Search for a doctor

Andrew L. Folpe, M.D.

  1. Pathologist
Request an Appointment

Departments

Specialty Groups

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

Existing patients

Dr. Folpe attended Amherst College (Amherst, MA) as an undergraduate, the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) as a medical student, and performed his residency in Anatomic Pathology at the University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle, WA). Dr. Folpe received additional fellowship training in Immunohistochemistry, under the direction of Dr. Allen Gown, and in Soft Tissue Pathology, under the direction of Dr. Sharon Weiss.

Dr. Folpe is the author of over 250 medical publications, principally in the areas of soft tissue pathology and diagnostic immunohistochemistry, the co-author of the 6th edition and 7th editions of Enzinger and Weiss' Soft Tissue Tumors, co-author of Series 4 of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Fascicle on Soft Tissue Tumors, co-author of the 1st and 2nd editions of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series, and a member of the consensus conferences and editorial boards for the 3rd, 4th and 5th editions of the WHO Classification of Tumors of Soft Tissue and Bone. Dr. Folpe is Co-Chair of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Sarcoma Disease Group and co-Director of the Mayo Clinic Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology Fellowship. He is the Bone and Soft Tissue Associate Editor of Modern Pathology, also serves on the editorial boards of numerous other pathology and dermatopathology journals. Dr. Folpe has lectured widely on various aspects of soft tissue pathology and diagnostic immunohistochemistry.

  1. Sarcoma
  1. 1999
    Fellow - Soft Tissue PathologyDepartment of Pathology, Emory University
  2. 1998
    Chief Resident - Surgical PathologyDepartment of Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center
  3. 1998
    Fellow - Surgical PathologyDepartment of Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center
  4. 1998
    Resident - Anatomic PathologyDepartment of Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center
  5. 1997
    Fellow - ImmunohistochemistryDepartment of Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center
  6. 1994
    MDUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
  7. 1992
    Fellow - PathologyDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center
  8. 1989
    Pre-MedicalPostbaccalaureate Premedical Program, Bryn Mawr College
  9. 1988
    BA - PsychologyAmherst College

Certifications

  1. 1997
    Anatomic PathologyAmerican Board of Pathology

Awards and honors

  1. 2009
    Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Pathology Annual PrizeArthur Purdy Stout Society
  2. 2004
    Best DoctorsAwarding Organization
  3. 1996
    Stipend RecipientArthur Purdy Stout Society for Surgical Pathologists
  4. 1996
    Stipend RecipientAmerican Society for Investigative Pathology
  5. 1994
    William B. Hawkins AwardDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center
  6. 1988
    Magna Cum LaudeAmherst College

Professional memberships

  1. 2016 - present
    Representative - DLMPMayo Clinic Cancer Center Sarcoma Disease Group
  2. 2015 - 2016
    MemberAmerican Joint Committee on Cancer, Soft Tissue Pathology Working Group, 8th Edition
  3. 2012
    MemberClassification of Tumors and Soft Tissue and Bone, World Health Organization
  4. 2010 - 2013
    MemberExecutive Committee, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  5. 2010 - 2013
    Vice ChairRecruitment Committee, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  6. 2010 - 2013
    ChairRecruitment Committee, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  7. 2010 - 2013
    MemberAP Clinical Practice Committee, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  8. 2010 - present
    MemberResearch Committee, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  9. 2009 - present
    DirectorBone and Soft Tissue Pathology Fellowship, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  10. 2009 - present
    MemberPrize Committee, Arthur Purdy Stout Society for Surgical Pathologists
  11. 2007 - 2010
    MemberSurgical Pathology Committee, College of American Pathologists
  12. 2007 - present
    MemberProtocol Committee, College of American Pathologists
  13. 2006 - present
    Consultant MemberFrozen Section Working Group, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  14. 2006 - 2016
    MemberSurgical Pathology Fellowship Selection Committee, Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program, Programs in Rochester
  15. 2005 - 2006
    MemberAnatomic Pathology Operations Committee, Emory University Hospital
  16. 2005 - 2006
    DirectorSurgical Pathology Fellowship Program, Emory University Hospital
  17. 2004 - 2007
    MemberImmunohistochemistry Committee, College of American Pathologists
  18. 2004 - 2006
    MemberTeleconference Committee, American Society of Clinical Pathologists
  19. 2003 - 2005
    Associate DirectorSurgical Pathology Fellowship Program, Emory University Hospital
  20. 2002 - 2006
    Associate DirectorSoft Tissue Pathology Fellowship Program, Emory University Hospital
  21. 1999 - 2006
    MemberResearch Advisory Committee, Department of Pathology, Emory University Hospital
  22. 1999 - 2001
    Co-DirectorResearch Immunohistochemistry Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Emory University Hospital
  23. 1999 - 2006
    CoordinatorSurgical Pathology Unknown Conference, Emory University Hospital
  24.  
    MemberArkadi M. Rywlin Slide Club
  25.  
    MemberInternational Society of Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

Publications