Publications & Presentations

Recent Publications from the Department of Dermatology

Singh B, Goldberg LJ. Autologous platelet-rich plasma for the treatment of pattern hair loss. Am J Clin Dermatol 2016;17(4):359-67.

Asemota E, Chang YC, Goldberg LJ. Innovative management of recalcitrant dissecting cellulitis with compression therapy. JAMA Dermatol 2016;152(11):1280-1.

Wong D, Goldberg LJ. The depth of inflammation in FFA and LPP: A potential distinguishing feature. Accepted for publication, J Am Acad Dermatol.

Fonia A, Cota C, Setterfield JF, Goldberg LJ, Fenton DA, Stefanato CM. Permanent alopecia in patients with breast cancer after taxane chemotherapy and adjuvant hormonal therapy: Clinicopathologic findings in a cohort of 10 patients. J Am Acad Dermatol 2017 Mar 8. pii: S0190-9622(16)31288-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.12.027.

Chung HJ, Goldberg L. Histologic features of chronic cutaneous lupus of the scalp using horizontal sectioning: Emphasis on follicular findings. J Am Acad Dermatol http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2017.02.039.)

Botchkarev VA, Mardaryev AN.  Repressing the Keratinocyte Genome: How the Polycomb Complex Subunits Operate in Concert to Control Skin and Hair Follicle Development. J Invest Dermatol. 2016 Aug;136(8):1538-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.04.026.

Little, E.C., Kubic, J.D., Salgia, R., Grippo, P.J., Lang, D. PAX6 and CXCR4 canonical and alternate transcript expression in pancreatic cancer. Oncology Letters. In press.

Yo K and Rünger TM (2017) UVA and UVB induce different sets of long non-coding RNAs. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 137:769-772.

Rünger TM (2017) Cutaneous Photobiology. In: Amagai, Bruckner, Enk, Margolis McMichael, Orringer and Kang (eds.) Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology, 9th Edition. In press.

DiGiovanni J, Kraemer KH, Rünger TM (2017) Hereditary disorders of DNA repair and genomic instability. In: Amagai, Bruckner, Enk, Margolis McMichael, Orringer and Kang (eds.) Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology, 9th Edition. In press.

Rünger TM (2017) Ultraviolet radiation and melanoma. In: Fisher DE and Bastian BC (eds.) Melanoma. Springer.  In press.

Rünger TM (2017) Ultraviolet light. In: Bolognia J, Jorizzo, Rapini (eds.) Dermatology (4^th edition). Harcourt Publishers, London.  In Press.

Rünger TM (2016) Mechanisms of melanoma promotion by ultraviolet light (Commentary). Journal of Investigative Dermatology 136, 1751-1752.

Alani R.M., Larson A., Falanga V., Paving a new path towards academic medicine – A novel approach to graduate medical education in the United States. Acad Med 2016; 91:1039-49.

Beaupere C, Wasko BM, Lorusso J, Kennedy BK, Kaeberlein M, and Labunskyy VM (2017) CAN1 arginine permease deficiency extends yeast replicative lifespan via translational activation of stress response genes. Cell Reports 18, 1884-1892. PMC5327506.

LeBovidge JS, Elverson W, Timmons KG, Hawryluk EB, Rea C, Lee M, Schneider LC. Multidisciplinary interventions in the management of atopic dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Aug;138(2):325-34.

Liu KX, Raff AB, Lee MS. Painful Ulcerative Lesions on Bilateral Lower Extremities. JAMA Dermatol. 2017;153(2):223-224.

Suaiti L, Damji Y, Lee MS. Pediatric Dermatology.  Vashi and Maibach(Eds.): Dermatoanthropology of Ethnic Skin and Hair. Springer.  In press.

Grada A, Phillips TJ. Lymphedema. Pathophysiology and management CME 2 part article in press Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. In press.

Hsu MY, Yang MH, Schnegg CI, Hwang S, Ryu B, Alani RM. Notch3 signaling-mediated melanoma-endothelial crosstalk regulates melanoma stem-like cell homeostasis and niche morphogenesis.  Lab Invest. 2017 Feb 6. doi:  10.1038/labinvest.2017.1. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID:28165469.

Alani RM, Larson A, Falanga V.  Paving a New Path Towards Academic Medicine-A Novel Approach to Graduate Medical Education in the United States.  Acad Med. 2016 Aug;91(8):1039-40. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001269. No abstract available.  PMID:27465087.

Zhang C, Barrios MP, Alani RM, Cabodi M, Wong JY. A microfluidic Transwell to study chemotaxis. Exp Cell Res. 2016 Mar 15;342(2):159-65. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2016.03.010. PMID:26988422.

Moriarty WF, Kim E, Gerber SA, Hammers H, Alani RM.  Neuropilin-2 promotes melanoma growth and progression in vivo.  Melanoma Res. 2016 Aug;26(4):321-8. doi: 10.1097/CMR.0000000000000190. PMID:26881875.

Wirya SA, Maymone MBC, Widjajahakim R, Vashi NA.  Subclinical melasma: determining disease extent.  Accepted to J Am Acad Dermatol.

Maymone MBC, Neamah HH, Wirya SA, Patzelt NM, Secemsky EA, Zancanaro PQ, Vashi NA.  Influence of Background and Room Illumination in Color Identification of Skin Lesions: A Cross-Sectional Study.  Accepted to JAMA Dermatol.

Al-Haseni AG, Maymone MBC, Ho JD, Bhawan J, Vashi NA.  Generalized dyschromia and erythematous papules. Accepted to Am J Dermatopathol.

Maymone M, Neamah HH, Wirya SA, Patzelt NM, Zancanaro PQ, Vashi NA. Sun protective behaviors in patients with cutaneous hyperpigmentation: A cross-sectional study.  J Am Acad Dermatol. 2017 Feb 15.

Vashi NA, Wirya S, Inyang M, Kundu RV.  Facial hyperpigmentation in skin of color: special considerations and treatment. 2016 Dec 9.

Vashi NA. Obsession with perfection: body dysmorphia. Clin Dermatol. 2016;34(6):788-791.

Vashi NA, Maymone M, Kundu RV.  Aging differences in ethnic skin. J Clin Aesthet Dermatol. 2016;9(1):31-38.  

Kouba DJ, LoPiccolo M, Alam M, Bordeaux JS, Cohen B, Hanke CW, Jellinek N, Maibach HI, Tanner JW, Vashi N, Gross KG, Adamson T, Begolka WS, Moyano JV.  Guidelines for use of local anesthesia in office-based dermatologic surgery.  J Am Acad Dermatol.  2016;74(6):1201-19.

Vashi NA. Obsession with perfection: body dysmorphia. Clin Dermatol. 2016;34(6):788-791.

Reddy S, Vashi NA.  Vitiligo.  In P. B. Love, R. V. Kundu (Eds.), Clinical Cases in Skin of Color: Adnexal, Inflammation, Infections, and Pigmentary Disorders (first edition).  London: Springer, ISBN 978-3-319-22391-9, November, 2015.

Chang Y, Vashi NA.  Pityriasis Alba.  In P. B. Love, R. V. Kundu (Eds.), Clinical Cases in Skin of Color: Adnexal, Inflammation, Infections, and Pigmentary Disorders (first edition).  London: Springer, ISBN 978-3-319-22391-9, November, 2015.

Maymone M, Vashi NA.  Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis. In P. B. Love, R. V. Kundu (Eds.), Clinical Cases in Skin of Color: Adnexal, Inflammation, Infections, and Pigmentary Disorders (first edition).  London: Springer, ISBN 978-3-319-22391-9, November, 2015.

Kundu RV, Vashi NA.  Dermatology in Geriatrics.  In S.C. Taylor, A. P. Kelly, H.W. Lim, A.M. Anido Serrano (Ed.), Dermatology for Skin of Color (second edition).  New York: The McGraw-Hill Education/Medical, ISBN 978-0071805520, January, 2016.

In N. A. Vashi (Ed.), Beauty and Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Clinician’s Guide (first edition).  New York: Springer Science + Business Media LLC, ISBN 978-3319178660, September, 2015.

Ho JD, Bhawan J, O’Brien M, Goldberg LJ. Cutaneous involvement in luteinized thecomas with sclerosing peritonitis (LTSP)–A new finding in a rare syndrome. J Cutan Pathol. In press 2017

Paek J, Ho JD, Al-Haseni A, McGee J, Larson A, Bhawan J. Histiocytoid autoimmunity-related neutrophilic dermatosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Dermatol Online J. In press 2017

East-Innis A, Stylianou K, Paolino A, Ho JD. Acne Keloidalis Nuchae: Risk Factors and Associated Disorders – a Retrospective Study. Int J Dermatol. In press, 2017. doi

Ho J, Bhawan J. Folliculosebaceousneoplasms: A review of clinical and histological features. J Dermatol. 2017 Mar;44(3):259–278. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.13773. Review. PMID:28256760

Ho J, Bhawan J. Mimickersof classic acantholytic  J Dermatol. 2017 Mar;44(3):232–242. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.13769. Review. PMID:28256765

Ho J, Lam C. Dapsone and Sulfapyridine. In: Handbook of Dermatology Treatment. Areden-jones M, Hampton P, Vleugels RA, Eds, 1^st London: JP Medical Publishers, 2017: 94–6.

Ho J, Wirya S, Al-Haseni A, Larson A, Bhawan J. Hairless lesion on the scalp. Clin Exp Dermatol. In press 2017

Al-Haseni A, Ho JD, Maymone MBC, Bhawan J, Vashi NV. Generalized dyschromia and erythematous papules in a 66 year old man Am J Dermatopathol. Apr 25 2017. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000000904. PMID: Epub ahead of print

Eseosa A, Markova A, Ho J, Lichtman MK. Disseminated punctate keratoderma: a rare case report and review of the literature. Dermatol Online J. 2017 Mar 15;23(3). PMID: 28329514

Walter S, Krueger S, Ho J, Reddy  Unilateral rhinophyma: report of a case and review. Plast Aesthet Res. 2017;4:49–53. doi:10.20517/2347-9264.2017.8

Ho J, Goldberg LJ. Luteinized thecomas with sclerosing peritonitis and cutaneous involvement: a new extra-ovarian manifestation of a rare disease [abstract]. In: The 54^th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Dermatopathology; 2016 Oct 27–30; Chicago, IL. Abstract nr 639

Ho JD, Wolpowitz D, Phillips TJ. Breast nodularity and ulceration: diffuse dermal angiomatosis a corticosteroid responsive disease.Dermatol Online J, 2016 Nov;22(11). PMID: 28329566

Recent Presentations from the Department of Dermatology

Goldberg, LJ.  Approach to the Alopecia Patient. Resident Conference, Tufts Medical Center Department of Dermatology, November 9, 2016.

Goldberg, LJ.  Transverse vs. vertical sections: The ups, the downs and the sideways. Annual Meeting, American Society of Dermatopathology, Alopecia minicourse, Chicago, IL, October 27, 2016.

Goldberg, LJ.  Approach to Alopecia. Director, Consultation Session, Annual Meeting, American Society of Dermatopathology, October 28 and 29, 2016.

Goldberg, LJ.  The Science Behind PRP. Speaker, Annual Meeting, North American Hair Research Society, Orlando, Florida, March 3, 2017.

Ruenger, TM.  Why is photoaging not reversible. Keynote Speaker. Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Photobiology. Seoul, Korea, June 17, 2017 (upcoming).

Ruenger, TM.  Phototherapy: How does it work? Grand Rounds Speaker, Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine. March 8, 2017.

Ruenger, TM.  New aspects in photobiology: From DNA damage to RNA damage. Summer Research Symposium: Academic Dermatology in Rostock, Germany, and the World. University of Rostock, Germany. July 15, 2016.

Larson, A.   March 5, 2017, Integrating Dermatology into a Basic Science Curriculum, Dermatology Teacher’s Exchange, American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Larson, A.  February 15, 2017.  Carney Hospital Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, invited speaker, Dermatology for the Primary Care Physician.  Dorchester, MA.  CME activity.

Larson, A. January 26, 2016.   Skin growths – the subtle and the not so subtle.  MIT Medical, Cambridge, MA.  Harvard Medical School CME activity.

Beaupere C, Dinatto L, Wasko B, Kaeberlein M, and Labunskyy VM. ER stress resistance conferred by adaptive aneuploidy and constitutive induction of the unfolded protein response is associated with decreased yeast replicative lifespan, contributed talk at the 2nd Interventions in Aging Conference, Mexico, April 2017.

Beaupere C, Kennedy BK, Kaeberlein M, and Labunskyy VM. Amino acid permease deficiency extends Saccharomyces cerevisiae lifespan via translational activation of stress response genes, contributed talk at the 2016 CSHL meeting on Mechanisms of Aging, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, September 2016.

Beaupere C, Kennedy BK, Kaeberlein M, and Labunskyy VM. CAN1 arginine permease deficiency extends yeast replicative lifespan via translational activation of integrated stress response, contributed talk at the 45th Annual Conference of the American Aging Association, Seattle, WA, June 2016.

Lee, M.  7/20/2016  “Psychosocial Assessment and Stepped Care in Pediatric Dermatology” BUSM Department of Dermatology Grand Rounds, Boston, MA.

Lee, M. 11/16/16 “Pediatric Dermatology Updates” South Boston Community Health Center, Boston, MA.

Lee, M. 3/6/2017 “AD: Challenges and Benefits of Multidisciplinary Care”. Dermatitis Symposium S054.  Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, Orlando, FL.

Lee, M.  4/1/17  “Optimizing Care for Pediatric Patients” New England Dermatological Society Didactic Meeting, Waltham, MA.

Tocci E, Fogler J, Sideridis G, Lee M.  “The Pediatric Dermatology Psychosocial Screen (PDPS): A Survey Tool for Comprehensive, Patient-Oriented Stepped Care”.

Lee, M. 2016 Society for Pediatric Dermatology annual meeting (July 14 – 17, 2016. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Minneapolis, MN).