Iwei Yeh , MD, PhD

Education

Professional Experience

• 2011-2011
  Assistant Member, Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• 2011-2018
  Assistant Professor, Dermatology and Pathology, University of California, San Francisco
• 2018-present
  Associate Professor, Dermatology and Pathology, University of California, San Francisco

Honors & Awards

• 1993
  National Merit Scholar
• 1994
  Valedictorian, California High School; San Ramon, CA
• 1996
  Goldwater Scholarship for Scientific Excellence
• 1997
  Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard College Chapter, Cambridge, MA
• 1998
  Medical Scientist Training Program, Predoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health
• 2003
  Graduate Fellowship, National Library of Medicine
• 2006
  Doctoral Commencement Speaker, Stanford Medical School

Selected Publications

1. Newell F, Kong Y, Wilmott JS, Johansson PA, Ferguson PM, Cui C, Li Z, Kazakoff SH, Burke H, Dodds TJ, Patch AM, Nones K, Tembe V, Shang P, van der Weyden L, Wong K, Holmes O, Lo S, Leonard C, Wood S, Xu Q, Rawson RV, Mukhopadhyay P, Dummer R, Levesque MP, Jönsson G, Wang X, Yeh I, Wu H, Joseph N, Bastian BC, Long GV, Spillane AJ, Shannon KF, Thompson JF, Saw RPM, Adams DJ, Si L, Pearson JV, Hayward NK, Waddell N, Mann GJ, Guo J, Scolyer RA. Whole-genome landscape of mucosal melanoma reveals diverse drivers and therapeutic targets. Nat Commun. 2019 Jul 18; 10(1):3163.
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2. Tsai KK, Khurana N, McCalmont T, Daud A, Bastian B, Yeh I. PTCH1 Mutation in a Patient With Metastatic Undifferentiated Carcinoma With Clear Cell Change. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2019 Jul 01; 17(7):778-783.
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3. Cohen JN, Yeh I, LeBoit PE. Melanotic Schwannoma of the Vulva: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Am J Dermatopathol. 2019 Jun 27.
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4. Yeh I, Busam KJ, McCalmont TH, LeBoit PE, Pissaloux D, Alberti L, de la Fouchardière A, Bastian BC. Filigree-like Rete Ridges, Lobulated Nests, Rosette-like Structures, and Exaggerated Maturation Characterize Spitz Tumors With NTRK1 Fusion. Am J Surg Pathol. 2019 Jun; 43(6):737-746.
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5. Wong K, van der Weyden L, Schott CR, Foote A, Constantino-Casas F, Smith S, Dobson JM, Murchison EP, Wu H, Yeh I, Fullen DR, Joseph N, Bastian BC, Patel RM, Martincorena I, Robles-Espinoza CD, Iyer V, Kuijjer ML, Arends MJ, Brenn T, Harms PW, Wood GA, Adams DJ. Cross-species genomic landscape comparison of human mucosal melanoma with canine oral and equine melanoma. Nat Commun. 2019 01 21; 10(1):353.
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6. Yeh I, Jorgenson E, Shen L, Xu M, North JP, Shain AH, Reuss D, Wu H, Robinson WA, Olshen A, von Deimling A, Kwok PY, Bastian BC, Asgari MM. Targeted genomic profiling of acral melanoma. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019 Jan 18.
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7. Chan JW, Yeh I, El-Sayed IH, Algazi AP, Glastonbury CM, Ha PK, Yom SS, van Zante A. Ultraviolet light-related DNA damage mutation signature distinguishes cutaneous from mucosal or other origin for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary site. Head Neck. 2019 Jan 11.
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8. Ablain J, Xu M, Rothschild H, Jordan RC, Mito JK, Daniels BH, Bell CF, Joseph NM, Wu H, Bastian BC, Zon LI, Yeh I. Human tumor genomics and zebrafish modeling identify SPRED1 loss as a driver of mucosal melanoma. Science. 2018 Nov 30; 362(6418):1055-1060.
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9. López GY, Van Ziffle J, Onodera C, Grenert JP, Yeh I, Bastian BC, Clarke J, Oberheim Bush NA, Taylor J, Chang S, Butowski N, Banerjee A, Mueller S, Kline C, Torkildson J, Samuel D, Siongco A, Raffel C, Gupta N, Kunwar S, Mummaneni P, Aghi M, Theodosopoulos P, Berger M, Phillips JJ, Pekmezci M, Tihan T, Bollen AW, Perry A, Solomon DA. The genetic landscape of gliomas arising after therapeutic radiation. Acta Neuropathol. 2019 Jan; 137(1):139-150.
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10. Cohen JN, Yeh I, Jordan RC, Wolsky RJ, Horvai AE, McCalmont TH, LeBoit PE. Cutaneous Non-Neural Granular Cell Tumors Harbor Recurrent ALK Gene Fusions. Am J Surg Pathol. 2018 Sep; 42(9):1133-1142.
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11. Stevers M, Rabban JT, Garg K, Van Ziffle J, Onodera C, Grenert JP, Yeh I, Bastian BC, Zaloudek C, Solomon DA. Well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma of the peritoneum is genetically defined by mutually exclusive mutations in TRAF7 and CDC42. Mod Pathol. 2019 Jan; 32(1):88-99.
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12. Zeng H, Jorapur A, Shain AH, Lang UE, Torres R, Zhang Y, McNeal AS, Botton T, Lin J, Donne M, Bastian IN, Yu R, North JP, Pincus L, Ruben BS, Joseph NM, Yeh I, Bastian BC, Judson RL. Bi-allelic Loss of CDKN2A Initiates Melanoma Invasion via BRN2 Activation. Cancer Cell. 2018 07 09; 34(1):56-68.e9.
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13. Shain AH, Joseph NM, Yu R, Benhamida J, Liu S, Prow T, Ruben B, North J, Pincus L, Yeh I, Judson R, Bastian BC. Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Incremental Disruption of Key Signaling Pathways during Melanoma Evolution. Cancer Cell. 2018 07 09; 34(1):45-55.e4.
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14. Hussain SS, Huang SB, Bedolla RG, Rivas P, Basler JW, Swanson GP, Hui-Ming Huang T, Narayanasamy G, Papanikolaou N, Miyamoto H, Yeh IT, Reddick RL, Pollock BH, Ghosh R, Kumar AP. Suppression of ribosomal protein RPS6KB1 by Nexrutine increases sensitivity of prostate tumors to radiation. Cancer Lett. 2018 Oct 01; 433:232-241.
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15. McGinness A, Gillam A, Yeh I, Mathes EF. Topical timolol: An effective treatment option for agminated pyogenic granuloma. Pediatr Dermatol. 2018 Sep; 35(5):e300-e303.
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16. Huang CY, Wu YH, Yeh IJ, Chen YY, Kung FY. Spontaneous bilateral subclavian vein thrombosis in a 40-year-old man: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Apr; 97(15):e0327.
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17. Goode B, Mondal G, Hyun M, Ruiz DG, Lin YH, Van Ziffle J, Joseph NM, Onodera C, Talevich E, Grenert JP, Hewedi IH, Snuderl M, Brat DJ, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Rodriguez FJ, Louis DN, Yong WH, Lopes MB, Rosenblum MK, Butowski N, Tihan T, Bollen AW, Phillips JJ, Wiita AP, Yeh I, Jacobson MP, Bastian BC, Perry A, Solomon DA. A recurrent kinase domain mutation in PRKCA defines chordoid glioma of the third ventricle. Nat Commun. 2018 02 23; 9(1):810.
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18. Goode B, Joseph NM, Stevers M, Van Ziffle J, Onodera C, Talevich E, Grenert JP, Yeh I, Bastian BC, Phillips JJ, Garg K, Rabban JT, Zaloudek C, Solomon DA. Adenomatoid tumors of the male and female genital tract are defined by TRAF7 mutations that drive aberrant NF-kB pathway activation. Mod Pathol. 2018 04; 31(4):660-673.
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19. Yeh I, Lang UE, Durieux E, Tee MK, Jorapur A, Shain AH, Haddad V, Pissaloux D, Chen X, Cerroni L, Judson RL, LeBoit PE, McCalmont TH, Bastian BC, de la Fouchardière A. Combined activation of MAP kinase pathway and ß-catenin signaling cause deep penetrating nevi. Nat Commun. 2017 09 21; 8(1):644.
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20. Lang UE, Yeh I, McCalmont TH. Molecular Melanoma Diagnosis Update: Gene Fusion, Genomic Hybridization, and Massively Parallel Short-Read Sequencing. Clin Lab Med. 2017 09; 37(3):473-484.
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