Emily Z Hejazi - Faculty Biosketch

Emily Z Hejazi, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology

Department: Dermatology

Contact information

University of Pennsylvania Health System
Department of Dermatology
3600 Spruce Street
2 E. Gates Building, Room 2021
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Education:
Intern (Quality Healthcare)
Medical College of Virginia, 2007.
BS (Bachelor of Science)
University of Richmond, 2008.
Researcher (Chemistry)
University of Richmond, 2008.
MS (Master of Biological Science)
Drexel University College of Medicine, 2010.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Drexel University College of Medicine, 2014.

Post-Graduate Training
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Autoimmune Skin Disease Unit, 2015-2017.
Intern, Hahnemann University Hospital/Drexel University College of Medicine (Internship in Internal Medicine) , 2015-2015.
Resident, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center (Residency in Dermatology), 2020-2020.

Certifications
USMLE Step 3: PASS 2/2015; USMLE Step 2 CK: PASS 10/2013; USMLE Step 2 CS: PASS 7/2013; USMLE Step 1: PASS 6/2012, 2015.

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Selected Publications

Caroline J Stone, Daniella Forman Faden, Lillian Xie, Lais Lopes Almeida Gomes, Emily Z Hejazi, Victoria P Werth, Katharina S Shaw: Application of Risk-Based Cancer Screening in Patients With Dermatomyositis. JAMA Dermatology 160(11): 1248-1251, Nov 2024.

Michelle Sikora BS, Michael G. Buontempo BS, Vignesh Ramachandran MD, Dorothy A. Knutsen MD, Shane A. Meehan MD, Emily Z. Hejazi MD, Avrom S. Caplan MD, Kristen Lo Sicco MD, Ian W. Tattersall MD PhD: Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis in an HIV-Positive 63-Year-Old Male. American Journal of Medicine April 2024.

Jill T Sha, William Mark Richardson, Lavanya Mittal, Emily Hejazi, Daniel R Mazori, Alisa N Femia: Autoimmune and Cutaneous Inflammatory Comorbidities in Adult-Onset Morphea in the All of Us Research Program. Am J Clin Dermatol 25(2): 343-345, March 2024.

Jill T Shah, Keya T. Shah, Daniel R Mazori, Avrom S Caplan, Emily Hejazi, Michael S Garshick, Alisa N Femia: Cardiovascular Comorbidities Are Associated with Dermatomyositis: A Cross-sectional Study in the All of Us Research Program. J Am Acad Dermatol 29(S0190-9622(23)): 03410-2, December 2023.

Emily Z. Hejazi; Lavanya Mittal; Kristen Lo Sicco; Daniel R. Mazori; Alisa N. Femia; Avrom S. Caplan: Dermatomyositis diagnosis and treatment in the inpatient setting. Current Dermatology Report 12: 56–68, May 2023 Notes: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13671-023-00389-6.

Emily Hejazi: Dermatology Hour Guest Speaker. Dr. Radio Sirius XM April 2023.

Emily Hejazi: Medical Grand Rounds Guest Speaker. Dr. Radio Sirius XM January 2023.

Werth, Victoria P.; Hejazi, Emily; Pena, Sandra; Zeidi, Majid; Haber, Jessica; Reddy, Nithin; Okawa, Joyce; Feng, Rui; Bashir, Muhammad; Gebre, Kirubel; Jadoo, Arvin; Concha, Josef S.S.; Dgetluck, Nancy; Constantine, Scott; White, Barbara: Safety and Efficacy of Lenabasum, a Cannabinoid Receptor Type 2 Agonist, in Dermatomyositis Patients with Refractory Skin Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Invest Dermatol 142(10): 2651-2659, October 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.03.029.

Nohria, A, Criscito M, Weston G, Kim R, Lo Sicco K, Femia A, Hejazi E, Milam E.: Profound leukemia cutis in a patient with relapsed T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. JAAD Case Reports 18: 51-53, 2021.

Kost Y, Hejazi E, Hui Y, Amin B, Balagula Y.: Necrotic Plaque on the abdomen after liver transplant. JAAD Case Reports 6(12): 1307-1309, 2020.