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Leila Shayegan MD

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentMedicine at UMass Chan - Lahey
AddressLahey Clinic
41 Mall Road
Burlington MA 01805-0001
Phone781-744-1750
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentMedicine at UMass Chan - Lahey


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    Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United StatesBANeurobiology
    Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United StatesMD

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    1. Castillo RL, Shaw KS, Rentfro K, Hashemi K, Prenner J, Shayegan L, Kim YJ, Camillucci M, Smith NA, Vleugels RA. Anifrolumab use in pregnancy: maternal and neonatal outcomes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. EULAR Rheumatol Open. 2026 Mar; 2(1):223-225. PMID: 42370106.
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    2. Shayegan L, Vleugels RA. Primary Palmoplantar Pustulosis. N Engl J Med. 2026 Jan 15; 394(3):e5. PMID: 41534045.
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    3. Kim YJ, Prenner J, Rentfro K, Shayegan LH, Camillucci M, Vleugels RA, Shahriari N. Venous thromboembolic risk of combination therapy with intravenous immunoglobulin and Janus kinase inhibitors in dermatomyositis: A retrospective cohort study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2026 Jan; 94(1):368-369. PMID: 41033494.
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    4. Acevedo-Fontanez LA, Anshelevich E, Kim YJ, Shayegan L, Mortelliti C, Vleugels RA, Shahriari N. Erbium-doped nonablative fractional laser therapy for postinflammatory hyperpigmentation and atrophic scarring due to discoid lupus erythematosus in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. JAAD Case Rep. 2025 Nov; 65:157-160. PMID: 41143228.
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    5. Shayegan L, Mahajan A, Kim YJ, Shaw K, Hashemi K, Fiorentino D, Anshelevich E, Acevedo-Fontanez L, Castillo R, Shahriari N, Vleugels RA. Risk of head and neck cancer in dermatomyositis: Findings from a retrospective US-based cohort study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Nov; 93(5):1314-1316. PMID: 40669543.
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    6. Shayegan LH, Shaw KS, Wieschhoff GG, Ezeh N, Kim YJ, Shahriari N, Anshelevich EE, Acevedo LA, LaChance A, Dedeoglu F, Castillo RL, Ho AW, Vleugels RA. Improvement in dermatomyositis-associated muscle disease with anifrolumab. Br J Dermatol. 2025 May 19; 192(6):1126-1128. PMID: 40036364.
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    7. Negbenebor NA, Shayegan LH, Cohen LM, Kroumpouzos G. Nonmelanoma skin cancer in the setting of erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp: A case series and comment on management implications. Dermatol Ther. 2022 07; 35(7):e15584. PMID: 35569130.
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    8. Levin LE, Shayegan LH, Lucky AW, Hook KP, Bruckner AL, Feinstein JA, Whittier S, Lauren CT, Pope E, Lara-Corrales I, Wiss K, McCuaig CC, Powell J, Eichenfield LF, Levy ML, Diaz L, Glick SA, Paller AS, Price HN, Browning JC, Morel KD. Characterization of wound microbes in epidermolysis bullosa: Results from the epidermolysis bullosa clinical characterization and outcomes database. Pediatr Dermatol. 2021 Jan; 38(1):119-124. PMID: 33247481.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    9. Shayegan LH, Garzon MC, Morel KD, Borlack R, Vuguin PM, Margolis KG, Demirdag YY, Pereira EM, Lauren CT. CARMIL2-related immunodeficiency manifesting with photosensitivity. Pediatr Dermatol. 2020 Jul; 37(4):695-697. PMID: 32342551.
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    10. Shayegan LH, Levin LE, Galligan ER, Lucky AW, Bruckner AL, Pope E, Lara-Corrales I, Wiss K, McCuaig CC, Garzon MC, Eichenfield LF, Hook KP, Browning JC, Schachner LA, Perman MJ, Castelo-Soccio L, Levy ML, Glick SA, Morel KD. Skin cleansing and topical product use in patients with epidermolysis bullosa: Results from a multicenter database. Pediatr Dermatol. 2020 Mar; 37(2):326-332. PMID: 31944391.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Shayegan LH, Lauren CT. The Itch that… freckles? Development of lentigines in areas of resolved chronic atopic dermatitis. Pediatr Dermatol. 2019 Nov; 36(6):970-972. PMID: 31497891.
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    12. Shayegan LH, Richards LE, Morel KD, Levin LE. Punched-out erosions with scalloped borders: Group A Streptococcal pustulosis. Pediatr Dermatol. 2019 Nov; 36(6):995-996. PMID: 31410890.
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    13. Galligan ER, Shayegan LH, Lauren CT, Morel KD. A cut above the rest: Trimming as a painless depilatory. Pediatr Dermatol. 2019 Sep; 36(5):753-754. PMID: 31355465.
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    14. Fukuda Y, Katthagen T, Deserno L, Shayegan L, Kaminski J, Heinz A, Schlagenhauf F. Reduced parietofrontal effective connectivity during a working-memory task in people with high delusional ideation J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2019 05 01; 44(3):195-204. PMID: 30657658.
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    15. Shayegan LH, Antonov NK, Morel KD, Garzon MC. Casting New Light on Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease. J Pediatr. 2019 Apr; 207:259-259.e1. PMID: 30559022.
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