{"id":349,"date":"2015-11-16T11:31:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T16:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pathology\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:03:21","slug":"james-w-patterson-m-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pathology\/contact\/james-w-patterson-m-d\/","title":{"rendered":"James W. Patterson, M.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Portrait wp-image-350 size-thumbnail alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pathology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/290\/2015\/11\/Patterson_WP-e1528209291348-110x150.jpeg\" alt=\"James W. Patterson, M.D.\" width=\"110\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\nProfessor Emeritus of Pathology and Dermatology<\/p>\n<h4>EDUCATION:<\/h4>\n<p>Medical College of Virginia &#8211; Virginia Commonwealth University , MD, 1972<br \/>\nMedical College of Virginia, Rotating Intern in Medicine, 1972 &#8211; 1973<br \/>\nMedical College of Virginia, Resident in Dermatology, 1973 &#8211; 1976<br \/>\nArmed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, Fellow in Dermatopathology, 1979 -1980<\/p>\n<h4>CLINICAL:<\/h4>\n<p>Dermatopathology<\/p>\n<h4>RESEARCH:<\/h4>\n<p>Differential diagnosis in dermatopathology, with special interests in malignant melanoma, cutaneous T cell lymphoma, and other cutaneous malignancies, panniculitis, opportunistic infections, and immunofluorescence studies.<\/p>\n<h4>REFERENCES<\/h4>\n<p>Larson KN, Gagnon AL, Darling MD, <b>Patterson JW<\/b>, Cropley TG: Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Manifesting a Decade After Exposure to Gadolinium. JAMA Dermatol 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26017458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26017458<\/a>. DOI: 10.1001\/jamadermatol.2015.0.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baker MG, Marchetti MA, <b>Patterson JW<\/b>, Cropley TG: Acute rash and ankle pain in a young woman. Int J Dermatol 2014, 53:1183-1185. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24899404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24899404<\/a>. DOI: 10.1111\/ijd.12512.<\/li>\n<li>Blechman AB, <b>Patterson JW<\/b>, Russell MA: Application of Mohs micrographic surgery appropriate-use criteria to skin cancers at a university health system. J Am Acad Dermatol 2014, 71:29-35.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24813300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24813300<\/a>. DOI: 10.1016\/j.jaad.2014.02.025.<\/li>\n<li>Boyd K, Shea SM, <b>Patterson JW<\/b>: The role of capsaicin in dermatology. Prog Drug Res 2014, 68:293-306.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24941674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24941674<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Hsia LL, Kuppalli S, Erdag GE, Wick MR, <b>Patterson JW<\/b>, Wilson BB: What is your diagnosis? verruciform xanthoma. Cutis 2014, 94:115. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25279479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25279479<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Judge JM, Brill LB, Smith KT, Deacon DH, <b>Patterson JW<\/b>, Grosh WW, Jungbluth AA, Gnjatic S, Slingluff CL: A case of spontaneous systemic immunity to melanoma associated with cure after amputation for extensive regional recurrence. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2013, 62:1327-1334.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23666534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23666534<\/a>. DOI: 10.1007\/s00262-013-1433-7.<\/li>\n<li>Rodi\u00c4\u2021 N, Taube JM, Manson P, Patel M, <b>Patterson JW<\/b>, Erdag G: Locally invasive dermal squamomelanocytic tumor with matrical differentiation: a peculiar case with review of the literature. Am J Dermatopathol 2013, 35:e72-e76. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23694829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23694829<\/a>. DOI: 10.1097\/DAD.0b013e31827d989c.<\/li>\n<li>Tchernev G, Tronnier M, Ananiev J, Taneva T, <b>Patterson JW<\/b>, Gulubova M, Trafeli JP, Gegova A, Harrell M, Guarneri C, Wollina U, Cardoso JC, Kanazawa N, Zisova L, Forsea AM, Zouboulis CC: Atypical fibroxanthoma-a diagnosis of exclusion! Wien Med Wochenschr 2013, 163:380-386.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23319144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23319144<\/a>. DOI: 10.1007\/s10354-012-0173-1.<\/li>\n<li>Webb DV, Stowman AM, <b>Patterson JW<\/b>: Boric acid ingestion clinically mimicking toxic epidermal necrolysis. J Cutan Pathol 2013, 40:962-965. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23992546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23992546<\/a>. DOI: 10.1111\/cup.12205.<\/li>\n<li>McClain SE, Mayo KB, Shada AL, Smolkin ME, <b>Patterson JW<\/b>, Slingluff CL: Amelanotic melanomas presenting as red skin lesions: a diagnostic challenge with potentially lethal consequences. Int J Dermatol 2012, 51:420-426.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/22435430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/22435430<\/a>. DOI: 10.1111\/j.1365-4632.2011.05066.x.<\/li>\n<li>McClain SE, Shada AL, Barry M, <b>Patterson JW<\/b>, Slingluff CL: Outcome of sentinel lymph node biopsy and prognostic implications of regression in thin malignant melanoma. Melanoma Res 2012, 22:302-309.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/22610274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/22610274<\/a>. 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