin tumours , Lyon: IARC, 4th Ed: 2018

Swetter Susan M, Tsao Hensin, Bichakjian Christopher K, Curiel-Lewandrowski Clara, Elder David E, Gershenwald Jeffrey E, Guild Valerie, Grant-Kels Jane M, Halpern Allan C, Johnson Timothy M, Sober Arthur J, Thompson John A, Wisco Oliver J, Wyatt Samantha, Hu Shasa, Lamina Toyin Guidelines of care for the management of primary cutaneous melanoma. , Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 80(1): 2019,208-250

Elmore Joann G, Barnhill Raymond L, Elder David E, Longton Gary M, Pepe Margaret S, Reisch Lisa M, Carney Patricia A, Titus Linda J, Nelson Heidi D, Onega Tracy, Tosteson Anna N A, Weinstock Martin A, Knezevich Stevan R, Piepkorn Michael W Pathologists' diagnosis of invasive melanoma and melanocytic proliferations: observer accuracy and reproducibility study. , BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 357: 2017,j2813