Jennifer Ko

Background

About Jennifer Ko

I am a pathologist, boarded in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Dermatopathology. I completed a 6-year BS/MD program at NEOMED, then did a year of Internal Medicine residency at Cleveland Clinic, then earned a PhD through Case Western Reserve University in Immunology with a focus on myeloid cells in tumor immunology, while working as a Clinical Scholar at the Taussig Cancer Center in melanoma. I am a staff and Co-Section Head in Dermatopathology at Cleveland Clinic and Medical Director of the Immune Monitoring Lab in the Center for Immunotherapy and Precision Immuno-oncology. My clinical passion is solving difficult cases and contributing to academic research, especially in melanoma, merkel cell carcinoma, and other malignancies. My goal is to advance research in Dermatopathology, especially regarding melanocytic neoplasms, and throughout the Cleveland Clinic and Lerner Research Institute through collaborations in the Immune Monitoring Laboratory.