Cynthia Magro M.D. Founder of Collesta

Dr. Cynthia Magro received her training in anatomic pathology, cytopathology, and dermatopathology at Harvard Medical School.

Board-certified in anatomic pathology with subspecialty certifications in dermatopathology and cytopathology, she is internationally recognized as a leader in dermatopathology. She has authored over 375 peer-reviewed papers, numerous book chapters, and three major textbooks:

• The Melanocytic Proliferation

• The Cutaneous Lymphoid Proliferation

• Biopsy Interpretation of the Skin: Primary Non-Lymphoid Cutaneous Neoplasia

Dr. Magro also serves as senior co-editor of the Barnhill Textbook of Dermatopathology, the field’s leading comprehensive reference.

Her expertise spans the diagnostic evaluation of a wide range of skin disorders, with particular emphasis on complex inflammatory diseases such as cutaneous manifestations of autoimmune conditions, vasculitis, vasculopathy, and autoinflammatory disease. She is highly skilled in cutaneous and indirect immunofluorescence and in the assessment of drug reactions, benign and neoplastic lymphocytic infiltrates, non-melanoma skin tumors, and challenging melanocytic proliferations.

Beyond dermatopathology, Dr. Magro has extensive experience in the pathology of autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases affecting other organ systems, especially the lungs. Her research has advanced understanding of microvascular immune-mediated endothelial injury in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis and has defined the role of humoral immunity in lung rejection.