Dermpath Bowl

Join us for our head-to-head dermatopathology competition held during the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)’s annual meeting, where the winners are rewarded with funds and bragging rights for their schools.

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Forty-eight dermatology residency programs participate in a 2-day competition leading to a head-to-head single elimination bracketology.

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Forty-eight dermatology residency programs participate in a 2-day competition leading to a head-to-head single elimination bracketology.

Competition Format:

Saturday’s format will consist of up to 48 teams competing in eight 30-minute sessions throughout the day.

1.	Up to 6 teams will compete per 30-minute session.
2.	All 6 teams will diagnose the same case digitally.
3.	Each team will have 1 tablet with no limit to the number of residents who can assist in formulating their team’s diagnosis.
4.	All teams will have 90 seconds to provide the correct diagnosis.

5.	After each case, a Dermpath Diagnostics dermatopathologist will discuss the case and provide the correct diagnosis.
6.	Teams that provide the correct diagnosis will continue, whereas teams that missed the diagnosis will be eliminated.
7.	Continue steps 4, 5, and 6 until 2 teams are left standing.
8.	The final 2 teams per session will advance into Sunday’s head-to-head single elimination brackets.

Sunday’s format will consist of 4 head-to-head rounds (Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final 4, and Championship) with each winner advancing in the bracket.

1.	Two teams will compete in a 15-minute head-to-head competition.
2.	Both teams will be diagnosing 3 duplicate cases.
3.	Each team will have 3 tablets with no limit to the number of residents who can assist in formulating each diagnosis.

4.	All teams will have 3 minutes to provide the correct diagnosis.
5.	After each session, a Dermpath Diagnostics dermatopathologist will discuss the cases and provide the correct diagnoses.
6.	The team that has the most correct diagnoses advances in the brackets.

Past Champions:

2023 –	Metro Health
2022 –	NYU
2019 –	Geisinger
2018 –	SUNY Downstate
2017 –	New York University
2016 –	Palisades Medical Center
2015 –	San Antonio Uniformed Services
2014 –	SUNY Downstate

2013 –	Lehight Valley Hospital/PCOM
2012 –	Eastern Virginia Medical School
2011 –	University of Pennsylvania
2010 –	Yale University
2009 –	Yale University
2008 –	Co-Champions Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Texas Southwestern
2007 –	Wake Forest University

Dermpath Bowl Rules:

Participants

First- to third-year dermatology residents only.
No dermatopathologists, pathologists, fellows, or attending physicians of any type or faculty are eligible. Breaking this rule will result in an automatic disqualification.

Digital Tablets

Only Dermpath Bowl platform allowed

Teams

There is no size limit regarding the number of dermatology residents per team.
Each team must consist of only residents from the same dermatology residency program.
Teams that miss the diagnosis portion of the competition will be disqualified.
In case of a tie, predetermined cases will be used to determine the winner.
A panel of Dermpath Diagnostics’ dermatopathologists will assist in the judging process.

What’s on the line?

Runners Up: $1,500 donation to team’s institution to further educational objectives
Champions: Champions: $5,000 donation to team’s institution to further educational objectives