Dr. Alexandra C. Hristov

After receiving my M.D. and Ph.D. at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, I came to the University of Michigan for residency training in Anatomic Pathology. During my residency and subsequent Dermatopathology fellowship, I became interested in mechanistic studies of cutaneous and soft-tissue malignancies. Upon completion of my fellowship in June 2012, I accepted a faculty position at UMHS with joint appointments in the Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, in which I continue to investigate molecular events in the pathogenesis of Merkel cell carcinoma and other cutaneous malignancies, while maintaining clinical effort in dermatopathology and molecular dermatopathology. Dr. Harms is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Tieche-Jadassohn Nevus, Melanoma, and Sebaceous Adenoma.

Dr. May Chan obtained her medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and was a Howard Hughes Research Scholar in 2005-2006. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, followed by a Dermatopathology fellowship at Harvard. She joined the University of Michigan in 2011 and is now a Professor of Pathology and Dermatology. She is the Interim Section Head for Dermatopathology, the Program Director for the Dermatopathology Fellowship, and the Medical Director of the Immunohistochemistry Laboratory. She also serves on the Test Development and Advisory Committee of the American Board of Pathology.Dr. Chan is an editorial board member of Modern Pathology and Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. She has a broad research interest in the areas of inflammatory skin diseases, melanocytic lesions, cutaneous adnexal neoplasms, and immunohistochemistry. She is the author/co-author of over 90 peer-reviewed publications and the book, Handbook of Direct Immunofluorescence: A Pattern-based Approach to Skin and Mucosal Biopsies.Dr. Chan is board certified in Anatomic Pathology and Dermatopathology. In addition to her primary role as a dermatopathologist, Dr. Chan retains her interest in surgical pathology including interpretation of head and neck, soft tissue, pulmonary, and endocrine cases, as well as intraoperative frozen sections. Over the years she has been invited to speak at national and international meetings hosted by the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), the American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP), the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), the European Nail Society, and Dermpedia. Dr. Chan is highly rated in 27 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Basal Cell Skin Cancer, Sebaceous Adenoma, and Syringocystadenoma Papilliferum.

Dr. Dale Bixby has been practicing hematology at the University of Michigan since 2009. He obtained his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics at the University of Kentucky in 1999, before beginning his medical training at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. He was a resident in the Department of Internal Medicine and then completed fellowship training in hematology and medical oncology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Bixby is currently a clinical professor and specializes in the areas of myeloid and lymphoid leukemias, myelodysplastic syndrome and bone marrow failure disorders. Dr. Bixby currently serves as the section chief of the acute leukemia program. He is also a clinical investigator in hematological malignancies. Dr. Bixby is highly rated in 34 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), and Bone Marrow Aspiration.