{"id":6682,"date":"2020-03-10T14:52:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T18:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=6682"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:00:42","slug":"christina-lam-md","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/faculty\/christina-lam-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Lam, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Academic Titles<\/h3>\n<p>Ad-Interim Chair<\/p>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>Christina Lam, MD is an the Ad-Interim Chair and Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at the Boston University School of Medicine.\u00a0 She is board-certified in Dermatology both in Canada and the US.<\/p>\n<p>After receiving her medical degree from McGill University, Dr. Lam completed her dermatology residency at University of Montreal, training at affiliated adult and pediatric health care centers in the Greater Montreal\u00a0 area.\u00a0 She went on to pursue specialized fellowship training in Dermatology-Rheumatology at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lam\u2019s clinical and research interests encompass connective tissue diseases, such as cutaneous lupus, dermatomyositis, and morphea, and complex medical dermatology, including sarcoidosis and vasculitis.\u00a0 She currently leads a subspecialty Rheumatologic Dermatology Clinic at Boston Medical Center, in which individualized and advanced therapies are coordinated for these challenging diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lam was awarded the 2021 Castle Connolly Top Doctor, an impressive honor based on her superior ability to achieve the best possible health outcomes.<\/p>\n<h3><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>Education<\/h3>\n<p>2006 M.D. McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, QC<br \/>\n2006-2011 Residency Dermatology, University of Montreal Faculty of Medecine, Montreal, QC<br \/>\n2011-2012 Fellowship Dermatology &amp; Rheumatology, Brigham and Women Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA<\/p>\n<h3><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>Clinical Specialties and Research Interests<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Connective tissue disease<\/li>\n<li>Cutaneous lupus<\/li>\n<li>Dermatomyositis<\/li>\n<li>Vasculitis<\/li>\n<li>Morphea<\/li>\n<li>Systemic sclerosis\/scleroderma<\/li>\n<li>Sarcoidosis<\/li>\n<li>Medical dermatology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/>Selected Publications<\/h3>\n<p>1. Femia AN, Eastham AB, <strong><span style=\"font-family: Thread-00004e1c-Id-00000049;\">Lam C<\/span><\/strong>, Merola JF, Qureshi AA, Vleugels RA. Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Refractory Cutaneous Dermatomyositis: A retrospective analysis from an academic medical center. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2013 Oct;69(4):654-7.<\/p>\n<p>2. Liu SW, Velez NF, <strong><span style=\"font-family: Thread-00004e1c-Id-00000049;\">Lam C<\/span><\/strong>, Granter SR, Townsend HB, Vleugels RA. Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Induced Dermatomyositis in a Patient with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. JAMA Dermatol. 2013 Oct;149(10):1204-8.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong><span style=\"font-family: Thread-00004e1c-Id-00000049;\">Lam<\/span> C,<\/strong> Vleugels RA. Images in Clinical Medicine. Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita. N Engl J Med. 2013 Mar 28;368(13):e17.<\/p>\n<p>4. Funaro D, Krasny M, <strong><span style=\"font-family: Thread-00004e1c-Id-00000049;\">Lam C<\/span><\/strong>, Desy D, Sauthier P, Bouffard D. Extramammary Paget Disease: Epidemiology and Association to Cancer in a Quebec-Based Population. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2013 Apr;17(2):167-74.<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong><span style=\"font-family: Thread-00004e1c-Id-00000049;\">Lam C<\/span><\/strong>, Vleugels RA. Management of Cutaneous Dermatomyositis. Dermatol Ther. 2012 Mar-Apr;25(2):112-34<\/p>\n<p>6. Al Dhaybi R, <strong><span style=\"font-family: Thread-00004e1c-Id-00000049;\">Lam C<\/span><\/strong>, Hatami A, Powell J, McCuaig C, Kokta V. Targetoid hemosiderotic hemangiomas (hobnail hemangiomas) are vascular lymphatic malformations: A study of 12 pediatric cases. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2012 Jan;66(1):116-20.<\/p>\n<p>7. Paquette K, Cheng MP, McGillivray D, <strong><span style=\"font-family: Thread-00004e1c-Id-00000049;\">Lam C<\/span><\/strong>, Quach C. Is a Lumbar Puncture Necessary When Evaluating Febrile Infants (30 to 90 Days of Age) With an Abnormal Urinalysis? Pediatr Emerg Care. 2011 Nov;27(11):1057-61.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16651,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6682"}],"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\/6682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11587,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6682\/revisions\/11587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}