Shawn Edwin Cowper MD

Associate Professor of Dermatology and of Pathology

Departments & Organizations

Yale Medical Group

Cancer Center, Yale: Melanoma Program

Dermatology: Dermatopathology | Skin Diseases Research Center, Yale

Pathology: Surgical Pathology: Dermatopathology

Research Interests

Alopecia; cutaneous lymphoma; pathology informatics; nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy/nephrogenic systemic fibrosis

Clinical Interests

General dermatopathology; alopecia; cutaneous lymphoma; pathology informatics; nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy/nephrogenic systemic fibrosis; adnexal neoplasms

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Education

M.D., Michigan State University , 1990

Selected Publication

Girardi M, Kay J, Elston DM, Leboit PE, Abu-Alfa A, Cowper SE. Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: Clinicopathological definition and workup recommendations. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011 Jul 1. [Epub ahead of print]

Articles

Spring 2007

After 10 years of research, a rare skin disease is traced to a chemical used in MRIs

In 1997 investigators in California came across a mysterious skin disease. It often started with redness of the skin...