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Ronald P. Rapini, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained dermatologist who treats patients of all ages with problematic skin cancers and rashes. He is a frequent consultant for patients with difficult problems referred by dermatologists and other physicians throughout the region.
He’s a professor, chair, Josey Professor in Dermatology, and Marvin E. Chernosky, MD, Endowed Distinguished Chair in the Department of Dermatology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. He also serves as chair of the Department of Dermatology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer and professor of pathology at both institutions.
Rapini grew up in Akron, Ohio, as the oldest of four children. He attended medical school at Ohio State University and did an internship in Wisconsin at Marshfield Clinic, where he met his wife, Mary Jo. They have two adult daughters and three grandchildren.
He trained in dermatology at the University of Iowa and in dermatopathology at the University of Colorado. He moved to Texas in 1983, when he joined McGovern Medical School. The family moved to Lubbock, Texas, from 1994 to 2002, where Rapini became the chair of dermatology at Texas Tech University. In 2002, he was recruited back to UTHealth Houston to head an integrated department at the medical school and MD Anderson.
Rapini has served as program director for the dermatology residency and dermatopathology fellowship programs.
He has won many teaching awards, including the Nickel Award from the American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP) in 2005. He also received the Founder’s Award from the ASDP in 2012 and the annual Robert Freeman Mentoring and Leadership award from the Texas Dermatological Society in 2013.
He is a past president of several organizations, including the American Board of Dermatology, the American Society of Dermatopathology, the American Society for Mohs Surgery, the Texas Dermatological Society, and the Houston Dermatological Society.
He is the author of more than 300 abstracts, books, and journal articles (131 peer-reviewed), and has made more than 440 presentations at major state, national, and international meetings. His popular “Practical Dermatopathology” textbook is one of the top-selling texts in the field.
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