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Kristin M. Leiferman, MD
Medical Director: Immunodermatology
Professor of Dermatology and Co-Director of the Immunodermatology Laboratory, University of Utah School of Medicine
Specialties
Dermatology
Immunodermatology
Education
Medical Degree—Mayo Medical School
Residency—Dermatology, Mayo Clinic
Research—Immunodermatology, Mayo Clinic
Certifications/Affiliations
American Board of Dermatology (Dermatology and Dermatological Immunology/Diagnostic and Laboratory Immunology Immunology)
Research Interests
Immune-mediated (humoral) cutaneous diseases, including immunobullous diseases
Eosinophil-related inflammation in epithelial tissues
Allergic inflammation in epithelial tissues, including IgE, mast cell, and basophil-related
Awards
Best Doctors in America 2001
Who’s Who in America 2003
National Institutes of Health Grant Awards
Recent Publications
Saffari H, et al. Oral administration of 99m technetium-labeled heparin in eosinophilic esophagitis . Mayo Clin Proc . 2020 Mar;95(3):449–58.
Peterson KA, et al. Eosinophil granule major basic protein 1 deposition in eosinophilic esophagitis correlates with symptoms independent of eosinophil counts . Dis Esophagus . 2019 Dec 30;32(11):doz055.
Khoury P, et al. Revisiting the NIH taskforce on the research needs of eosinophil-associated diseases (RE TREAD). J Leukoc Biol . 2018 Jul;104(1):69–83.
Saffari H, et al. A subset of patients with pemphigoid (herpes) gestationis has serological evidence of celiac disease . Int J Dermatol . 2018 May;57(5):534–40.
Leiferman KM, Peters MS. Eosinophil-related disease and the skin . J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract .2018 Sep-Oct;6(5):1462–1482.e6.
Leiferman KM. Eosinophil-associated diseases with dermatologic manifestations. In: Callen JP, Jorizzo JL, eds. Dermatological Signs of Systemic Disease . Elsevier; 2017:69–76.
Leiferman KM, Peters MS. Eosinophil-associated dermatoses. In: Bolognia JL, Schaffer JV, Cerroni L, eds. Dermatology . Elsevier; 2017:440–5.
Braunberger T, et al. Esophagitis dissecans superficialis endoscopically induced in a patient with pemphigus vulgaris and gastrointestinal complaints. JAMA Dermatol . 2016 Aug 1;152(8):948–50.
Saffari H, et al. Measurement of inflammation in eosinophilic esophagitis using an eosinophil peroxidase assay . Am J Gastroenterol . 2016 Jul;111(7):933–9.
Clark JJ, et al. The effect of omalizumab dosing and frequency in chronic idiopathic urticaria: retrospective chart review . J Am Acad Dermatol . 2016 Jun;74(6):1274–6.
Wright BL, et al. Development of eosinophilic endomyocardial disease in a patient with episodic angioedema and eosinophilia . J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract . 2016 Mar-Ar;4(2):336–7.
Metcalfe DD, et al. Biomarkers of the involvement of mast cells, basophils and eosinophils in asthma and allergic diseases . World Allergy Organ J . 2016 Feb 11;9:7.
Peterson KA, et al. Extracellular eosinophil granule protein deposition in ringed esophagus with sparse eosinophils . Dig Dis Sci . 2015 Sep;60(9):2646–53.
Leiferman KM. Epidemiology and pathogenesis of bullous pemphigoid and mucous membrane pemphigoid. In: Zone JJ, Ofori AO, eds. UpToDate Philadelphia. Wolters Kluwer Health;2012 (yearly updates).
Leiferman KM. Clinical features and diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid and mucous membrane pemphigoid. In: Zone JJ, Ofori AO, eds. UpToDate Philadelphia. Wolters Kluwer Health; 2012 (yearly updates).