OUR MISSION
Every day, thousands of clinicians perform skin biopsies and receive pathology reports that raise more questions than they answer. The words are there — cornoid lamella, lichenoid infiltrate, interstitial granulomatous dermatitis — but the visual understanding that makes those words meaningful is often missing.
DiSK exists to close that gap.
Our mission is to make dermatopathology accessible, visual, and clinically relevant for anyone who touches a skin biopsy — dermatologists, pathologists, dermatopathologists, fellows, residents, PAs, NPs, and general practitioners who incorporate skin procedures into their practice.
Advanced dermatopathology education has historically been expensive, exclusive, and inaccessible to trainees and practitioners without institutional support. DiSK was built deliberately to change that. World-class teaching should not require a departmental budget or a senior title.
HOW WE TEACH
Our curriculum is built on a simple principle: you learn skin pathology best by seeing it, one case at a time.
Every case in the DiSK library pairs a real clinical vignette with expert-curated histopathology images, a structured differential diagnosis, diagnostic pearls, clinical correlation, and an interactive board-style MCQ. Visual Learning illustrations distill complex histologic patterns into clear, memorable visuals. Courses translate years of fellowship teaching into structured didactic content — available on demand, at your pace.
Visual Learning: We use custom medical illustrations to simplify complex diagnostic concepts. By distilling histologic patterns into clear, annotated visuals, we help learners at every level recognize key features and understand the “why” behind each diagnosis.
This is not a lecture series. This is not a textbook. This is dermatopathology the way it actually works: pattern recognition built through repeated, deliberate exposure to real cases.
📚 Case Library (5,000+ Cases)
The foundation of our teaching is a vast collection of over 5,000 real clinical cases. Each case pairs a clinical vignette with histologic images—some annotated for teaching, others presented as unknowns for self-assessment. This is case-based learning at scale, designed for both guided study and independent challenge.
📝 Blog
Learning never stops, and neither does the conversation. Our blog offers regular insights into diagnostic challenges, updates on emerging entities, teaching pearls from the fellowship floor, and reflections on the art and science of dermatopathology. It’s where we share what doesn’t fit neatly into a case file—and where you can join the discussion.
🎓 Courses (Coming Soon)
Building on our case library, we are developing structured courses using the Tutor LMS platform. These lectures will provide deeper dives into specific areas of skin pathology, offering a comprehensive, self-paced pathway from fundamentals to advanced topics.
MEET THE FOUNDER
Dr. Dadras is a board-certified dermatopathologist whose career has been dedicated to the intersection of diagnostic excellence, research, and education. He earned his MD-PhD through the Medical Scientist Training Program at Northwestern University, completed anatomic pathology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, and pursued fellowships in lymphatic biology at the MGH Cutaneous Biology Research Center and dermatopathology at the Combined Harvard Dermatopathology Training Program.
With over 21 years of experience in both academic and private practice, he has taught at Harvard Medical School, Stanford Medical Center, University of Connecticut, University of California at Davis, and University of Massachusetts. His research, funded by the NIH, has explored novel biomarkers in melanoma and vascular anomalies, leading to numerous peer-reviewed articles and dozens of textbook chapters, including author and editor of Neoplastic Dermatopathology, now in its 4th edition.
But his greatest passion is teaching. This site was born from advice given to him by his mentor, the late Dr. Martin C. Mihm Jr. at Harvard: “To learn diagnostic pathology, take images of every known diagnostic slide.” That conviction — that great teaching should reach as many learners as possible — led to a personal collection of over 5,000 slides and images, and ultimately to DiSK: a platform built to share that collection with anyone who wants to go deeper than the dermatopathology report.
WHY DiSK
Most advanced dermatopathology education is priced for institutions and senior practitioners. Membership fees reach hundreds of dollars annually. CME courses can exceed a thousand dollars per session. Trainees pay out of pocket. NPs and PAs are rarely considered part of the audience at all.
DiSK was built for everyone else.
If you are a pathology resident trying to understand what your attending is signing out. A dermatology resident who wants to learn the terminology used in a dermatopathology report. A pathologist who wants to feel confident reading skin biopsies. A PA who wants to speak the same language as the dermatopathologist. A practicing dermatologist who wants to go deeper than the report — DiSK was built for you.