Dr. Vladimir Vincek, MD, Ph.D. is professor at the University of Florida's College of Medicine in the Dermatology department. Until August 2016, he was also the director of the Dermatopathology Program and has also served as the medical director for the University of Florida Pathology Laboratories (UF PathLabs). He actively teaches in dermatology and pathology training programs as well as in UF’s dermatopathology fellowship program and continues to pursue his research interest in gene expression analysis of melanocytic lesions and study of abnormal wound healing. He has received several teaching awards, including The Hydra Award from UF’s department of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine in 2007-2008.