Marjan Mirzabeigi, M.D.
Title: Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, BUSM. Director, Dermatopathology Training for residents and international graduate students in dermatology.
Dermatopathology Fellowship: Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University
Board Certifications: Anatomic and clinical Pathology, Dermatopathology
Background: Marjan Mirzabeigi received an M.D. from University of Bordeaux II in France in 1998. In 2006 she completed a residency in Anatomic and clinical Pathology at University of Miami. After completing her two years fellowship at Northwestern University in 2010, she was invited to join the faculty of the Department of Dermatology at Boston University.
Special interests:General Dermatopathology, Pigmented Lesions, Lymphoma
Research Interests: "I am interested in identifying histopatholgic features of Malignant Melanoma and Lymphoma".
Select Publications:
1. Bull C, Mirzabeigi M, Laskin W, Dubina M,Traczyc T, Guitart J, Gerami P. Diagnostic utility of low affinity nerve growth factor receptor (P75) immunostaining in atypical fibroxanthoma. Jour Cut Pathol. 2011 May 30.
2.Newman M, Mirzabeigi M, Gerami P.Chromosomal copy number changes supporting the classification of the lentiginous junctional melanoma of the elderly as a subtype of melanoma. Mod Pathol. 2009 Sep; 22(9): 1258-62
3. Laumann A, Rommel J, Mirzabeigi M. Pilar cyst. Available at: http://www.emedicine.medscape.com. 2009..
4. Newman M, Lertsburapa T, Mirzabeigi M, Mafee M, Guitart J, Gerami P. Fluorescence InSitu Hybridization as a Tool for Microstaging in Malignant Melanoma. Mod Pathology. Mod Pathol. 2009 Aug; 22(8): 989-95.
5. Mirzabeigi M, Guitart J, Gerami P. Primary cutaneous malignant melanoma with pseudorosette features. An unusual morphological manifestation. Am J Dermatopathol. 2009 Jun; 31(4): 403-5.
6. Mirzabeigi M, Ackerman AB. Intravascular invasion of melanoma cells affiliated with a “98% chance of cure”?Dermatopathol: Pract & Conc 2006.13 (1). Available at: http://www.derm101.com.
Select Awards/Honors:
Universite de Bordeaux II, highest honors for doctorate thesis 1997
Additional Information: Link to CV in detail