Expert Bio
Dr. Ryan Cole, Senior Fellow, Pathology
Dr. Ryan Cole, MD, is a board-certified Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist with subspecialty training and over 20 years of experience in dermatopathology and molecular diagnostics. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Cole completed five years of training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he finished his residency in anatomic and clinical pathology and a fellowship in surgical pathology. He further specialized with a fellowship in dermatopathology under the guidance of Dr. A. Bernard Ackerman, a world expert in the field.
In 2004, Dr. Cole founded Cole Diagnostics, an independent, full-service medical laboratory located in Boise, Idaho. The laboratory processes and reports approximately 40,000 blood and biopsy patient samples annually, and in the last year, it has handled over 100,000 COVID-19 testing samples. Dr. Cole’s extensive expertise and dedication to pathology have made significant contributions to the field, particularly in dermatopathology and molecular diagnostics.
