George Murphy

Dr. Murphy is a Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, the Director of the Program in Dermatopathology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Program Director of the Harvard Combined Fellowship in Dermatopathology, and co-leader of the HSCI Skin Program.

Murphy received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.D. from the University of Vermont. He trained in internal medicine at Boston University Medical Center and in Pathology and Dermatopathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has served as a past president of the American Society of Dermatopathology and is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He is a practicing pathologist and dermatopathologist with complementary interests in medical education and translational research. He has authored and edited more than 10 texts in the field of cutaneous pathology and several hundred peer-reviewed manuscripts concerned with elucidating mechanisms of skin inflammation and neoplasia.

Clinical Interests

• Dermatopathology
• Graft-Versus-Host Disease
• Immunohistochemistry
• Immunology
• Melanoma
• Transplant Pathology