For Physicians

Physicians may schedule patients for cutaneous nerve/skin biopsies at Johns Hopkins without a separate new patient consultation visit. Or, physicians may perform skin punch biopsies in their office, and send the tissue samples to our lab for processing and interpretation. Please click on the links below for detailed instructions for both options.

• Scheduling skin punch biopsies at Johns Hopkins
• Sending biopsy tissue to Johns Hopkins
• Biopsy procedure
• Instructions for cryoprotecting biopsy samples
• Biopsy shipment
• Patient instructions for biopsy site care