Maria Wei, MD, PhD
Professor
Dermatology
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Exellence in Mentoring, University of California, San Francisco, 2023
• Bay Area's Top Docs, Castle Connolly, 2014-2019
• Estella Medrano Award, PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research, 2013
• Young Investigator Award, San Francisco VA Health Care System, 2005
• Mentorship Award, Women's Dermatologic Society, 1998
• Merck Award, 1983
• William J. Branstrom Prize, University of Michigan, 1983
• James B. Angell Scholar, University of Michigan, 1982

Education & Training

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• Post-Doc Fellow/Scholar Biochemistry University of California, San Francisco 1996
• Internship Internal Medicine Brigham and Women's 1993
• M.D., Ph.D. School of Medicine, Immunology Duke University 1992
• Residency Dermatology University of California, San Francisco

Websites

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• Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center (ucsfhealth.org)

Publications (55)

Top publication keywords:
Skin NeoplasmsMelanomaPublic OpinionMelanosomesPetrolatumAttitude to ComputersDermatologyMelanocytesBlisterWildfiresAir PollutantsDermatitis, AtopicRadiation ExposureAir PollutionHermanski-Pudlak Syndrome

• Artificial intelligence and skin cancer.
  Frontiers in medicine 2024 Wei ML, Tada M, So A, Torres R
• Impact of climate change on atopic dermatitis: A review by the International Eczema Council.
  Allergy 2024 Wang SP, Stefanovic N, Orfali RL, Aoki V, Brown SJ, Dhar S, Eichenfield LF, Flohr C, Ha A, Mora C, Murase JE, Rosenbach M, Srinivas SM, Thyssen JP, Wei ML, Irvine AD, Abuabara K
• Rural-urban differences in sun exposure and protection behaviors in the United States.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2024 Dona AC, Jewett PI, Henning-Smith C, Ahmed RL, Wei ML, Lazovich D, Vogel RI
• Botfly myiasis after travel to Bolivia.
  Skin health and disease 2023 Chattopadhyay A, Wang JF, Wei ML
• Air pollution and global healthcare use for atopic dermatitis: A systematic review.
  Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV 2023 Fadadu RP, Chee E, Jung A, Chen JY, Abuabara K, Wei ML

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• Spiny Keratoderma in Association with Melanoma.
  Dermatopathology (Basel, Switzerland) 2023 Pukhalskaya T, Mully TW, Wei ML
• Early Detection and Prognostic Assessment of Cutaneous Melanoma: Consensus on Optimal Practice and the Role of Gene Expression Profile Testing.
  JAMA dermatology 2023 Kashani-Sabet M, Leachman SA, Stein JA, Arbiser JL, Berry EG, Celebi JT, Curiel-Lewandrowski C, Ferris LK, Grant-Kels JM, Grossman D, Kulkarni RP, Marchetti MA, Nelson KC, Polsky D, Seiverling EV, …
• Air Pollution and Atopic Dermatitis, from Molecular Mechanisms to Population-Level Evidence: A Review.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2023 Fadadu RP, Abuabara K, Balmes JR, Hanifin JM, Wei ML
• Association of Wildfire Air Pollution With Clinic Visits for Psoriasis.
  JAMA network open 2023 Fadadu RP, Green M, Grimes B, Jewell NP, Seth D, Vargo J, Wei ML
• Learning Melanocytic Cell Masks from Adjacent Stained Tissue
  arXiv 2022 Tada M, Wei ML, Keiser MJ
• Two Phase 3, Randomized, Controlled Trials of Ruxolitinib Cream for Vitiligo.
  The New England journal of medicine 2022 Rosmarin D, Passeron T, Pandya AG, Grimes P, Harris JE, Desai SR, Lebwohl M, Ruer-Mulard M, Seneschal J, Wolkerstorfer A, Kornacki D, Sun K, Butler K, Ezzedine K, TRuE-V Study Group
• Association of Exposure to Wildfire Air Pollution With Exacerbations of Atopic Dermatitis and Itch Among Older Adults.
  JAMA network open 2022 Fadadu RP, Green M, Jewell NP, Grimes B, Vargo J, Wei ML
• Ultraviolet A radiation exposure and melanoma: a review.
  Melanoma research 2022 Fadadu RP, Wei ML
• Associations between wildfire air pollution and online search interest for skin diseases and symptoms.
  JAAD international 2022 Fadadu RP, Chen JY, Wei ML
• Disparities in access for melanoma screening by region, specialty, and insurance: A cross-sectional audit study.
  JAAD international 2022 Cortez JL, Fadadu RP, Konda S, Grimes B, Wei ML
• A rare case of axillary keratoacanthoma arising in hidradenitis suppurativa.
  JAAD case reports 2022 Chen JY, Keiser E, LeBoit P, Yeh I, Wei ML
• BRAFV600E induces reversible mitotic arrest in human melanocytes via microrna-mediated suppression of AURKB.
  eLife 2021 McNeal AS, Belote RL, Zeng H, Urquijo M, Barker K, Torres R, Curtin M, Shain AH, Andtbacka RH, Holmen S, Lum DH, McCalmont TH, VanBrocklin MW, Grossman D, Wei ML, Lang UE, Judson-Torres RL
• A cross-sectional analysis of Medicaid acceptance among US dermatology residency training programs.
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2021 Williams JC, Maxey AE, Wei ML, Amerson EH
• Patient and general public attitudes towards clinical artificial intelligence: a mixed methods systematic review.
  The Lancet. Digital health 2021 Young AT, Amara D, Bhattacharya A, Wei ML
• Association of Wildfire Air Pollution and Health Care Use for Atopic Dermatitis and Itch.
  JAMA dermatology 2021 Fadadu RP, Grimes B, Jewell NP, Vargo J, Young AT, Abuabara K, Balmes JR, Wei ML
• Robust semantic interpretability: Revisiting concept activation vectors
  arXiv 2021 Pfau J, Young AT, Wei, J, Wei ML, Keiser MJ.
• Dermoscopy Proficiency Expectations for US Dermatology Resident Physicians: Results of a Modified Delphi Survey of Pigmented Lesion Experts.
  JAMA dermatology 2021 Fried LJ, Tan A, Berry EG, Braun RP, Curiel-Lewandrowski C, Curtis J, Ferris LK, Hartman RI, Jaimes N, Kawaoka JC, Kim CC, Lallas A, Leachman SA, Levin A, Lucey P, Marchetti MA, Marghoob AA, Miller D,…
• Stress testing reveals gaps in clinic readiness of image-based diagnostic artificial intelligence models.
  NPJ digital medicine 2021 Young AT, Fernandez K, Pfau J, Reddy R, Cao NA, von Franque MY, Johal A, Wu BV, Wu RR, Chen JY, Fadadu RP, Vasquez JA, Tam A, Keiser MJ, Wei ML
• Prognostic Gene Expression Profiling in Cutaneous Melanoma: Identifying the Knowledge Gaps and Assessing the Clinical Benefit.
  JAMA dermatology 2020 Grossman D, Okwundu N, Bartlett EK, Marchetti MA, Othus M, Coit DG, Hartman RI, Leachman SA, Berry EG, Korde L, Lee SJ, Bar-Eli M, Berwick M, Bowles T, Buchbinder EI, Burton EM, Chu EY, Curiel-…
• The impact of demographics, socioeconomics, and health care access on melanoma outcomes.
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2020 Cortez JL, Vasquez J, Wei ML
• The role of technology in melanoma screening and diagnosis.
  Pigment cell & melanoma research 2020 Young AT, Vora NB, Cortez J, Tam A, Yeniay Y, Afifi L, Yan D, Nosrati A, Wong A, Johal A, Wei ML
• Reply to Problematic methodology in a systematic review and meta-analysis of DecisionDx-Melanoma.
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2020 Greenhaw BN, Covington KR, Kurley SJ, Yeniay Y, Cao NA, Plasseraud KM, Cook RW, Hsueh EC, Gastman BR, Wei ML
• Artificial Intelligence in Dermatology: A Primer.
  The Journal of investigative dermatology 2020 Young AT, Xiong M, Pfau J, Keiser MJ, Wei ML
• Molecular risk prediction in cutaneous melanoma: A meta-analysis of the 31-gene expression profile prognostic test in 1,479 patients.
  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2020 Greenhaw BN, Covington KR, Kurley SJ, Yeniay Y, Cao NA, Plasseraud KM, Cook RW, Hsueh EC, Gastman BR, Wei ML
• Global saliency: Aggregating saliency maps to assess dataset artefact bias
  arXiv 2019 Pfau J, Young AT, WEi ML, Keiser MJ.
• MicroRNA Ratios Distinguish Melanomas from Nevi.
  The Journal of investigative dermatology 2019 Torres R, Lang UE, Hejna M, Shelton SJ, Joseph NM, Shain AH, Yeh I, Wei ML, Oldham MC, Bastian BC, Judson-Torres RL
• Artificial Intelligence in Teledermatology
  Curr Derm Rep 2019 Xiong M, Pfau J, Young AT, Wei ML
• Suction Blisters.
  JAMA dermatology 2019 Yu WY, Wei ML
• Chemoprevention agents for melanoma: A path forward into phase 3 clinical trials.
  Cancer 2018 Jeter JM, Bowles TL, Curiel-Lewandrowski C, Swetter SM, Filipp FV, Abdel-Malek ZA, Geskin LJ, Brewer JD, Arbiser JL, Gershenwald JE, Chu EY, Kirkwood JM, Box NF, Funchain P, Fisher DE, Kendra KL, …
• Outcomes and Risk Factors in Patients with Multiple Primary Melanomas.
  The Journal of investigative dermatology 2018 Nosrati A, Yu WY, McGuire J, Griffin A, de Souza JR, Singh R, Linos E, Chren MM, Grimes B, Jewell NP, Wei ML
• Precision Diagnosis Of Melanoma And Other Skin Lesions From Digital Images.
  AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science 2017 Bhattacharya A, Young A, Wong A, Stalling S, Wei M, Hadley D
• Outcomes of Melanoma In Situ Treated With Mohs Micrographic Surgery Compared With Wide Local Excision.
  JAMA dermatology 2017 Nosrati A, Berliner JG, Goel S, McGuire J, Morhenn V, de Souza JR, Yeniay Y, Singh R, Lee K, Nakamura M, Wu RR, Griffin A, Grimes B, Linos E, Chren MM, Grekin R, Wei ML
• The role of IL-17 in vitiligo: A review.
  Autoimmunity reviews 2016 Singh RK, Lee KM, Vujkovic-Cvijin I, Ucmak D, Farahnik B, Abrouk M, Nakamura M, Zhu TH, Bhutani T, Wei M, Liao W
• Patients' preferences for biopsy result notification in an era of electronic messaging methods.
  JAMA dermatology 2015 Choudhry A, Hong J, Chong K, Jiang B, Hartman R, Chu E, Nelson K, Wei ML, Nguyen T
• Targeting ALDH1 to decrease tumorigenicity, growth and metastasis of human melanoma.
  Melanoma research 2015 Yue L, Huang ZM, Fong S, Leong S, Jakowatz JG, Charruyer-Reinwald A, Wei M, Ghadially R
• Sex disparities in melanoma outcomes: the role of biology.
  Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 2014 Nosrati A, Wei ML
• Basis for enhanced barrier function of pigmented skin.
  The Journal of investigative dermatology 2014 Man MQ, Lin TK, Santiago JL, Celli A, Zhong L, Huang ZM, Roelandt T, Hupe M, Sundberg JP, Silva KA, Crumrine D, Martin-Ezquerra G, Trullas C, Sun R, Wakefield JS, Wei ML, Feingold KR, Mauro TM, Elias …
• Targeting protein-trafficking pathways alters melanoma treatment sensitivity.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011 Huang ZM, Chinen M, Chang PJ, Xie T, Zhong L, Demetriou S, Patel MP, Scherzer R, Sviderskaya EV, Bennett DC, Millhauser GL, Oh DH, Cleaver JE, Wei ML
• The MADS box transcription factor MEF2C regulates melanocyte development and is a direct transcriptional target and partner of SOX10.
  Development (Cambridge, England) 2011 Agarwal P, Verzi MP, Nguyen T, Hu J, Ehlers ML, McCulley DJ, Xu SM, Dodou E, Anderson JP, Wei ML, Black BL
• Multidrug resistance decreases with mutations of melanosomal regulatory genes.
  Cancer research 2009 Xie T, Nguyen T, Hupe M, Wei ML
• Hermansky-Pudlak HPS1/pale ear gene regulates epidermal and dermal melanocyte development.
  The Journal of investigative dermatology 2006 Nguyen T, Wei ML
• Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: a disease of protein trafficking and organelle function.
  Pigment cell research 2006 Wei ML
• Characterization of melanosomes in murine Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: mechanisms of hypopigmentation.
  The Journal of investigative dermatology 2004 Nguyen T, Wei ML
• Melanosome morphologies in murine models of hermansky-pudlak syndrome reflect blocks in organelle development.
  The Journal of investigative dermatology 2002 Nguyen T, Novak EK, Kermani M, Fluhr J, Peters LL, Swank RT, Wei ML
• GLUT4 and transferrin receptor are differentially sorted along the endocytic pathway in CHO cells.
  The Journal of cell biology 1998 Wei ML, Bonzelius F, Scully RM, Kelly RB, Herman GA
• Class I-like CD1A-C do not protect target cells from NK-mediated cytolysis.
  Cellular immunology 1996 Storkus WJ, Wei M, Cresswell P, Dawson JR
• Intracellular transport of class I MHC molecules in antigen processing mutant cell lines.
  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 1993 Anderson KS, Alexander J, Wei M, Cresswell P
• HLA-A2 molecules in an antigen-processing mutant cell contain signal sequence-derived peptides.
  Nature 1992 Wei ML, Cresswell P
• Transport and expression of class I MHC glycoproteins in an antigen-processing mutant cell line.
  Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology 1992 Click EM, Anderson KS, Androlewicz MJ, Wei ML, Cresswell P
• Chlorination of taurine by human neutrophils. Evidence for hypochlorous acid generation.
  The Journal of clinical investigation 1982 Weiss SJ, Klein R, Slivka A, Wei M