Nneka I Comfere MD

Nneka I. Comfere, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Dermatology and Laboratory Medicine & Pathology in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota. Her clinical practice includes dermatology and dermatopathology. Dr Comfere currently serves as Director for the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy and Liaison Coordinator for the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery. Dr Comfere earned a B.Sc in Biochemistry from Florida State University and M.D. degree from Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota. She completed residency in Dermatology and fellowship in Dermatopathology at Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine. She currently serves as the Section Head of Dermatopathology and the director of quality in the Department of Dermatology.

Dr. Comfere has been responsible for the development and coordination of department-wide and enterprise-wide quality improvement projects. She completed training in the Healthcare Delivery Scholars Program of the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery. Dr Comfere’s scholarly activities focus on the identification and definition of modifiable factors that influence effective communication between providers and between providers and patients in diagnostic test processes (patient-centered diagnostic care).