Dr. Thomas Helm is a cum laude graduate of the Nichols School of Buffalo.  He graduated magna cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was an Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) honor society member at Albany Medical College, where he earned his medical degree. 

Dr. Helm completed his Dermatology training at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation where he was elected Chief Resident in 1990.  He joined the professional staff of the Cleveland Clinic after graduating, and later completed a special fellowship in dermatopathology under the direction of Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD, past president of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Dr. Helm is board certified in dermatology and dermatopathology.  He is a fellow of the American Society of Dermatopathology, American Society of Dermatologic Surgery, and the American Academy of Dermatology. 

Recently, he was promoted to Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Pathology at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

He has served as director of Buffalo Medical Group Dermatopathology Laboratory since 1994.

Dr. Helm is the author of more than 20 textbook chapters and 70 scientific publications.

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