Dirk Elston, MD is Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is a co-author of Dermatopathology, 3rd Edition, Andrews’ Diseases of the Skin, 12th Edition, and Andrews’ Diseases of the Skin Clinical Atlas.

Dr. Elston is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, did his dermatology residency at Walter Reed Medical Center, and performed a Dermatopathology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic.

He is a past-president of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Society of Dermatopathology, has served on the board of directors of the International Society of Dermatopathology and the American Board of Dermatology, and serves as the Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. He is an Honorary Professor at China Medical University in Shenyang China and Guest Professor at the Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University in Changsha, China, and is an honorary member of the German Society of Dermatology.

His teaching awards include the UIC, Rush, and Cook County Dermatology Residents Teaching Award, St Luke’s-Roosevelt Volunteer Teacher of the Year Award, Brooke Army Medical Center Department of Medicine Outstanding Teacher Award, Brooke Army Medical Center Department of Pathology Outstanding Teacher Award, and the Darl Vanderplueg Excellence in Teaching Award.

Dr. Elston is the author of over 400 peer reviewed publications, is one of three authors of Andrews Diseases of the Skin, Associate Editor-in-Chief of eMedicine dermatology, and Editor-in-Chief of the Requisites in Dermatology series of textbooks.  He received the 2008 Walter Nickel Award for Excellence in Dermatopathology Education and the 2013 Founder’s Award of the American Society of Dermatopathology. The first edition of his dermatopathology textbook, written together with Tammie Ferringer, received the Highly Commended Award in the British Medical Association Medical Book competition.