Travis Vandergriff, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor Endowed Title Robert G. Freeman, M.D. and Clay J. Cockerell, M.D. Chair in Dermatopathology School Medical School Department Dermatology | Pathology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Travis W. Vandergriff, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology and the Department of Pathology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is the Robert G. Freeman, MD and Clay J. Cockerell, MD Chair in Dermatopathology. Dr. Vandergriff is both a general dermatologist and a dermatopathologist, and he has special expertise in diagnosing skin cancer and inflammatory skin diseases. Board certified in both dermatology and dermatopathology (American Board of Dermatology and American Board of Pathology), he serves as Director of UT Southwestern’s dermatopathology service and also as Program Director of the Dermatology Residency Program. Dr. Vandergriff’s professional honors include the Department of Dermatology’s 2014 and 2019 Outstanding Teacher Award and a three-time Texas Rising Star designation by Super Doctors®. He is the past-President of the Dallas Dermatological Society and the Texas Dermatological Society and is a committee member in professional societies including the American Academy of Dermatology, the Association of Professors in Dermatology, the American Society for Dermatopathology, the American Board of Dermatology and the American Board of Pathology. His research interests include melanoma and other skin cancers, as well as medical education. He has co-authored 16 textbooks and published over 110 scholarly articles related to dermatology and dermatopathology. Dr. Vandergriff earned his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine, where he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed a transitional-year internship at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver before coming to UT Southwestern to perform a residency in dermatology (serving as Chief Resident) and a fellowship in dermatopathology. He also holds a B.A. in linguistics and Spanish literature from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude in the Plan II Honors program. Dr. Vandergriff speaks both English and Spanish. He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2011. Education Medical School Baylor College of Medicine (2007) Internship Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center (2008), Transitional Year Residency UT Southwestern Medical Center (2011), Dermatology Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2013), Dermatopathology Research Interest Medical education Melanoma Skin cancer Publications Congenital melanocytic naevi initiated by BRAF fusion oncogene with firmness, pruritus and desmoplastic stroma Roy SF, Agim NG, Mir A, Couts KL, Vandergriff T, Robinson WA, Bastian BC, Frieden IJ, Yeh I British Journal of Dermatology 2025 Aug 193 232-239 Tattoo-associated Uveitis in Sarcoidosis Hu E, Vandergriff T, Cao JH Ophthalmology Retina 2025 Jul 9 e71-e72 Investigation of NPM1 mutation frequency in cutaneous blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasms Hamdan H, Siddon A, Ramia de Cap M, Germans S, Cantu MD, Fuda F, Vandergriff T, Aggarwal N, Weinberg OK Human Pathology 2025 Apr 158 Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Novel and Previously Reported Mutations in a Case of Intravascular B-Cell Lymphoma Childs BA, Kim J, Patel RR, Vandergriff TW, Goff HW, Wang RC American Journal of Dermatopathology 2024 Dec 46 890-893 Comprehensive Next Generation Sequencing Reveals that Purported Primary Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Parotid Gland are Genetically Heterogeneous Bishop JA, Nakaguro M, Weinreb I, Palsgrove D, Rooper LM, Vandergriff TW, Carlile B, Sorelle JA, Gagan J, Nagao T Head and Neck Pathology 2024 Dec 18 Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis and Vδ2 γδ T-cell Expansion in STK4 Deficiency Ying W, Long X, Vandergriff T, Karnati H, Heberton M, Chen M, Wang X, Wysocki C, Kong XF Journal of Clinical Immunology 2024 Dec 44 Malignant melanoma developing in a pre-existing cutaneous neurofibroma from a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 Moye SL, Knowles A, Vandergriff T, Le LQ JAAD Case Reports 2024 Dec 54 46-49 Erythema multiforme-like targetoid eruption in two patients treated with capivasertib for metastatic breast cancer Keum H, Zhu JL, Heberton M, Vandergriff T, Dominguez AR JAAD Case Reports 2024 Nov 53 79-82 Comparison of 2 T-Cell Receptor-γ Clonality Assays on Skin Biopsies Suspicious for Mycosis Fungoides Miller S, Vandergriff TW, Woodworth Goff H, Xu J, Oliver D American Journal of Dermatopathology 2024 Sep 46 581-587 Tumoral melanosis: A case series of patients with metastatic melanoma after systemic immunotherapy Wix SN, Heberton M, Vandergriff TW, Yancey KB, Gill JG JAAD Case Reports 2024 Mar 45 82-87 Results 1-10 of 129 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Anatomy and physiology.. In Dermatology. Third edition. Bolognia J, ed. Vandergriff T, Bergstresser P. (2012). Philadelphia, Mosby Skin lesions associated with gastrointestinal and liver disease.. In Textbook of Gastroenterology. Sixth Edition. Vandergriff T, Yancey K. (2013). Hoboken, New Jersey, Wiley-Blackwell Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin.. In Managing Skin Cancer. Vandergriff T, Harting MS, Rosen T. (2009). Germany, Springer Diagnostic Pathology: Nonneoplastic dermatopathology. Brian Hall, Clay Cockerell, Cary Chisholm, Chad Jessup, Kiran Motaparthi, Travis Vandergriff, Dirk Elston (2017). Salt Lake City, Amyrsis/Elsevier Abnormal Responses to Ultraviolet Radiation: Idiopathic, Probably Immunologic, and Photo-Exacerbated.. In Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. Eighth edition. Vandergriff TW, Bergstresser PR. (2012). New York, McGraw Hill Honors & Awards Outstanding Teacher AwardDepartment of Dermatology (2014) Professional Associations/Affiliations Dallas Dermatological Society (2015-2016) Dallas Dermatological Society (2013-2015) Dermatology Foundation (2015) Zola Cooper Foundation (2013)
