Maya Farah, MD
Title: Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine.
Dermatopathology Fellowship: Dermatopathology Section, Department of Dermatology, BUSM
Background:
Dr. Maya Farah graduated from the Lebanese American University in 2013. She subsequently completed a residency in Dermatology at the Lebanese American University Medical Center in 2017, followed by a research fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center and a Dermatopathology Fellowship at Boston University School of Medicine. Upon completion of her fellowship, she was invited to join the Boston University Department of Dermatology faculty. Dr. Farah has dual roles within the department, treating patients at Boston Medical Center and signing out skin biopsies at the Skin Pathology Laboratory.
Special interests: General Dermatology, Gynecologic Dermatology, and General Dermatopathology
Select Publications:
- Farah M, 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.
- Farah M, 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–head and neck locations: A single-center retrospective study. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2022 Apr 14. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35426183.
- Farah M, 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.
- Tetzlaff MT, Farah M. 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.
- Farah M, 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.
- Farah M, Chung HJ. Cutaneous spindle cell adenolipoma with eccrine and apocrine differentiation. J Cutan Pathol. 2020;47(1):31-35. PMID: 31329294.
- Farah M, 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.
- Farah M, 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.
- Farah M, 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.
Select Awards/Honors:
- 2023: Residency Program Teacher of the Year Award, Boston University Department of Dermatology.
- 2018: Physician in Training Award, American Society of Dermatopathology.
Additional Information: Link to CV in detail
