Penn Medicine Provider
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
David E. Elder, MBChB
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP

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

Education and training

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

My 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

My research

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