Bijal Amin, MD

Bijal Amin, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Internal Medicine, serves as the Director of the Dermatopathology and Program Director of the Dermatopathology Fellowship at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Amin’s clinical focus is on the study of tissue to diagnose inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the skin.

Dr. Amin matriculated from the prestigious accelerated BA/MD program at the George Washington University School of Medicine. She started her postdoctoral training with an internship in internal medicine at University of Washington. She then went to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center for a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology from 2004 to 2008, acting as chief resident in pathology in her final year. In 2009, she completed a yearlong dermatopathology fellowship through a joint program with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. In 2020, she completed the Healthcare Information Technology certificate program at Columbia University. Dr. Amin’s research focus follows her clinical interests in dermatopathology. Her work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, abstracts and presentations. 

Dr. Amin is board certified and is a member of several professional societies including the College of American Pathologists and American Society of Dermatopathology. In 2015, she was awarded Teacher of the Year by Einstein’s Division of Dermatology. In addition to her work in dermatopathology, Dr. Amin has an interest in clinical informatics.