The Division of Dermatology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is staffed by dermatologists who specialize in treating skin cancer and other diseases of the skin, hair, and nails. Our faculty includes experts in medical dermatology, pediatric dermatology, Mohs micrographic surgery, phototherapy, dermatopathology, lasers, genodermatoses, epidermolysis bullosa, and clinical research. This collection showcases journal articles, book chapters, and other publications and presentations written by faculty and researchers of the Division of Dermatology.
Publications from 2021
Improving the Success of Melanocyte Keratinocyte Transplantation Surgery in Vitiligo; The Role of JAK Inhibitors, and Ablative Laser Resurfacing, Maggi Ahmed Refat
Lower extremity nodules in an immunocompetent woman, Ista A. Egbeto, Apoorva Trivedi, Eric Evan-Browning, and Nikki A. Levin
The Impact of Telehealth Implementation on Underserved Populations and No-Show Rates by Medical Specialty During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ellen B. Franciosi, Alice J. Tan, Bina Kassamali, Nicholas Leonard, Guohai Zhou, Steven Krueger, Medhi Rashighi, and Avery LaChance
Response to the influence of teledermatology on health care access and equity, Ellen B. Franciosi, Alice J. Tan, Bina Kassamali, Daniel M. O'Connor, Medhi Rashighi, and Avery LaChance
Understanding the Impact of Teledermatology on No-Show Rates and Healthcare Accessibility: A Retrospective Chart Review, Ellen B. Franciosi, Alice J. Tan, Bina Kassamali, Daniel M. O'Connor, Medhi Rashighi, and Avery LaChance
The Koebner phenomenon may contribute to the development of calciphylaxis: A case series, Colleen K. Gabel, Teja Chakrala, Allison S. Dobry, Anna Cristina Garza-Mayers, Lauren N. Ko, Emily D. Nguyen, Radhika Shah, Jessica St. John, Sagar U. Nigwekar, and Daniela Kroshinsky
BMP Signaling Promotes Neural Crest Identity and Accelerates Melanoma Onset, Alec K. Gramann, William Tyler Frantz, Karen A. Dresser, Camilla Borges Ferreira Gomes, Christine G. Lian, April C. Deng, and Craig J. Ceol
Efficacy of ruxolitinib cream in vitiligo by patient characteristics and affected body areas: Descriptive subgroup analyses from a phase 2, randomized, double-blind trial, Iltefat Hamzavi, David Rosmarin, John E. Harris, Amit G. Pandya, Mark Lebwohl, Alice B. Gottlieb, Kathleen Butler, Fiona I. Kuo, Kang Sun, and Pearl Grimes
Teledermatology Before, During, and After Covid-19: A Vital Tool to Improve Access and Equity in Specialty Care, Bina Kassamali, Alice J. Tan, Ellen B. Franciosi, Medhi Rashighi, and Avery LaChance
Translational Research in Vitiligo, Erica L. Katz and John E. Harris
Understanding Melanoma in Kids and Adults, Holly Neale and Jillian M. Richmond
Gaining Insight into Vitiligo Genetics through the Lens of a Large Epidemiologic Study, Ken Okamura, Manuel Garber, and John E. Harris
Treatment recommendations for patients with vitiligo during COVID-19, Michelle Rodrigues, Amit G. Pandya, Iltefat Hamzavi, Khaled Ezzedine, Marcel W. Bekkenk, and John E. Harris
Resident Memory T Cells in Autoimmune Skin Diseases, Grace E. Ryan, John E. Harris, and Jillian M. Richmond
Editorial: Immunology of Vitiligo, Julien Seneschal, John E. Harris, I. Caroline Le Poole, Thierry Passeron, Reinhart Speeckaert, and Katia Boniface
Publications from 2020
International observational atopic dermatitis cohort to follow natural history and treatment course: TARGET-DERM AD study design and rationale, Katrina Abuabara, Jonathan I. Silverberg, Eric L. Simpson, Amy S. Paller, Lawrence F. Eichenfield, Robert Bissonnette, James Krueger, John E. Harris, Laura Dalfonso, Stephanie E. Watkins, Julie M. Crawford, D. Thaci, and Emma Guttman-Yassky
Management of primary skin cancer during a pandemic: Multidisciplinary recommendations, Brian C. Baumann, Kelly M. MacArthur, Jerry D. Brewer, William M. Mendenhall, Christopher A. Barker, Jeremy R. Etzkorn, Nathaniel Jellinek, Jeffrey F. Scott, Hiram A. Gay, John C. Baumann, Farrin A. Manian, Phillip M. Devlin, Jeff M. Michalski, Nancy Y. Lee, Wade L. Thorstad, Lynn D. Wilson, Carlos A. Perez, and Christopher J. Miller
Sarcoid-like reaction in a patient recovering from coronavirus disease 19 pneumonia, Sara Behbahani, Julia Baltz, Rebecca Droms, April C. Deng, Shinya U. Amano, Nikki A. Levin, Mary Callery O'Brien, and Karen Wiss
Recurrence and Mortality of Melanoma In Situ of the Trunk or Extremities: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Analysis, Vijaya Daniel, Allison Crawford, Catarina I. Kiefe, and Bassel H. Mahmoud
Case Series: Gene Expression Analysis in Canine Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada/Uveodermatologic Syndrome and Vitiligo Reveals Conserved Immunopathogenesis Pathways Between Dog and Human Autoimmune Pigmentary Disorders, Ista A. Egbeto, Colton J. Garelli, Cesar Piedra-Mora, Neil B. Wong, Clement N. David, Nicholas A. Robinson, and Jillian M. Richmond
Penile calciphylaxis: A retrospective case-control study, Colleen Gabel, Teja Chakrala, Radhika Shah, Melissa J. Danesh, Allison S. Dobry, Anna Cristina. Garza-Mayers, Lauren N. Ko, Emily Nguyen, Jessica St. John, Andrew C. Walls, Sagar U. Nigwekar, Philip I. Song, and Daniela Kroshinsky
Current Insights in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Immunopathogenesis, Colton J. Garelli, Maggi Ahmed Refat, Padma P. Nanaware, Zaida G. Ramirez-Ortiz, Medhi Rashighi, and Jillian M. Richmond
Telemedicine and the battle for health equity: Translating temporary regulatory orders into sustained policy change, Bina Kassamali, Nazgol-Sadat Haddadi, Medhi Rashighi, Margaret Cavanaugh-Hussey, and Avery LaChance
Identifying Trends in Patient Characteristics and Visit Details During the Transition to Teledermatology: Experience at a Single Tertiary Referral Center, Steven Krueger, Nicholas Leonard, Nicholas Modest, Julie M. Flahive, Yurima Guilarte-Walker, Medhi Rashighi, and Avery Heather LaChance
Skin rash, strawberry tongue, and conjunctivitis in a teenage male, Nicholas Leonard, Karan Lal, Leah Belazarian, Christina Hermos, and Karen Wiss
Considerations for Management of Longitudinal Melanonychia During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Perspective, Shari R. Lipner, Matilde Iorizzo, Nathaniel Jellinek, Bianca Maria Piraccini, and Richard K. Scher
From aggressive to assertive, Mary E. Maloney and Patricia Moore
Multidisciplinary Care of Epidermolysis Bullosa during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Consensus: Recommendations by an International Panel of Experts, Dedee F. Murrell and Karen Wiss
The Role of Type I Interferon in Vitiligo Pathogenesis and Melanoma Immunotherapy, Rebecca L. Riding
Publications from 2019
Resident Memory and Recirculating Memory T Cells Cooperate to Maintain Disease in a Mouse Model of Vitiligo, Jillian M. Richmond, James P. Strassner, Medhi Rashighi, Priti Agarwal, Madhuri Garg, Kingsley I. Essien, Lila S. Pell, and John E. Harris
The Role of Interferon Gamma in Melanocyte Clearance During Vitiligo, James P. Strassner
Adult-onset bilateral Parry-Romberg syndrome, Elizabeth Tkachenko, Michael J. Cunningham, Patrick O'Donnell, and Nikki A. Levin
Publications from 2018
Understanding regulatory factors in the skin during vitiligo, Kingsley I. Essien
Metastatic Extramammary Paget's Disease: Pathogenesis and Novel Therapeutic Approach, Keitaro Fukuda and Takeru Funakoshi
Fas ligand promotes an inducible TLR-dependent model of cutaneous lupus-like inflammation, Purvi Mande, Bahar Zirak, Wei-Che Ko, Keyon Taravati, Karen L. Bride, Tia Bumpus Brodeur, April C. Deng, Karen A. Dresser, Zhaozhao Jiang, Rachel Ettinger, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Michael D. Rosenblum, John E. Harris, and Ann Marshak-Rothstein
Widespread presentation and spontaneous regression of porokeratotic eccrine ostial and dermal duct nevus, Stephanie Petkiewicz, Julia Baltz, Kristine M. Cornejo, April C. Deng, and Karen Wiss
Antibody blockade of IL-15 signaling has the potential to durably reverse vitiligo, Jillian M. Richmond, James P. Strassner, Lucio Zapata Jr., Madhuri Garg, Rebecca L. Riding, Maggi A. Refat, Xueli Fan, Vincent Azzolino, Andrea Tovar-Garza, Naoya Tsurushita, Amit G. Pandya, J Yun Tso, and John E. Harris
Periostin antisense oligonucleotide suppresses bleomycin-induced formation of a lung premetastatic niche for melanoma, Takashi Semba, Eiji Sugihara, Nagisa Kamoshita, Sayaka Ueno, Keitaro Fukuda, Masafumi Yoshino, Kazumasa Takao, Kazunori Yoshikawa, Kenji Izuhara, Yoshimi Arima, Makoto Suzuki, and Hideyuki Saya
Publications from 2017
Vitiligo: Mechanistic Insights Lead to Novel Treatments, Michael L. Frisoli and John E. Harris
Chemical-Induced Vitiligo, John E. Harris
Optimizing Vitiligo Management: Past, Present, and Future, John E. Harris
Noonan syndrome with loose anagen hair associated with trichorrhexis nodosa and trichoptilosis, Jennifer L. Kane, Kristen Berrebi, Riley McLean, Stephanie Petkiewicz, Beverly N. Hay, Madelena Martin, and Karen Wiss
Inpatient management of children with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: A review, Alvin W. Li, Brea Prindaville, Scot T. Bateman, Timothy E. Gibson, and Karen Wiss
Repigmentation in vitiligo using the Janus kinase inhibitor tofacitinib may require concomitant light exposure, Lucy Y. Liu, James P. Strassner, Maggi A. Refat, John E. Harris, and Brett A. King
The Vitiligo Working Group recommendations for narrowband ultraviolet B light phototherapy treatment of vitiligo, Tasneem F. Mohammad, Mohammed Al-Jamal, Iltefat H. Hamzavi, John E. Harris, Giovanni Leone, Raul Cabrera, Henry W. Lim, Amit G. Pandya, and Amit Pandya
Vitiligo Pathogenesis and Emerging Treatments, Medhi Rashighi and John E. Harris
Keratinocyte-Derived Chemokines Orchestrate T-Cell Positioning in the Epidermis during Vitiligo and May Serve as Biomarkers of Disease, Jillian M. Richmond, Dinesh S. Bangari, Kingsley I. Essien, Sharif D. Currimbhoy, Joanna R. Groom, Amit G. Pandya, Michele E. Youd, Andrew D. Luster, and John E. Harris
CXCR3 Depleting Antibodies Prevent and Reverse Vitiligo in Mice, Jillian M. Richmond, Elizabeth Masterjohn, Ruiyin Chu, Jennifer Tedstone, Michele E. Youd, and John E. Harris
Current and emerging treatments for vitiligo, Michelle Rodrigues, Khaled Ezzedine, Iltefat Hamzavi, Amit G. Pandya, and John E. Harris
New discoveries in the pathogenesis and classification of vitiligo, Michelle Rodrigues, Khaled Ezzedine, Iltefat Hamzavi, Amit G. Pandya, and John E. Harris
Suction blistering the lesional skin of vitiligo patients reveals useful biomarkers of disease activity, James P. Strassner, Medhi Rashighi, Maggi Ahmed Refat, Jillian M. Richmond, and John E. Harris
A double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase-II clinical trial to evaluate oral simvastatin as a treatment for vitiligo, Stefan G. Vanderweil, Shinya U. Amano, Wei-Che Ko, Jillian M. Richmond, Michelle Kelley, Maryanne Makredes Senna, Andrea Pearson, Sandhya Chowdary, Celia Hartigan, Bruce A. Barton, and John E. Harris
Publications from 2016
The state and consequences of dermatology drug prices in the United States, Joerg Albrecht, Mary E. Maloney, and Bruce Alan Brod
Single-Cell Squamous Carcinoma: An Underreported High-Risk Variant, Amanda Auerbach, Patrick Mulvaney, Dori Goldberg, Elizabeth Foley, and Mary E. Maloney
CXCR4 identifies transitional bone marrow premonocytes that replenish the mature monocyte pool for peripheral responses, Shu Zhen Chong, Maximilien Evrard, John E. Harris, and Lai Guan Ng
Cellular stress and innate inflammation in organ-specific autoimmunity: lessons learned from vitiligo, John E. Harris
Rapid skin repigmentation on oral ruxolitinib in a patient with coexistent vitiligo and alopecia areata (AA), John E. Harris, Medhi Rashighi, Nhan Nguyen, Ali Jabbari, Grace Ulerio, Raphael Clynes, Angela M. Christiano, and Julian Mackay-Wiggan
Neutrophils Self-Regulate Immune Complex-Mediated Cutaneous Inflammation through CXCL2, Jackson LiangYao Li, John E. Harris, and Lai Guan Ng
Sampling Serum in Patients With Vitiligo to Measure Disease Activity in the Skin, Medhi Rashighi and John E. Harris
Understanding autoimmunity of vitiligo and alopecia areata, Jillian F. Rork, Medhi Rashighi, and John E. Harris
Multiple Cafe au Lait Spots in a Group of Fair-Skinned Children without Signs or Symptoms of Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Jessica St. John, Heather S. Summe, Courtney Csikesz, Karen Wiss, Beverly N. Hay, and Leah Belazarian
Avoiding Medical Errors in Cutaneous Site Identification: A Best Practices Review, Jessica St. John, Jennifer Walker, Dori Goldberg, and Mary E. Maloney
Understanding mechanisms of autoimmunity through translational research in vitiligo, James P. Strassner and John E. Harris
Melanocytes in psoriasis: convicted culprit or bullied bystander, James P. Strassner, Medhi Rashighi, and John E. Harris
A Retrospective Study of Nail Squamous Cell Carcinoma at 2 Institutions, Nikki Tang, Mary E. Maloney, Ashlynne H. Clark, and Nathaniel Jellinek
Publications from 2015
Simvastatin prevents and reverses depigmentation in a mouse model of vitiligo, Priti Agarwal, Medhi Rashighi, Kingsley I. Essien, Jillian M. Richmond, Louise Randall, Hamidreza Pazoki-Toroudi, Christopher A. Hunter, and John E. Harris
Not all itches arise in the skin, Jeffrey D. Bernhard
IFN-gamma in Vitiligo, Is It the Fuel or the Fire, John E. Harris
Excipients in Oral Antihistamines Can Perpetuate Allergic Contact Dermatitis, Elizabeth M. Tocci, Amanda Robinson, Leah Belazarian, Elizabeth Foley, Karen Wiss, and Dianne L. Silvestri
Use of permanent hair dyes and risk of vitiligo in women, Shaowei Wu, Wen-Qing Li, Eunyoung Cho, John E. Harris, Frank E. Speizer, and Abrar A. Qureshi
Publications from 2014
Shave removal plus electrodesiccation for the treatment of cutaneous neurofibromas, Sandra Beverly, Elizabeth Foley, and Dori Goldberg
Sinus pericranii with a hair collar sign, Nikoo Cheraghi, Sophia Delano, Courtney Csikesz, Sathish Kumar Dundamadappa, and Karen Wiss
Scalp sarcoidosis: a sign of systemic sarcoidosis, Nikoo Cheraghi, Amanda Robinson, Patrick O'Donnell, and Leah Belazarian
Chevron nails: a normal variant in the pediatric population, Sophia Delano and Leah Belazarian
Curricular factors associated with medical students' practice of the skin cancer examination: an educational enhancement initiative by the integrated skin exam consortium, Amit Garg, Leah Belazarian, and Erik Domingues
The Integrated Skin Exam film: an educational intervention to promote early detection of melanoma by medical students, Amit Garg, Leah Belazarian, and Erik Domingues
An update on diaper dermatitis, Christopher Klunk, Erik Domingues, and Karen Wiss
To scoop or not to scoop: the diagnostic and therapeutic utility of the scoop-shave biopsy for pigmented lesions, Gary Mendese, Mary E. Maloney, and Jeremy S. Bordeaux
Multifocal cutaneous alternariosis in a 70-year-old Kenyan renal transplant patient, Melissa Michelon, Sheila M. Greenlaw, Patrick O'Donnell, David E. Geist, and Nikki A. Levin
CXCL10 is critical for the progression and maintenance of depigmentation in a mouse model of vitiligo, Medhi Rashighi, Priti Agarwal, Jillian M. Richmond, Tajie H. Harris, Karen A. Dresser, Ming-Wan Su, Youwen Zhou, April Deng, Christopher A. Hunter, Andrew D. Luster, and John E. Harris
Immunology and skin in health and disease, Jillian M. Richmond and John E. Harris
Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa associated with amniotic band syndrome, Haley Snadecki, Vincent Criscione, Alisha Jaquith, Beverly N. Hay, April Deng, and Karen Wiss
Child abuse masquerading as a soft tissue sarcoma, Lauren Strazzula, Sheila M. Greenlaw, Sara O. Vargas, and Leah Belazarian
The deep penetrating nevus, Lauren Strazzula, Maryanne Makredes Senna, Mariko Yasuda, and Leah Belazarian
Publications from 2013
Dermatologic surgery and cosmetic procedures during pregnancy and the post-partum period, Dori Goldberg and Mary E. Maloney
Vitiligo and alopecia areata: apples and oranges, John E. Harris
Commentary: how much is too much? Tourniquets and digital ischemia, Nathaniel Jellinek
A model in dermatology for long-distance mentoring, Caroline C. Kim, Ellen J. Kim, Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, Victor Marks, Mary E. Maloney, and Ilona J. Frieden
Brachioradial pruritus: a trigger for generalization of itch, Shawn G. Kwatra, Sonja Stander, Jeffrey D. Bernhard, Elke Weisshaar, and Gil Yosipovitch
Management of non-melanoma skin cancer, Victoria Lazareth
Clinical manifestations of pediatric psoriasis: results of a multicenter study in the United States, Katherine Mercy, Mary Kwasny, Kelly M. Cordoro, Alan Menter, Wynnis L. Tom, Neil Korman, Leah Belazarian, April W. Armstrong, Moise L. Levy, and Amy S. Paller
Innate immune mechanisms in vitiligo: danger from within, Jillian M. Richmond, Michael L. Frisoli, and John E. Harris
Generalized Spinous Follicular Lichen Nitidus with Perifollicular Granulomas, Heather S. Summe, Sheila M. Greenlaw, April Deng, Cynthia Magro, and Karen Wiss
A case of Hansen Disease presenting as tinea versicolor, Shelley Yang, Maryanne Makredes, Patrick O'Donnell, and Nikki A. Levin
Clinical practice. Chronic pruritus, Gil Yosipovitch and Jeffrey D. Bernhard
Publications from 2012
Eruption of bullae within psoriatic plaques: a rare adverse effect of narrow-band ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) phototherapy, Kristen C. Corey, Nikki A. Levin, Michelle Hure, April Deng, and Jeffrey D. Mailhot
Loose anagen hair syndrome in two patients with epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Dowling-Meara type, Jennifer Crombie, Sheila M. Greenlaw, Julie Fenner, Stephen Lyle, and Karen Wiss
The "east-west" advancement flap for nasal defects: reexamined and extended, David E. Geist and Mary E. Maloney
A mouse model of vitiligo with focused epidermal depigmentation requires IFN-gamma for autoreactive CD8(+) T-cell accumulation in the skin, John E. Harris, Tajie H. Harris, Wolfgang Weninger, E. John Wherry, Christopher A. Hunter, and Laurence A. Turka
Weight loss in obese patients with psoriasis can be successfully achieved during a course of phototherapy, A B. Kimball, C. Alavian, M Alora-Palli, and J Bagel