Pathology

Jose Antonio Plaza, MD

Assistant Professor of Pathology
Director of Dermatopathology

Dr. Plaza's responsibilities include dermatopathology service work and teaching of medical students and residents.

Research Interests

• Melanocytic tumors
• Adnexal neoplasms
• Cutaneous Lymphomas
• Inflammatory dermatosis

Professional Background

• Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Director of Dermatopathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (2008 - present)

Educational Background

• Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
• Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Dermatopathology Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Board Certifications

• Dermatopathology (2006)
• Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2008)

Selected Publications

• Plaza JA, Comfere NI, Gibson LE, Colgan M, Davis DM, Pittelkow MR, Colgan JP. Unusual cutaneous manifestations of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Journal of American Academy of Dermatology. 2009 May; 60(5):772-80.
• Plaza JA, Ortega P, Lynott J, Mullane M, Kroft S, Olteneau H. CD8-positive Primary Cutaneous Anaplastic Large T-Cell Lymphoma (PCALCL): Case Report and Review of this Unusual Variant of PCALCL. American Journal of Dermatopathology, 2009 (In-press).
• Plaza JA, Torres-Cabala C, Evans E, Diwan H, Suster S, and Prieto VG. Cutaneous Metastases of Malignant Melanoma: A clinicopathologic study of 192 cases with emphasis on the morphologic spectrum. American Journal of Dermatopathology (In-press), 2009.
• Plaza, JA, Torres-Cabala C, Diwan H, Evans H, and Prieto VG. Immunohistochemical Expression of S100A6 in Cellular Neurothekeoma. American Journal of Dermatopathology, 2009 Jul; 31(5):419-22.
• Plaza JA, Torres-Cabala C, Diwan H and Prieto VG. HER-2/Neu Expression in Extramammary Paget disease: A Clinicopathologic and Immunohistochemistry Study of 47 cases with and without Underlying Malignancy. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, 2009 Jul; 36(7):729-33.
• Plaza JA, Morrison CM, Magro CM. Assessment of TCRβ Clonality in a Diverse Group of Cutaneous T-Cell Infiltrates. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, 2008 Apr; 35(4):358-65.