Travis Vandergriff, M.D. Titles and Appointments 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 Characterization of Malignant Adnexal Tumors of the Head and Neck by Targeted Analysis of Cancer Genes and Human Papillomavirus 42 Dowell E, Mahapatra R, Bishop J, Matsumoto A, Callan A, Vandergriff TW, Alame A, Hosler G, Gagan J, Nijhawan RI, Wang RC JID Innovations 2025 Nov 5 Generalized yellow-white papules in a patient with acute joint pain Eldaboush AM, Vandergriff T, Dominguez AR JAAD Case Reports 2025 Sep 63 168-170 Generalized yellow-white papules in a patient with acute joint pain Eldaboush AM, Vandergriff T, Dominguez AR JAAD Case Reports 2025 Sep 63 168-170 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 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 Conservation and divergence of metabolic phenotypes between patient tumours and matched xenografts Rao AD, Cai L, Snyman M, Walsdorf RE, Li X, Wix SN, Gard G, Brown AB, Kim J, Santos Patricio J, Muh S, Martin Sandoval M, Zacharias LG, Heimdal KA, Gu W, Homsi J, Tillman B, Sharma R, Vandergriff TW, Solmonson A, Faubert B, Mathews TP, Morrison SJ, DeBerardinis RJ, Gill JG Nature Metabolism 2025 Aug 7 1703-1713 Conservation and divergence of metabolic phenotypes between patient tumours and matched xenografts Rao AD, Cai L, Snyman M, Walsdorf RE, Li X, Wix SN, Gard G, Brown AB, Kim J, Santos Patricio J, Muh S, Martin Sandoval M, Zacharias LG, Heimdal KA, Gu W, Homsi J, Tillman B, Sharma R, Vandergriff TW, Solmonson A, Faubert B, Mathews TP, Morrison SJ, DeBerardinis RJ, Gill JG Nature Metabolism 2025 Aug 7 1703-1713 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 Myopericytomas: A Rare Entity the Dermatologic Surgeon Should Recognize Gramann AK, Vandergriff T, Nijhawan RI, Srivastava D Dermatologic Surgery 2025 Results 1-10 of 139 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)
