Christopher Lum, MD is a board-certified Dermatopathologist with an additional subspecialty board in Molecular Diagnostics. He has a special interest in cutaneous lymphomas and melanocytic tumors.

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Dr. Lum was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. After graduate studies in immunology, he did a surgical pathology residency at the University of Southern California-Los Angeles County General Hospital and a dermatopathology fellowship at Weill Cornell University/ Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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Dr. Lum directs dermatopathology services. The Complete Dermatology clinics have in-sourced their Dermatopathology services for enhanced clinical correlation and seamless clinical decision making by histopathologic assessment.

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Dr. Lum's responsibility is to ensure that your tissue sample is handled with care and precision. He is able to utilize a wide range of standard testing methodologies and immunohistochemistry as well as state-of-the-art diagnostic techniques such as direct immunofluorescence, viral direct fluorescence assays, interphase fluorescent in situ hybridization and DNA sequencing for their use in cutaneous diseases.

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In his free time, Dr. Lum enjoys spending time with his four children.