{"id":6523,"date":"2019-09-17T15:54:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T19:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=6523"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:14:52","slug":"jag-bhawan-md","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/faculty\/jag-bhawan-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Jag Bhawan, M.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Academic Titles<\/h3>\n<p>Emeritus Professor of Dermatology<\/p>\n<h3>\nFormerly<\/h3>\n<p>Guido Majno Professor of Dermatology and Pathology, Head of the Dermatopathology Section, Director, Skin Pathology Laboratory &amp; Dermatopathology training programs. Vice-Chair &amp; Director, Tele dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine (Jan1986- Jan 2026).<\/p>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>2009: Member of The Chester S. Keefer, MD Society, BUSM<br \/>\n2008: Founders award, American Society of Dermatopathology<br \/>\n2006: Walter Nickel award for Excellence in teaching of Dermatopathology, American Society of Dermatopathology<br \/>\n2001-2: President, American Society of Dermatopathology<br \/>\n1998: Teacher of the Year award from the dermatology residents of the combined Boston-Tufts Universities Dermatology program.<br \/>\n2023: Fellow, William Fairfield Warren Society Boston University. He serves on the editorial boards of American journal of dermatopathology and Dermatopathology<\/p>\n<h3><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>Education<\/h3>\n<p>1963 Pre-Medical Kirorimal College, University of Delhi, India<br \/>\n1968 MBBS Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, India<br \/>\n1972 MD Doctor of Medicine in Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India<br \/>\n1973-1975 Residency &amp; Fellowship St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA (Residency in Pathology, Fellowship in Dermatopathology)<br \/>\n1981-1983 Residency Dermatology, Boston University\/Tufts University, Boston, MA<\/p>\n<h3><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>Clinical Specialties and Research Interests<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Wound Healing<\/li>\n<li>Disorder of Pigmentation<\/li>\n<li>Photoaging<\/li>\n<li>Cutaneous nerves in health and Disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>Selected Publications<\/h3>\n<p>1. Aung P, Burns S,<strong> Bhawan J.<\/strong> Lichen Aureus: an unusual histopathological presentation:\u00a0 A case report and a review of literature. Am J Dermatopathol. 2014; 36:e1-e4.<\/p>\n<p>2. Succaria F, Radfar A, <strong>Bhawan J.\u00a0<\/strong> Merkel cell carcinoma mimicking basal cell carcinoma with review of different histopathologic features.\u00a0 Am J Dermatopathol. 2014; 36:160-166.<\/p>\n<p>3. Sethi M, Craythorne E, Al-Arashi MY, <strong>Bhawan J,<\/strong> Stefanato CM.\u00a0 Macromelanosomes:\u00a0 their significantly greater presence in the margins of a lentigo maligna versus solar lentigo.\u00a0 Am J Dermatopathol.\u00a0 2014; 36:490-2.<\/p>\n<p>4. Perez T, Kisel Y, Chang KH, <strong>Bhawan J.<\/strong> Morphea and its variants and the \u201cfloating sign\u201d \u2013 an additional finding in morphea. Am J Dermatopathol. 2014; 36:500-5.<\/p>\n<p>5. Abbas O, <strong>Bhawan J.\u00a0<\/strong> Sclerosing disorders of the skin:\u00a0 An overview with focus on histopathological features.\u00a0 Am J Dermatopathol. \u00a0<i><span style=\"font-family: Thread-00004e1c-Id-00000011;\">In Press.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>6. Hoyt B, <strong>Bhawan J.\u00a0<\/strong> Histologic spectrum of cutaneous herpes infections.\u00a0 Am J Dermatopathol.\u00a0 2014: <i><span style=\"font-family: Thread-00004e1c-Id-00000011;\">In Press.\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>7. Ramaswamy P, Powers JG,<strong> Bhawan J,<\/strong> Poliak I, Gilchrest BA.\u00a0 Effective blue light photodynamic therapy does not effect cutaneous Langherans cell number of oxidatively damage DNA.\u00a0 J Dermatol Surg.\u00a0 2014: <i><span style=\"font-family: Thread-00004e1c-Id-00000011;\">In Press.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16651,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16651"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11616,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6523\/revisions\/11616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}