michael piepkorn, md, phd
Clinical Professor, Division of Dermatology
Contact Information
University of Washington
Box 356166
Seattle, WA 98195-6166
Office: 206-543-5290
Fax: 206-543-2489
Clinic Appointments: 206-598-4067
mpiepkor@uw.edu
The Michael Piepkorn Endowed Chair in Dermatology Research:
http://merkelcell.org/usefulInfo/PiepkornChairEvent.htm
Education and Training
M.D., University of Minnesota, 1973
Residency in Pathology/Dermatology, University of Washington, 1974-80
Fellowship, Experimental Pathology, University of Washington, 1978-80
Research Interests
Melanoma
Representative Publications
Piepkorn M, Meyer LK, Goldgar D, Seuchter SA, Albright LC, Skolnick MH, Zone JJ. The dysplastic melanocytic nevus: A prevalent lesion that correlates poorly with clinical phenotype. J Am Acad Dermatol 20:407-415, 1989.
Piepkorn M, Hovingh P, Linker A. Glycosaminoglycan free chains: External plasma membrane components distinct from the membrane proteoglycans. J Biol Chem 264:8662-8669, 1989.
Piepkorn M, Fleckman P, Carney H, Hovingh P, Linker A. The distinctive pattern of proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycan free chain synthesis by cultured human epidermal keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol 94:107-113, 1990.
Cannon-Albright LA, Goldgar DE, Meyer LJ, Lewis CM, Anderson DE, Fountain JW, Hegi ME, Wiseman RW, Petty EM, Bale AE, Olopade OI, Diaz MO, Kwiatkowski DJ, Piepkorn MW, Zone JJ, Skolnick MH. Assignment of a locus for familial melanoma, MLM, to chromosome 9p13-p22. Science 258;1148-1152, 1992.
Hovingh P, Piepkorn M, Linker A. Differentially expressed patterns of glycosaminoglycan structure in heparan sulfate proteoglycans and free chains. Eur J Biochem 211:771-779, 1993.
Piepkorn M, Busam K, Barnhill RL, (Ed in Chief). Pathology of Melanocytic Nevi and Malignant Melanoma, 2nd Ed. Springer, 2004.