Dr. Richard Kent Scupham MD
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
1212 Pleasant #ll3 Des Moines IA, 50309About
Dr. Richard Scupham is a pathologist practicing in Des Moines, IA. Dr. Scupham is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Scupham can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Scupham may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
Univ of Tx Med Branch Galveston, Galveston Tx 1980
Board Certification
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Folliculotropic mycosis fungoides responding to bexarotene gel.
- Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis. Case report with histologic overlap of erythema multiforme and urticaria.
- Squamous cell carcinoma in situ arising in a smallpox vaccination scar.
- Lymphoplasmacytic plaque in children: a report of two new cases with review of the literature.
- Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with paraproteinemia.
- Chemical cholecystitis after intrahepatic chemotherapy. The case for prophylactic cholecystectomy during pump placement.
- The effect of membrane-active agents on Sindbis virus morphogenesis.
- The effect of membrane-active agents on Sindbis virus morphogenesis.
- Patterns of bone marrow involvement with small cell lung cancer.
- Interaction of Sindbis virus glycoproteins during morphogenesis.
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