Education

Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, A.B., 1971-75, History
Albany Medical College, Albany NY, M.D., 1975-79
Univ. of California San Francisco, CA, Resident, 1979-81, Pathology
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, Resident, 1981-82, Pathology
New York University, NY (7-12/82) and Cornell Univ. Medical Center, NY (1-6/83), Fellow, 1982-83, Dermatopathology

Honors & Awards

  • 1988
    Certificate of Appreciation, Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Martinez, CA
  • 1992
    Honorable Mention, Distinguished Teaching Award, Academic Senate, UCSF
  • 1997
    Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Dermatology, UCSF
  • 2002
    Ackerman Lecture and Award, International Society of Dermatopathology
  • 2002
    Pinkus Lecture and Award, American Society of Dermatopathology
  • 2004
    Founder's Award, American Society of Dermatopathology

Selected Publications

  1. Sargen MR, Barnhill RL, Elder DE, Swetter SM, Prieto VG, Ko JS, Bahrami A, Gerami P, Karunamurthy A, Pappo AS, Schuchter LM, LeBoit PE, Yeh I, Kirkwood JM, Jen M, Dunkel IJ, Durham MM, Christison-Lagay ER, Austin MT, Aldrink JH, Mehrhoff C, Hawryluk EB, Chu EY, Busam KJ, Sondak V, Messina J, Puig S, Colebatch AJ, Coughlin CC, Berrebi KG, Laetsch TW, Mitchell SG, Seynnaeve B. Evaluation and Surgical Management of Pediatric Cutaneous Melanoma and Atypical Spitz and Non-Spitz Melanocytic Tumors (Melanocytomas): A Report From Children's Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Mar 20; 43(9):1157-1167.  View on PubMed
  2. LeBoit PE. Spitz melanoma. Clin Dermatol. 2024 Sep 13.  View on PubMed
  3. Leboit PE, Patel DU, Cohen JN, Moss MI, Naik HB, Yates AE, Harris HW, Klufas DM, Kim EA, Neuhaus IM, Hansen SL, Kyle RL, Kelly M, Rosenblum MD, Lowe MM. A Novel Whole Tissue Explant Model of Hidradenitis Suppurativa. bioRxiv. 2024 Jul 23.  View on PubMed
  4. Hornback CJ, Cintolo-Gonzalez J, LeBoit PE, Greene LA, Barker J. Dermal cutaneous clear cell sarcoma defined by novel EWSR1-CREM fusion. JAAD Case Rep. 2024 Oct; 52:162-165.  View on PubMed
  5. Cloutier JM, Wang M, Vemula SS, Mirza S, Weier J, Aquino JD, McCalmont TH, LeBoit PE, Bastian BC, Yeh I. Amplification of Mutant NRAS in Melanocytic Tumors With Features of Spitz Tumors. Mod Pathol. 2024 May; 37(5):100469.  View on PubMed
  6. Williams EA, Ravindranathan A, Gupta R, Stevers NO, Suwala AK, Hong C, Kim S, Yuan JB, Wu J, Barreto J, Lucas CG, Chan E, Pekmezci M, LeBoit PE, Mully T, Perry A, Bollen A, Van Ziffle J, Devine WP, Reddy AT, Gupta N, Basnet KM, Macaulay RJB, Malafronte P, Lee H, Yong WH, Williams KJ, Juratli TA, Mata DA, Huang RSP, Hiemenz MC, Pavlick DC, Frampton GM, Janovitz T, Ross JS, Chang SM, Berger MS, Jacques L, Song JS, Costello JF, Solomon DA. Novel SOX10 indel mutations drive schwannomas through impaired transactivation of myelination gene programs. Neuro Oncol. 2023 12 08; 25(12):2221-2236.  View on PubMed
  7. Phillips GS, Mengden-Koon S, Dhossche J, LeBoit PE, Goldstein AM, Lee I, Raffeld M, Papanicolau-Sengos A, Sargen MR, Chung J. Atypical Spitz tumor with SQSTM1::NTRK2 fusion: Report of a case with unique spindled cell features. J Cutan Pathol. 2024 Mar; 51(3):198-204.  View on PubMed
  8. Chen CV, Francois RA, Mully TW, Sangoi A, LeBoit PE, Simko JP, Chan E. Positive NKX3.1 as a diagnostic pitfall for prostate cancer in extramammary Paget's disease of genitourinary sites. Histopathology. 2024 Feb; 84(3):565-569.  View on PubMed
  9. de la Fouchardière A, Pissaloux D, Houlier A, Paindavoine S, Tirode F, LeBoit PE, Bastian BC, Yeh I. Histologic and Genetic Features of 51 Melanocytic Neoplasms With Protein Kinase C Fusion Genes. Mod Pathol. 2023 Nov; 36(11):100286.  View on PubMed
  10. McCloskey D, Semeere A, Ayanga R, Laker-Oketta M, Lukande R, Semakadde M, Kanyesigye M, Wenger M, LeBoit P, McCalmont T, Maurer T, Gardner A, Boza J, Cesarman E, Martin J, Erickson D. LAMP-enabled diagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma for sub-Saharan Africa. Sci Adv. 2023 Jan 13; 9(2):eadc8913.  View on PubMed
  11. Bishop JA, Williams EA, McLean AC, Gagan J, Rooper LM, Jordan RCK, LeBoit PE. Microsecretory adenocarcinoma of the skin harboring recurrent SS18 fusions: A cutaneous analog to a newly described salivary gland tumor. J Cutan Pathol. 2023 Feb; 50(2):134-139.  View on PubMed
  12. West BA, Hoesly PM, LeBoit PE, Homer NA. Cutaneous angiosarcoma presenting as bilateral periorbital edema. Orbit. 2023 Dec; 42(6):621-623.  View on PubMed
  13. Kouhsari LM, LeBoit PE, McCalmont TH, Hinds B, North JP. Histopathologic and genetic findings in atypical spindle cell/pleomorphic lipomatous tumors and atypical pleomorphic fibromas. J Cutan Pathol. 2022 Jul; 49(7):623-631.  View on PubMed
  14. Neumann NM, LeBoit PE, Cohen JN. Superficial Angiomyxomas Frequently Demonstrate Loss of Protein Kinase A Regulatory Subunit 1 Alpha Expression: Immunohistochemical Analysis of 29 Cases and Cutaneous Myxoid Neoplasms With Histopathologic Overlap. Am J Surg Pathol. 2022 02 01; 46(2):226-232.  View on PubMed
  15. Williams EA, Montesion M, Lincoln V, Tse JY, Hiemenz MC, Mata DA, Shah BB, Shoroye A, Alexander BM, Werth AJ, Foley-Peres K, Milante RR, Ross JS, Ramkissoon SH, Williams KJ, Adhikari LJ, Zuna RE, LeBoit PE, Lin DI, Elvin JA. HPV51-associated Leiomyosarcoma: A Novel Class of TP53/RB1-Wildtype Tumor With Predilection for the Female Lower Reproductive Tract. Am J Surg Pathol. 2022 06 01; 46(6):729-741.  View on PubMed
  16. Chen JY, Keiser E, LeBoit P, Yeh I, Wei ML. A rare case of axillary keratoacanthoma arising in hidradenitis suppurativa. JAAD Case Rep. 2022 Mar; 21:49-51.  View on PubMed
  17. Rahbar Z, Cohen JN, McCalmont TH, LeBoit PE, Connolly MK, Berger T, Pincus LB. Cicatricial pemphigoid Brunsting-Perry variant masquerading as neutrophil-mediated cicatricial alopecia. J Cutan Pathol. 2022 Apr; 49(4):408-411.  View on PubMed
  18. Benton S, Zhao J, Zhang B, Bahrami A, Barnhill RL, Busam K, Cerroni L, Cook MG, de la Fouchardière A, Elder DE, Johansson I, Landman G, Lazar A, LeBoit P, Lowe L, Massi D, Duncan LM, Messina J, Mihic-Probst D, Mihm MC, Piepkorn MW, Schmidt B, Scolyer RA, Shea CR, Tetzlaff MT, Tron VA, Xu X, Yeh I, Yun SJ, Zembowicz A, Gerami P. Impact of Next-generation Sequencing on Interobserver Agreement and Diagnosis of Spitzoid Neoplasms. Am J Surg Pathol. 2021 12 01; 45(12):1597-1605.  View on PubMed
  19. Wang MZ, McNiff JM, McCalmont TH, LeBoit PE. Desmoplastic Trichoepithelioma With Pseudocarcinomatous Hyperplasia: A Folliculosebaceous Neoplasm in Young Persons. Am J Dermatopathol. 2021 Nov 01; 43(11):788-793.  View on PubMed
  20. Giessinger J, LeBoit PE, Cribier B. Pautrier Microabscess: A Topic of Great Controversy. Am J Dermatopathol. 2021 Nov 01; 43(11):848-849.  View on PubMed

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