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. 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. 2021 Dec 10.  View on PubMed
  2. 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
  3. Rahbar Z, Cohen JN, McCalmont TH, LeBoit PE, Connolly MK, Berger T, Pincus LB. Cicatricial Pemphigoid Brunsting-Perry Variant Masquerading as Neutrophil-Medicated Cicatricial Alopecia. J Cutan Pathol. 2021 Nov 29.  View on PubMed
  4. Kusari A, LeBoit PE, Haemel A. Widespread Erythematous Plaques With Prominent Telangiectases. JAMA Dermatol. 2021 Oct 13.  View on PubMed
  5. Sheahon KM, Jankowski T, Yeh I, North JP, Pincus LB, LeBoit PE, McCalmont TH, Lang UE. Primary Cilia Are Preserved in Cellular Blue and Atypical Blue Nevi and Lost in Blue Nevus-like Melanoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2021 09 01; 45(9):1205-1212.  View on PubMed
  6. Giessinger J, LeBoit PE, Cribier B. Pautrier Microabscess: A Topic of Great Controversy. Am J Dermatopathol. 2021 Aug 11.  View on PubMed
  7. Lu A, Endicott A, Tan SY, Klufas DM, Merrill E, Arakaki R, LeBoit PE, Fox L, Haemel A. Toxic epidermal necrolysis-like toxic erythema of chemotherapy: 2 illustrative cases. JAAD Case Rep. 2021 Sep; 15:56-59.  View on PubMed
  8. Robertson SJ, Orme L, Teixeira R, Shamassi M, Newell F, Patch AM, Yeh I, Gard G, Wilmott J, Jackett L, LeBoit P, Fellowes A, MacArthur G, Fox S, Hayward NK, Bastian B, Scolyer R, Waddell N, Penington A, Shackleton M. Evaluation of Crizotinib Treatment in a Patient With Unresectable GOPC-ROS1 Fusion Agminated Spitz Nevi. JAMA Dermatol. 2021 Jul 01; 157(7):836-841.  View on PubMed
  9. Ye J, Sheahon KM, LeBoit PE, McCalmont TH, Lang UE. BAP1-inactivated melanocytic tumors show prominent centrosome amplification and associated loss of primary cilia. J Cutan Pathol. 2021 Jun 03.  View on PubMed
  10. de Almeida M, Zheng Y, Nascimento FS, Bishop H, Cama VA, Batra D, Unoarumhi Y, Afghan AK, Shi VY, LeBoit PE, Liu EW, Donovan FM. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by an Unknown Leishmania Strain, Arizona, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 06; 27(6):1714-1717.  View on PubMed
  11. Cohen JN, Yeh I, Mully TW, LeBoit PE, McCalmont TH. Response To: Feasibility of a Tumor Progression Model in PRKAR1A-inactivated Melanomas. Am J Surg Pathol. 2021 06 01; 45(6):869-870.  View on PubMed
  12. Grewal SK, Leboit PE, Saylor DK. Mohs for Vulvar Melanoma In Situ. Dermatol Surg. 2021 05 01; 47(5):695-696.  View on PubMed
  13. Wang MZ, McNiff JM, McCalmont TH, LeBoit PE. Desmoplastic Trichoepithelioma With Pseudocarcinomatous Hyperplasia: A Folliculosebaceous Neoplasm in Young Persons. Am J Dermatopathol. 2021 Apr 21.  View on PubMed
  14. Garcia BM, Bond AR, Barry AK, Steen AJ, LeBoit PE, Ashbaugh C, Shinkai K. Disseminated-cutaneous sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent adult. JAAD Case Rep. 2021 May; 11:102-104.  View on PubMed
  15. Hsu CH, Requena L, LeBoit PE, Gernez Y. Masquerader of Lip Angioedema After Lip Injection. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 06; 9(6):2472-2473.  View on PubMed
  16. Charli-Joseph Y, Kashani-Sabet M, McCalmont TH, Kornak J, Allen I, Ai WZ, LeBoit PE, Pincus LB. Association of a Proposed New Staging System for Folliculotropic Mycosis Fungoides With Prognostic Variables in a US Cohort. JAMA Dermatol. 2021 02 01; 157(2):157-165.  View on PubMed
  17. Lezcano CM, Yeh I, Eslamdoost N, Fang Y, LeBoit PE, McCalmont TH, Moy AP, Zhang Y, Busam KJ. Expanding the Spectrum of Microscopic and Cytogenetic Findings Associated With Spitz Tumors With 11p Gains. Am J Surg Pathol. 2021 02 01; 45(2):277-285.  View on PubMed
  18. de la Fouchardière A, Tee MK, Peternel S, Valdebran M, Pissaloux D, Tirode F, Busam KJ, LeBoit PE, McCalmont TH, Bastian BC, Yeh I. Fusion partners of NTRK3 affect subcellular localization of the fusion kinase and cytomorphology of melanocytes. Mod Pathol. 2021 04; 34(4):735-747.  View on PubMed
  19. Cohen JN, Yeh I, Mully TW, LeBoit PE, McCalmont TH. Genomic and Clinicopathologic Characteristics of PRKAR1A-inactivated Melanomas: Toward Genetic Distinctions of Animal-type Melanoma/Pigment Synthesizing Melanoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2020 06; 44(6):805-816.  View on PubMed
  20. Crow LD, Perkins I, Twigg AR, Fassett MS, LeBoit PE, Berger TG, Khodosh R. Treatment of PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitor-Induced Dermatitis Resolves Concomitant Eruptive Keratoacanthomas. JAMA Dermatol. 2020 05 01; 156(5):598-600.  View on PubMed

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