Jennifer Madison McNiff MD
Professor of Dermatology and of Pathology; Director, Yale Dermatopathology Laboratory
Biographical Info

Dr. McNiff received her M.D. from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, and trained in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. After completing a fellowship in dermatopathology at the Medical College of Virginia in 1992, Dr. McNiff joined the faculty at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. McNiff’s interests and publications are focused on general clinicopathologic correlations in dermatopathology, mycosis fungoides, animal models of lupus erythematosus and graft vs. host disease, and immunoflourescence techniques in dermatopathology. She is a frequent invited speaker at national and international meetings, and is the current Program Chair for the American Society of Dermatopathology.
Education & Training
- M.D.
- University of Vermont (1986)
- Resident
- University of Virginia Health Services Center, Charlottesville, VA, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (1986 - 1990)
- Chief Resident
- University of Virginia Health Services Center, Charlottesville, VA, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (1990 - 1991)
- Fellow
- Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, Dermatopathology (1991 - 1992)
- Board Certification
- Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, Board Certified (1991)
- Board Certification
- Dermatopathology, Board Certified (1993)
Honors & Recognition
- Walter R Nickel Award for Excellence in Teaching Dermatopathology
American Society of Dermatopathology (2011)

