Mark Cameron Mochel, MD
Dermatopathology & Surgical Pathology
Associate Professor of Pathology and Dermatology;
Director of Dermatopathology
Department: Pathology
Phone: (804) 628-0353
Fax: (804) 828-8733
Email: Mark.Mochel@vcuhealth.org
Mark Mochel, MD, is Associate Professor of Pathology and Dermatology and Director of Dermatopathology. He is a dermatopathologist and surgical pathologist. Dr. Mochel graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and trained in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. After completing his fellowship in Dermatopathology at the University of Pennsylvania under the directorship of Dr. Rosalie Elenitsas, he joined the VCU Department of Pathology to engage in clinical diagnostic work in an academic setting, resident and medical student education, and research in cutaneous pathology.
Dr. Mochel’s research interests include melanocytic neoplasms and inflammatory skin diseases. He has contributed peer-reviewed publications in various journals, including Modern Pathology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Human Pathology, and American Journal of Clinical Pathology. He is an Assistant Editor of Dermatologic Surgery and serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Cutaneous Pathology and Pediatric Dermatology.
Clinical Specialties: Dermatopathology and Surgical Pathology
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Education
Postgraduate Medical Training
Fellowship, Dermatopathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Residency, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Medical Education
MD, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
Undergraduate Education
BS, University of the South, Sewanee, TN
Licenses & Certifications
Medical Licenses (Current)
Board of Medicine, Commonwealth of Virginia
Board Certifications
Diplomate, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology
Diplomate, Dermatopathology, American Boards of Pathology and Dermatology
Selected Awards & Honors
Best Resident/Fellow Oral Presentations, Second Place, American Society of Dermatopathology 50th Annual Meeting, 2013
Department Award for Poster Presentation, MGH Clinical Research Day, 2013
Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2010
Gold Humanism Honor Society, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2010
Phi Beta Kappa, 2005
Editorial Advisory Boards
Assistant Editor, Dermatologic Surgery
Editorial Board, Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
Editorial Board, Pediatric Dermatology
Professional Service (outside)
Virginia Dermatology Society, Board Member, 2022-present
American Society of Dermatopathology, Diagnostic Quality Assurance Committee, 2022-present; Peer Review Committee, 2020-2022; Continuing Education and Research Committee, 2018-2020
Recent Invited Presentations
“Urgent and Emergent Dermatopathology.” Virginia Society for Pathology Annual Meeting. Virginia Beach, VA. November 11, 2023. Lecture
“Evening Slide Symposium.” American Society for Dermatopathology Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. October 7, 2023. Presented first three cases.
Dermatopathology Bootcamp for Residents, 8th and 9th Annual, Eastern Virginia Medical School (Virtual), July 2021 and 2022, dermatopathology cases with upper level dermatology residents.
“Inpatient Skin Biopsies: Urgent and Emergent Diagnoses in Dermatopathology.” University of Pennsylvania Department of Pathology, January 2020, invited seminar for pathology residents.
Dermatopathology Bootcamp for Residents, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Annual, Eastern Virginia Medical School and Virginia Commonwealth University, July 2017-2020, dermatopathology cases with upper level dermatology residents.
Selected Publications
Peer Reviewed Papers
Moran JMT, DeSimone MS, Mariño-Enríquez A, Russell-Goldman EE, Fletcher CDM, Mochel MC, Hoang MP. Malignant Proliferating Pilar Tumor: Clinicopathologic, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Study of 17 Cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2023 Oct 1;47(10):1151-1159. PMID: 37515420
Mochel MC, Wojcik J, Gowda M, Tye G, Patel RM, Smith SC. Pediatric Soft Tissue Neoplasms with BRAF Activating Mutations. Mod Pathol. 2022 Jul; 35(7):989-992. PMID: 34117348
Mochel MC, Elder DE. Characterizing the Clinical Implications of Histologic Regression in Melanoma Requires Clear Diagnostic Criteria That Are Consistently Applied. JAMA Dermatol. 2021 Aug 1;157(8):1006. PMID: 34190971
Mochel MC, Liaquat S, Moore JB, Hoang MP. Metastasizing basal cell carcinoma: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of twenty-two cases. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. J Cutan Pathol. 2021 Mar;48(3):374-383. PMID: 33010047
Williams EA, Montesion M, Alexander BM, Ramkissoon S, Elvin JA, Ross JS, Williams KJ, Glomski K, Bledsoe JR, Tse JY, Mochel MC. CYLD mutation characterizes a subset of HPV-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinomas with distinctive genomics and frequent cylindroma-like histologic features. Mod Pathol. 2021 Feb;34(2):358-370. PMID: 32892208
Williams EA, Montesion M, Sharaf R, James C, Patel P, Gillespie B, Pavlick D, Sokol ES, Alexander BM, Williams KJ, Elvin JA, Ross JS, Ramkissoon S, Hemmerich A, Tse JY, Mochel MC. CYLD-mutant cylindroma-like basaloid carcinoma of the anus: a genetically and morphologically distinct class of HPV-related anal carcinoma. Mod Pathol. 2020 Dec;33(12):2614-2625. PMID: 32461623
Berg SH, Massoud CM, Jackson-Cook C, Boikos SA, Smith SC, Mochel MC. A Reappraisal of Superficial Pleomorphic Liposarcoma. Am J Clin Pathol. 2020 Aug 5;154(3):353-361. PMID: 32525520
Williams EA, Montesion M, Shah N, Sharaf R, Sokol ES, Alexander BM, Venstrom JM, Elvin JA, Ross JS, Williams KJ, Tse JY, Mochel MC. Melanoma with In-Frame Deletion of MAP2K1: A Distinct Molecular Subtype of Cutaneous Melanoma Mutually Exclusive from BRAF, NRAS, and NF1 Mutations. Mod Pathol. 2020 Dec;33(12):2397-2406. PMID: 32483240
Williams EA, Werth AJ, Sharaf R, Montesion M, Sokol ES, Pavlick DC, McLaughlin- Drubin M, Erlich R, Toma H, Venstrom JM, Alexander BM, Shah N, Danziger N, Killian JK, Lin D, Ross JS, Tse JY, Mochel MC, Elvin JA. Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma: comprehensive genomic profiling of HPV(+) versus HPV(–) forms reveals distinct sets of potentially actionable molecular targets. JCO Precis Oncol. 2020:4, 647-661. PMID: 32923875
Williams EA, Shah N, Montesion M, Sharaf R, Pavlick DC, Sokol ES, Alexander BM, Venstrom JM, Elvin JA, Ross JS, Tse JY, Mochel MC. Melanomas with Activating RAF1 Fusions: Clinical, Histopathologic, and Molecular Profiles. Mod Pathol. 2020 Aug;33(8):1466-1474. PMID: 32123303
Colon-Cartagena L, Wang GY, Idowu MO, Smith SC, Mochel MC. SOX10-Positive Perivascular Cells in Sentinel Lymph Nodes: A Reliably Intrinsic Internal Control. J Cutan Pathol. 2020 Apr;47(4):415-417. PMID: 31894865
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