Dermatopathology Services Performing skin biopsies or small excisions A skin biopsy is taken to remove a skin lesion or to help diagnose a specific disease by examining skin tissue under the microscope More information about biopsy Dermatopathology Reporting Dr. Nidal Obaidat has a Canadian Fellowship in Dermatopathology from the University of Toronto since 2006Usually the patient is examined and the tissue slides are reviewed using a microscope and then the pathology report is written