Dr.
Trotter, Martin
MD, PhD, FRCPC
Academic Ranks(s):
Clinical Professor, UBC, Department Head Dermatopathologist
Affiliations(s):
St. Paul’s Hospital
Dr. Trotter was born in Ottawa but grew up in Vancouver and received most of his post-secondary education at the University of British Columbia (BSc – Physiology- 1981; MD 1985, PhD 1990). Following his Anatomic Pathology Residency at UBC, he did a Dermatopathology fellowship for one year in London, U.K., at St. John’s Institute of Dermatology. Dr. Trotter is a Diplomate (Dermatopathology) of the Royal College of Pathologists (U.K.)
Dr. Trotter began his career as a pathologist at Vancouver General Hospital in 1994, and moved to Calgary in 2000. He was the Division Head, Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology for Calgary Laboratory Services and the University of Calgary from 2002-2008, acting Department Head 2004-2005, and directed the immunohistochemistry laboratory from 2003-2014. Dr. Trotter returned to Vancouver in April 2015 and is currently the Head of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Providence Health Care. His major research interests are in skin cancer, especially melanoma, and in workload/quality assurance issues in laboratory medicine.
Dr. Trotter is the Past-President of the Canadian Association of Pathologists (CAP-ACP) and has served on the CAP-ACP Executive off-and-on since 2001. Dr. Trotter is married with three grown daughters. If he could spend all his time hiking, climbing, and skiing, he probably would!
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Academic Background
- BSc (Honours Physiology), University of British Columbia, 1977-1981
- MD (Medicine), University of British Columbia, 1981-1985
- Rotating Internship, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, 1985-1986
- PhD (Experimental Pathology), University of British Columbia, 1987-1990
- Residency (Anatomic Pathology), University of British Columbia, 1990-1993
- Clinical Fellowship (Dermatopathology), St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, London, UK 1993-1994
Awards and Recognition
- Resident Teaching Award, University of Alberta, Division of Dermatology. 2011
- Resident Teaching Award, University of B.C., Department of Pathology. 1999-2000
Publications
Selected Publications
- Scolyer RA, Judge MJ, Evans A, Frishberg DP, Prieto VG, Thompson JF, Trotter MJ, Walsh MY, Walsh NM, Ellis DW; International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting. Data set for pathology reporting of cutaneous invasive melanoma: recommendations from the international collaboration on cancer reporting (ICCR). Am J Surg Pathol 2013; 37:1797-1814.
- Naert KA, Trotter MJ. Utilization and utility of immunohistochemistry in dermatopathology. Am J Dermatopathol 2013; 35:74-77.
- Franko AD, Wright JR, Trotter MJ. Under-recognition of pathologist contributions to articles published in a major multidisciplinary medical journal. Am J Clin Pathol 2012; 138:495-497
- Trotter MJ, Abi Daoud MS. Use of immunohistochemistry in routine dermatopathology. Can J Pathol 2011; 3(2):31-42
- Trotter MJ. Melanoma margin assessment. Clin Lab Med 2011; 31:289-300
- Bromley AB, Trotter MJ. Immunohistochemistry utilization in autopsy pathology: A Canadian experience. Pathol Res Pract 2011; 207:241-246
- Trotter MJ, Wright JR, Tait N, Larsen ET. Time study of clinical and non-clinical workload in pathology and laboratory medicine. Am J Clin Pathol 2009; 131:759-767
- Horne GJ, Barber DF, Bruecks AK, Maung RT, Trotter MJ. Workload measurement in subspecialty dermatopathology. J Clin Pathol 2009; 62:435-438
- Barnhill RL, Argenyi Z, Berwick M, Duray PH, Erickson L, Guitart J, Horenstein MG, Lowe L, Messina J, Paine S, Piepkorn MW, Prieto V, Rabkin MS, Schmidt B, Selim A, Shea CR, Trotter MJ. Atypical cellular blue nevi (cellular blue nevi with atypical features): lack of consensus for diagnosis and distinction from cellular blue nevi and malignant melanoma (“malignant blue nevus”). Am J Surg Pathol. 2008; 32:36-44
- White VA, Trotter MJ. Intraoperative consultation/final diagnosis correlation: relationship to tissue type and pathologic process. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2008; 132:29-36
- Leung AKC, Woo T, Robson WLM, Trotter MJ. A tourist with tungiasis. CMAJ. 2007; 177:343-344
- Martinka M, Bruecks AK, Trotter MJ. Histologic spectrum of melanocytic nevi removed from patients >60 years of age. J Cutan Med Surg 2007; 11: 168-173
- Bruecks AK, Shupe JM, Trotter MJ. Prospective step sections for small skin biopsies. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2007; 131:107-111
Research Interest
- Dermatopathology
- Laboratory Leadership/Management
- Quality Assurance
- Workforce and Workload Assessment
- Melanoma pathology
- Skin cancer pathology
- Immunohistochemistry
Current Projects In My Lab Include
Teaching Interest
- Laboratory Management
- Quality Assurance and Risk Management
- Dermatopathology