Maryam Asgari, MD

Professional Titles

• Professor and Chair of Dermatology

Recognitions

• Excellence in Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School (2017)
  Awarded for innovative in skin cancer detection.
• Founder's Award, Dermatoepidemiology Network (2024)
  Awarded for lifetime achievement in the field of dermatoepidemiology.

Research Interests

Publications

• Choquet H, Jiang C, Yin J, Kim Y, Hoffmann TJ, Jorgenson E, Asgari MM. Multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel basal cell carcinoma loci and shared genetic effects with squamous cell carcinoma. Commun Biol. 2024 Jan 5;7(1):33. PubMed PMID: 38182794
• George CD, Lee T, Hollestein L, Asgari MM, Nijsten T. The Global Epidemiology of Actinic Keratosis in the General Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Br J Dermatol. 2023 Oct 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37890083
• Wan G, Leung BW, DeSimone MS, Nguyen N, Rajeh A, Collier MR, Rashdan H, Roster K, Zhou X, Moseley CB, Nirmal AJ, Pelletier RJ, Maliga Z, Marko-Varga G, Németh IB, Tsao H, Asgari MM, Gusev A, Stagner AM, Lian CG, Hurlbert MS, Liu F, Yu KH, Sorger PK, Semenov YR. Development and validation of time-to-event models to predict metastatic recurrence of localized cutaneous melanoma. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Feb;90(2):288-298. PubMed PMID: 37797836
• Azin M, Ameri AH, Nazarian RM, Cusack JC, Tsiaras WG, Asgari MM, Demehri S. Treatment of an Unresectable Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma With ED&C and 5-FU. Cutis. 2023 Jul;112(1):E27-E29. PubMed PMID: 37611292
• Ashrafzadeh S, Foreman RK, Kalra S, Mandinova A, Asgari MM. Patterns of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes Used to Distinguish Primary Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomas That Metastasize. JAMA Dermatol. 2023 Jul 1;159(7):788-790. PubMed PMID: 37256610
• Asgari MM, Crane LA. Skin Cancer Screening: The Importance of Identifying High-risk Subgroups and the Need for US-Based Population Research. JAMA. 2023 Apr 18;329(15):1259-1260. PubMed PMID: 37071108
• Kim Y, Yin J, Le Breton S, Jorgenson E, Huang H, Choquet H, Asgari MM. Genetically Predicted Serum Vitamin C Levels and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Risk. J Invest Dermatol. 2023 Apr;143(4):664-667. PubMed PMID: 36343677
• Noe MH, Archila M, Barbieri JS, Goldman N, Lopez CG, Mostaghimi A, Scherer AM, Tan AJ, Perez-Chada LM, Asgari MM, Gelfand JM. The patient perspective on vaccine uptake in adults with psoriasis and eczema. Arch Dermatol Res. 2023 Aug;315(6):1583-1592. PubMed PMID: 36749390
• Hedderson MM, Asgari MM, Xu F, Quesenberry CP, Sridhar S, Geier J, Lemeshow AR. Rates of malignancies among patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2023 Mar 10;13(3):e071172. PubMed PMID: 36898743
• Tan AJ, Archila M, Barbieri JS, Mostaghimi A, Scherer AM, Perez-Chada LM, Asgari MM, Gelfand JM, Noe MH. Understanding patient perspectives on vaccine decision making in adults with autoimmune bullous diseases: a qualitative study. Arch Dermatol Res. 2024 Apr 18;316(5):125. PubMed PMID: 38637431
• Safaei Jazi S, Faniayeu I, Cichelero R, Tzarouchis DC, Asgari MM, Dmitriev A, Fan S, Asadchy V. Optical Tellegen metamaterial with spontaneous magnetization. Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 12;15(1):1293. PubMed PMID: 38346950
• Lee T, George CD, Jiang C, Asgari MM, Nijsten T, Pardo LM, Choquet H. Association between lifetime smoking and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: A 2-sample Mendelian randomization study. JAAD Int. 2024 Mar;14:69-76. PubMed PMID: 38274396
• Choquet H, Jiang C, Yin J, Kim Y, Hoffmann TJ, Jorgenson E, Asgari MM. Multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel basal cell carcinoma loci and shared genetic effects with squamous cell carcinoma. Commun Biol. 2024 Jan 5;7(1):33. PubMed PMID: 38182794
• George CD, Lee T, Hollestein LM, Asgari MM, Nijsten T. Global epidemiology of actinic keratosis in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Dermatol. 2024 Mar 15;190(4):465-476. PubMed PMID: 37890083
• Wan G, Leung BW, DeSimone MS, Nguyen N, Rajeh A, Collier MR, Rashdan H, Roster K, Zhou X, Moseley CB, Nirmal AJ, Pelletier RJ, Maliga Z, Marko-Varga G, Németh IB, Tsao H, Asgari MM, Gusev A, Stagner AM, Lian CG, Hurlbert MS, Liu F, Yu KH, Sorger PK, Semenov YR. Development and validation of time-to-event models to predict metastatic recurrence of localized cutaneous melanoma. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Feb;90(2):288-298. PubMed PMID: 37797836
• Kim Y, Yin J, Le Breton S, Jorgenson E, Huang H, Choquet H, Asgari MM. Genetically Predicted Serum Vitamin C Levels and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Risk. J Invest Dermatol. 2023 Apr;143(4):664-667. PubMed PMID: 36343677
• Noe MH, Archila M, Barbieri JS, Goldman N, Lopez CG, Mostaghimi A, Scherer AM, Tan AJ, Perez-Chada LM, Asgari MM, Gelfand JM. The patient perspective on vaccine uptake in adults with psoriasis and eczema. Arch Dermatol Res. 2023 Aug;315(6):1583-1592. PubMed PMID: 36749390
• Hedderson MM, Asgari MM, Xu F, Quesenberry CP, Sridhar S, Geier J, Lemeshow AR. Rates of malignancies among patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2023 Mar 10;13(3):e071172. PubMed PMID: 36898743
• Azin M, Ameri AH, Nazarian RM, Cusack JC, Tsiaras WG, Asgari MM, Demehri S. Treatment of an Unresectable Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma With ED&C and 5-FU. Cutis. 2023 Jul;112(1):E27-E29. PubMed PMID: 37611292
• Ashrafzadeh S, Foreman RK, Kalra S, Mandinova A, Asgari MM. Patterns of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes Used to Distinguish Primary Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomas That Metastasize. JAMA Dermatol. 2023 Jul 1;159(7):788-790. PubMed PMID: 37256610
• Asgari MM, Crane LA. Skin Cancer Screening: The Importance of Identifying High-risk Subgroups and the Need for US-Based Population Research. JAMA. 2023 Apr 18;329(15):1259-1260. PubMed PMID: 37071108

Practice Locations

Specialty Information

• Dermatology, Board Certification (2002, 2022)
• Mohs Surgery, Board Certification (2024)
• Procedural Dermatology (Mohs), Specialized Training (2004)

• Cancers - Skin Cancer
• Cancers