Expert Pathologists

Postdoctoral Training

2018–2019  Fellow, Dermatopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

2014-2018 Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

2016-2017 Co-Chief Resident, Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Education

2014 MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

2005 MBA, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Certifications

2019 Dermatopathology

2018 Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

Professional Societies

American Medical Association

American Society of Dermatopathology

College of American Pathologists

American Academy of Dermatology

Select Publications

Erstine EM, Lazar AJ. Toward an Effective Use of β-catenin Immunohistochemistry in the Evaluation of Challenging Melanocytic Lesions. Invited Editorial. Virchows Archiv. 2019 May;474(5):535-537. doi: 10.1007/s00428-019-02552-6. Epub 2019 Mar 13.

Erstine EM, Tetzlaff MT, Jia X, Aung PP, Prieto VG, Funchain P, Gastman BR, Billings SD, Ko JS. Prognostic significance of “non-solid” microscopic metastasis in Merkel cell carcinoma sentinel lymph nodes. Am J Surg Pathol. 2019 Jul;43(7):907- 919. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001277.

Halima A, Pannunzio AM, Erstine EM, et al. Cutaneous Adnexal Cylindroma of Breast: Epithelial Immunoreactivities for GATA-3, Mammaglobin, and E-Cadherin Do Not Equate to a Mammary Ductal Neoplasm. Case Rep Pathol. 2018;2018:4039545.

Erstine EM, Tetzlaff MT, Ko JS, Prieto VG, Cheah AL, Billings SD. Living on the edge: Diagnosing sarcomatoid melanoma using histopathologic cues at the edge of a dedifferentiated tumor. A report of two cases and review of the literature. Am J Dermatopathol. 2017 Aug;39(8):593-598.

Erstine EM, Ko JS, Rubin BP, McKenney JK, Goldblum JR, Billings SD. Broadening the anatomic landscape of sclerosing perineurioma: a series of five cases in non-acral sites. Am J Dermatopathol. 2017 Sep;39(9):679-681.

Moore LA, Erstine EM, Prayson RA. Pituitary aspergillus infection. J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Jul; 29:178-180.

Erstine EM, Elwood HR, Westbrook KC, Mccalmont TH, Shalin SC, Gardner JM. Desmoplastic melanoma presenting as primary alopecia neoplastica: a report of two cases. J Cutan Pathol. 2016 Oct;43(10):872-9.

Erstine EM, Collie AMB, Piliang MP. Painful chronic ulcers on the neck and back. JAMA Dermatol. 2016 Dec 1;152(12):1375- 1376.

Abstracts and Presentations

Erstine EM, Nagarajan P, Aung PP, Curry JL, Euscher ED, Ivan D, Schwartz M, Tetzlaff MT, Torres Cabala CA, Prieto VG. PAX8-positive mucosal melanoma arising in the female genitourinary tract. Poster presentation, General Abstract Category, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology, Chicago, IL; November 10, 2018.

Erstine EM, Tetzlaff MT, Jia X, Aung PP, Prieto VG, Funchain P, Gastman BR, Billings SD, Ko JS. Prognostic significance of “non-solid” microscopic metastasis in Merkel cell carcinoma sentinel lymph nodes. Podium Presentation, Winner of Physician-in-Training Award for Best Fellow Study Presentation, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology, Chicago, IL; November 10, 2018.

Erstine EM, Pfannenstiel LW, Demelash A, Billings SD, Gastman B, Ko JS. Mcl-1 expression by melanoma and its associated precursor nevus: a pilot study. Poster presentation, General Abstract Category, 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology, Baltimore, MD; October 26-29, 2017.

Erstine EM, Clarke LE, Flake D, Billings SD, Ko JS. Melanoma tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes correlate with subset of genes used in diagnostic test. Podium Presentation, Winner of Physician-in-Training Award for Best Resident/Fellow Oral Abstract Presentation, 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology, Baltimore, MD; October 26-29, 2017.

Erstine EM, Piliang MP. Nail histopathology in refractory classical adult (type I) pityriasis rubra pilaris. Poster presentation, General Abstract Category, 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology, Chicago, IL; October 27-30, 2016.

Erstine EM, Billings SD, Elson PJ, Ko JS. Extensive sectioning protocol of Merkel cell carcinoma sentinel lymph nodes supports improved survival with non-solid involvement in immunocompetent patients. Poster presentation, General Abstract Category, 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology, Chicago, IL; October 27-30, 2016.

Erstine EM, Elwood HR, Westbrook KC, Shalin SC, Gardner JM. Desmoplastic melanoma presenting as alopecia. Cleveland Society of Pathologists Interesting Case Conference, Cleveland, OH; February 17, 2016.

Erstine EM, Collie AMB, Piliang MP. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis presenting as pyoderma gangrenosum-like ulcers in a patient seeking a second opinion about a recent diagnosis of lung cancer. J Cutan Pathol 2016; 43(1):e8. Duel in Dermatopathology Oral Presentation at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology, San Francisco, CA; October 8-11, 2015.

Erstine EM, Ko JS, McKenney JK, Goldblum JR, Billings SD. Broadening the anatomic landscape

of sclerosing perineuriomas: a series of four cases. J Cutan Pathol 2016; 43(1):e90. Poster presentation at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology, San Francisco, CA; October 8-11, 2015.

Erstine EM, Elwood HR, Westbrook KC, Shalin SC, Gardner JM. Desmoplastic melanoma presenting as alopecia. J Cutan Pathol 2014; 41(2):213. Poster presentation at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology, Washington, DC; October 10-13, 2013.

Erstine EM, Daily AE, Kumar TKS. The monomerization of S100A13, a dimeric, Ca2+-binding protein involved in the nonclassical export of fibroblast growth factor 1. Biophys J 2010; 98(3) Suppl 1:56a. Poster presentation at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Francisco, CA; February 20-24, 2010.