Tejesh S. Patel MD, FAAD
Associate Professor, Program Director, and Amonette-Rosenberg Endowed Chair, Kaplan-Amonette Department of Dermatology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TennesseeTejesh Patel, MD, is the Amonette-Rosenberg Endowed Chair of Dermatology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).
A native of London, England, Dr. Patel completed an internal medicine internship and a dermatology residency with the UTHSC College of Medicine, as well as a dermatopathology fellowship with the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Patel is author and co-author to more than 40 medical publications, book chapters, and presentations. The majority of his past research has centered on pruritus. He has also served as president for both the Tennessee Dermatology Society and the Memphis Dermatology Society. Furthermore, he currently serves as board member on a number of committees within the American Academy of Dermatology.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Dermatology Residency Home Match Incidence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Differentiating Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis and Pustular Psoriasis
- Differentiating Between Basal Cell Carcinoma and Trichoepithelioma in Small Biopsy Specimens With Immunohistochemical Markers
- Diagnostic Criteria of Ulcerative Pyoderma Gangrenosum