Dr. Scumpia is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He currently serves as the Chief of Dermatopathology at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center and is a practicing dermatologist and dermatopathologist who runs the non-invasive skin diagnostics clinic. Dr. Scumpia received his B.S. with Highest Honors from the University of Florida. He graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine with his M.D along with his PhD degree in the Interdisciplinary Program with an Immunology focus. He completed residency training in Dermatology with a clinical Dermatopathology fellowship and a research postdoctoral fellowship in the STAR Program at UCLA.

The Scumpia Lab uses a systems biology approach to investigate how crosstalk between cells of the innate and adaptive immune system affects wound healing, bacterial infection, and antitumor immunity in the skin. A major focus of the Scumpia lab is to design improved biomaterials to leverage immune cell interactions for cutaneous disease and vaccine applications. Finally, the Scumpia laboratory performs clinical research to improve non-invasive skin imaging techniques with a goal to diagnose skin disorders without skin biopsy. The Scumpia Lab is currently funded by grants from the NIH, LEO Foundation, American Cancer Society, and the VA Office of Research and Development.