Brian Q Harris, MD, PhD

Dr. Harris is board-certified in Dermatopathology and Anatomic Pathology and has an extensive background in cancer biology and diagnostic pathology.

Dr. Harris earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MD and PhD from UMass Chan Medical School. While in medical school, he taught histology to first-year medical students for six years, beginning in his first year, and received an award for excellence in medical education. During his doctoral research on mouse models of pancreatic cancer, he developed extensive expertise in histopathology and tissue-based research by performing all aspects of tissue processing, slide preparation, and diagnostic staining. His research was supported by a competitive National Cancer Institute F30 fellowship and resulted in multiple peer-reviewed publications. Additional honors included an award for outstanding community service, election as Student Trustee, and selection as commencement speaker for the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Dr. Harris completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he served as Chief Resident and developed a particular interest in soft tissue pathology under the mentorship of Dr. Jason Hornick and the late Dr. Christopher Fletcher. He subsequently completed a dermatopathology fellowship within Mass General Brigham, where he contributed to research supporting the Melanoma Pre-Cancer Atlas under the direction of Drs. George Murphy, Christine Lian, and Peter Sorger. Before joining MGPO Dermatopathology Associates, Dr. Harris practiced as a staff dermatopathologist at Spectrum Healthcare Partners in Portland, Maine, where he received an Employee Engagement Award, and later at Inform Diagnostics in Needham, Massachusetts.

Dr. Harris is a member of the College of American Pathologists and the American Society of Dermatopathology. His professional interests include melanocytic lesions, soft tissue tumors, cutaneous lymphoma, and nail pathology. He is committed to providing accurate, timely diagnoses that help guide optimal patient care and foster close collaboration with referring clinicians.

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