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Academic Titles<\/h3>\n

Assistant Professor of Dermatology<\/p>\n

Summary<\/h3>\n

Dr. Maya Farah is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Her medical career started in Lebanon, where she received her medical degree from the Lebanese American University Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine and where she completed her internal medicine internship and residency in Dermatology. She then conducted her Post Doc research in Dermatology and Dermatopathy with <\/span>The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Farah then joined the Boston University Department of Dermatology as a Fellow in <\/span>Dermatopathology. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Education<\/h3>\n

2013 M.D. Lebanese American University Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Byblos, Lebanon
\n2013-2014 Intern in Internal Medicine, Lebanese American University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
\n2014-2017 Resident in Dermatology, Lebanese American University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
\n2017-2018 Post Doc research in Dermatology\/Dermatopathology, Michael Tetzlaff, M.D. and Phyu Aung, M.D., The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
\n2018-2021 Fellow in Dermatopathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA<\/p>\n

Clinical Specialties and Research Interests<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Original, Peer Reviewed Articles:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1. Chamoun K, Farah M<\/strong>, Araj G, Daoud Z, Moghnieh R, Salameh P, Saade D, Mokhbat J, Abboud E, Hamze M, Abboud E, Jisr T, Haddad A, Feghali R, Azar N, El-Zaatari M, Chedid M, Haddad C, Zouain M, Nehme D, Barakat A, Husni R. Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Lebanese hospitals: retrospective nationwide compiled data. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2016;46:64\u201370. PMID: 26996458<\/p>\n

2. Obeid M, Moughames E, Aboulhosn P, Madi R, Farah M<\/strong>, Feghali J, Mokhbat J, Farra A, Moughnieh R, Daoud Z, Feghaleh R, Abboud E, Abboud E, Husni-Samaha R. Epidemiology and susceptibility profiles of diabetic foot infections in five hospitals in Lebanon. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2018;12(5):347-351. PMID: 31865297<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Tetzlaff MT, Farah M<\/strong>. Without missing a beat: absence of cilia informs the diagnosis of histopathologically challenging Spitzoid melanocytic neoplasms. J Invest Dermatol. 2020;140(7):1320-1323. PMID: 32571497<\/p>\n

4. Farah M<\/strong>, Reuben A, Spassova I, Yang RK, Kubat L, Nagarajan P, Ning J, Li W, Aung PP, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Hudgens CW, Ugurel S, Schadendorf D, Gumbs C, Little LD, Futreal A, Wistuba II, Prieto VG, Wang L, Wong MK, Wargo JA, Becker JC, Tetzlaff MT. T-Cell repertoire in combination with T-cell density predicts clinical outcomes in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma. J Invest Dermatol. 2020;140(11):2146-2156. PMID: 32304704<\/p>\n

5. Farah M<\/strong>, Suzuki S, Bhawan J. Melanocytic hyperplasia associated with surgical scars in basal cell carcinoma re-excision specimens: A single-center retrospective study. J Cutan Pathol. 2022;49(1):7-16. PMID: 34269471<\/p>\n

6. Farah M<\/strong>, Chung H.J. Diagnostic utility of preferentially expressed antigen in melanoma immunohistochemistry in the evaluation of melanomas with a co-existent nevoid melanocytic population: A single-center retrospective cohort study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Oct; S0190-9622(21)02714-6. PMID: 34756935<\/p>\n

7. Farah M<\/strong>, Gu J, Prieto VG, Nagarajan P, Tetzlaff TM, Curry LJ, Ivan D, Torres-Cabala AC, Aung PP. Histopathologic features predictive of metastasis and survival in 230 patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and non\u2013head and neck locations: A single-center retrospective study.<\/p>\n

In review, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology.<\/p>\n

Web Publications and Videos:<\/strong>
\n1. Sennett R, Farah M<\/strong>, Goldberg J.L. A 59-year-old man presented with a history of a rash on his torso and upper extremities. The American Society of Dermatopathology Interactive Case Study 2020 May.
\nhttps:\/\/www.asdp.org\/education\/case-study-of-the-month\/public-case-study\/?caseID=110<\/p>\n

Case Reports:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Farah M<\/strong>, Nagarajan P, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL, Amaria RN, Wargo J, Tawbi H, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Tetzlaff MT, Aung PP. Metastatic melanoma with balloon\/histiocytoid cytomorphology after treatment with immunotherapy: A histologic mimic and diagnostic pitfall. J Cutan Pathol. 2018;45(7):545-549. PMID: 29672900<\/li>\n
  2. Farah M,<\/strong> Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Tang Z, Kim TB, Aung PP, Torres-Cabala CA, Eterovic AK, Wargo JA, Prieto VG, Tetzlaff MT. Spitzoid melanoma with histopathological features of ALK gene rearrangement exhibiting ALK copy number gain: a novel mechanism of ALK activation in spitzoid neoplasia. Br J Dermatol. 2019;180(2):404-408. PMID: 29897634<\/li>\n
  3. Farah M<\/strong>, Chung HJ. Cutaneous spindle cell adenolipoma with eccrine and apocrine differentiation. J Cutan Pathol. 2020;47(1):31-35. PMID: 31329294<\/li>\n
  4. Farah M<\/strong>, El Chaer F, El Khoury J, El Zakhem A. Erythema multiforme-like hand, foot, and mouth disease in an immunocompetent adult: a case report. Int J Dermatol. 2020;59(4):487-489. PMID: 31742678<\/li>\n
  5. \u00a0Farah M<\/strong>, Nelson KC, Tetzlaff MT, Nagarajan P, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Curry JL, Aung PP. Lichen planus related to transforming growth factor beta inhibitor in a patient with metastatic chondrosarcoma: a case report. J Cutan Pathol. 2020;47(5):490-493. PMID: 31930527<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":18554,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/8616"}],"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\/18554"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/8616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11090,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/8616\/revisions\/11090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/derm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}