Abdul Hafeez Diwan, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

(713) 798-4661

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Email

ahdiwan@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor: Pathology & Immunology and Dermatology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Faculty Senator: Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Co-Chair (School of Medicine): Student Services Committee (Baylor College of Medicine)

Education

Advanced Training from University Of Alabama: 01/2002 - Birmingham, AL, United States

Advanced Training from University Of South Alabama: 01/2001 - Mobile, AL, United States

Ph.D. from University Of South Alabama: 01/1997 - Mobile, AL, United States

M.B.,B.S. from Aga Khan University Medical College: 01/1991 - Karachi, Pakistan

Websites

VIICTR Publications List

Selected Publications

Kim KB, Prieto V, Joseph RW, Diwan AH, Gallick GE, Papadopoulos NE, Bedikian AY, Camacho LH, Hwu P, Ng CS, Wei W, Johnson MM, Wittemer SM, Vardeleon A, Reckeweg A, Colevas AD. " A randomized phase II study of cilengitide (EMD 121974) in patients with metastatic melanoma. " Melanoma Res.. 2012 Aug ; 22 (4) : 294-301.
Pubmed PMID: 22668797.
Khalifeh I, Taraif S, Reed JA, Lazar AF, Diwan AH, Prieto VG. " A subgroup of melanocytic nevi on the distal lower extremity (ankle) shares features of acral nevi, dysplastic nevi, and melanoma in situ: a potential misdiagnosis of melanoma in situ. " Am. J. Surg. Pathol.. 2007 Jul ; 31 (7) : 1130-6.
Pubmed PMID: 17592281.
Leleux TM, Prieto VG, Diwan AH. " Aberrant expression of HMB-45 in traumatized melanocytic nevi. " J. Am. Acad. Dermatol.. 2012 Sep ; 67 (3) : 446-50.
Pubmed PMID: 22285619.
Adeniran AJ, Prieto VG, Chon S, Duvic M, Diwan AH. " Atypical histologic and immunohistochemical findings in melanocytic nevi after liquid nitrogen cryotherapy. " J. Am. Acad. Dermatol.. 2009 Aug ; 61 (2) : 341-5.
Pubmed PMID: 19362750.
Ivan D, Niveiro M, Diwan AH, Eton O, Kim KB, Lacey C, Gonzalez C, Prieto VG. " Analysis of protein tyrosine kinases expression in the melanoma metastases of patients treated with Imatinib Mesylate (STI571, Gleevec). " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2006 Apr ; 33 (4) : 280-5.
Pubmed PMID: 16630177.
Wang Q, Prieto V, Esmaeli B, Kolda T, Lazar A, Ivan D, Diwan AH. " Cellular blue nevi of the eyelid: A possible diagnostic pitfall. " J. Am. Acad. Dermatol.. 2008 Feb ; 58 (2) : 257-60.
Pubmed PMID: 18222322.
Treviño J, Prieto VG, Hearne R, Polk A, Diwan AH. " Atypical lymphocytic reaction with epidermotropism and lymphocytic vasculopathic reaction (lymphocytic vasculitis) after treatment with imiquimod. " J. Am. Acad. Dermatol.. 2006 Nov ; 55 (5) : S123-5.
Pubmed PMID: 17052533.
Hwang CS, Prieto VG, Diwan AH, Lizee G, Ellerhorst JA, Ekmekcioglu S, Liu P, Eton O, Kinney SA, Grimm EA, Hwu P, Kim KB. " Changes in pERK1/2 and pAKT expression in melanoma lesions after imatinib treatment. " Melanoma Res.. 2008 Aug ; 18 (4) : 241-5.
Pubmed PMID: 18626307.
Chandra P, Plaza JA, Zuo Z, Diwan AH, Koeppen H, Duvic M, Medeiros LJ, Prieto VG. " Clusterin expression correlates with stage and presence of large cells in mycosis fungoides. " Am. J. Clin. Pathol.. 2009 Apr ; 131 (4) : 511-5.
Pubmed PMID: 19289586.
Grekin SJ, Holcomb MJ, Modi GM, Huttenbach YT, Poythress EL, Diwan AH. " Cover quizlet. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2012 Nov ; 39 (11) : 981.
Pubmed PMID: 23072416.
Chakravarti N, Lotan R, Diwan AH, Warneke CL, Johnson MM, Prieto VG. " Decreased expression of retinoid receptors in melanoma: entailment in tumorigenesis and prognosis. " Clin. Cancer Res.. 2007 Aug 15; 13 (16) : 4817-24.
Pubmed PMID: 17699860.
Diwan AH, Skelton HG, Horenstein MG, Kelly DR, Barrett TL, Bussian AH, Sanders DY, Lazar AJ, Prieto VG, Smith KJ. " Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and giant cell fibroblastoma exhibit CD99 positivity. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2008 Jul ; 35 (7) : 647-50.
Pubmed PMID: 18201229.
Diwan AH, Horenstein MG. " Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans association with nuchal-type fibroma. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2004 Jan ; 31 (1) : 62-6.
Pubmed PMID: 14675287.
Prieto VG, Diwan AH, Shea CR, Zhang P, Sadick NS. " Effects of intense pulsed light and the 1,064 nm Nd:YAG laser on sun-damaged human skin: histologic and immunohistochemical analysis. " Dermatol Surg. 2005 May ; 31 (5) : 522-5.
Pubmed PMID: 15962734.
Lee P, Zhu CC, Sadick NS, Diwan AH, Zhang PS, Liu JS, Prieto VG. " Expression of androgen receptor coactivator ARA70/ELE1 in androgenic alopecia. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2005 Sep ; 32 (8) : 567-71.
Pubmed PMID: 16115056.
Ivan D, Diwan AH, Esteva FJ, Prieto VG. " Expression of cell cycle inhibitor p27Kip1 and its inactivator Jab1 in melanocytic lesions. " Mod. Pathol.. 2004 Jul ; 17 (7) : 811-8.
Pubmed PMID: 15154004.
Wang H, Shen SS, Wang H, Diwan AH, Zhang W, Fuller GN, Prieto VG. " Expression of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 2 in melanocytic lesions. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2003 Nov ; 30 (10) : 599-605.
Pubmed PMID: 14744083.
Chakravarti N, El-Naggar AK, Lotan R, Anderson J, Diwan AH, Saadati HG, Diba R, Prieto VG, Esmaeli B. " Expression of retinoid receptors in sebaceous cell carcinoma. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2006 Jan ; 33 (1) : 41554.
Pubmed PMID: 16441406.
Ellerhorst JA, Naderi AA, Johnson MK, Pelletier P, Prieto VG, Diwan AH, Johnson MM, Gunn DC, Yekell S, Grimm EA. " Expression of thyrotropin-releasing hormone by human melanoma and nevi. " Clin. Cancer Res.. 2004 Aug 15; 10 (16) : 5531-6.
Pubmed PMID: 15328193.
Thyparampil P, Diwan AH, Diaz-Marchan P, Grekin SJ, Marx DP. " Eyelid lipomas: a case report and review of the literature. " Orbit. 2012 Oct ; 31 (5) : 319-20.
Pubmed PMID: 22616643.
Prieto VG, Mourad-Zeidan AA, Melnikova V, Johnson MM, Lopez A, Diwan AH, Lazar AJ, Shen SS, Zhang PS, Reed JA, Gershenwald JE, Raz A, Bar-Eli M. " Galectin-3 expression is associated with tumor progression and pattern of sun exposure in melanoma. " Clin. Cancer Res.. 2006 Nov 15; 12 (22) : 6709-15.
Pubmed PMID: 17121890.
Shulman HM, Kleiner D, Lee SJ, Morton T, Pavletic SZ, Farmer E, Moresi JM, Greenson J, Janin A, Martin PJ, McDonald G, Flowers ME, Turner M, Atkinson J, Lefkowitch J, Washington MK, Prieto VG, Kim SK, Argenyi Z, Diwan AH, Rashid A, Hiatt K, Couriel D, Sch. " Histopathologic diagnosis of chronic graft-versus-host disease: National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: II. Pathology Working Group Report. " Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant.. 2006 Jan ; 12 (1) : 31-47.
Pubmed PMID: 16399567.
Smith-Zagone MJ, Prieto VG, Hayes RA, Timperman WW, Diwan AH. " HMB-45 (gp103) and MART-1 expression within giant cells in an atypical fibroxanthoma: a case report. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2004 Mar ; 31 (3) : 284-6.
Pubmed PMID: 14984584.
Ellerhorst JA, Sendi-Naderi A, Johnson MK, Cooke CP, Dang SM, Diwan AH. " Human melanoma cells express functional receptors for thyroid-stimulating hormone. " Endocr. Relat. Cancer. 2006 Dec ; 13 (4) : 1269-77.
Pubmed PMID: 17158770.
Petersson F, Diwan AH, Ivan D, Gershenwald JE, Johnson MM, Harrell R, Prieto VG. " Immunohistochemical detection of lymphovascular invasion with D2-40 in melanoma correlates with sentinel lymph node status, metastasis and survival. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2009 Nov ; 36 (11) : 1157-63.
Pubmed PMID: 19222695.
Plaza JA, Torres-Cabala C, Evans H, Diwan AH, Prieto VG. " Immunohistochemical expression of S100A6 in cellular neurothekeoma: clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 31 cases. " Am J Dermatopathol. 2009 Jul ; 31 (5) : 419-22.
Pubmed PMID: 19542912.
Diwan AH, Dang SM, Prieto VG, Ellerhorst JA. " Lack of maturation with anti-leptin receptor antibody in melanoma but not in nevi. " Mod. Pathol.. 2009 Jan ; 22 (1) : 103-6.
Pubmed PMID: 18836419.
Grekin SJ, Holcomb MJ, Modi GM, Huttenbach YT, Poythress EL, Diwan AH. " Lollipop lesions in nephrogenic systemic fibrosis mimicking a deep fungal infection. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2012 Nov ; 39 (11) : 982-4.
Pubmed PMID: 23072417.
Diwan AH, Umbreit J, Nelson BP. " Long-term survival of a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection and Hodgkin's lymphoma. " South. Med. J.. 2002 Aug ; 95 (8) : 943-4.
Pubmed PMID: 12190241.
Cohn ML, Goncharuk VN, Diwan AH, Zhang PS, Shen SS, Prieto VG. " Loss of claudin-1 expression in tumor-associated vessels correlates with acquisition of metastatic phenotype in melanocytic neoplasms. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2005 Sep ; 32 (8) : 533-6.
Pubmed PMID: 16115050.
Ivan D, Bengana C, Lazar AJ, Diwan AH, Prieto VG. " Merkel cell tumor in a trichilemmal cyst: collision or association? " Am J Dermatopathol. 2007 Apr ; 29 (2) : 180-3.
Pubmed PMID: 17414443.
Uzquiano MC, Prieto VG, Nash JW, Ivan DS, Gong Y, Lazar AJ, Diwan AH. " Metastatic basal cell carcinoma exhibits reduced actin expression. " Mod. Pathol.. 2008 May ; 21 (5) : 540-3.
Pubmed PMID: 18223552.
Nash JW, Barrett TL, Kies M, Ross MI, Sneige N, Diwan AH, Lazar AJ. " Metastatic hidradenocarcinoma with demonstration of Her-2/neu gene amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization: potential treatment implications. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2007 Jan ; 34 (1) : 49-54.
Pubmed PMID: 17214855.
Gershenwald JE, Andtbacka RH, Prieto VG, Johnson MM, Diwan AH, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Cormier JN, Schacherer CW, Ross MI. " Microscopic tumor burden in sentinel lymph nodes predicts synchronous nonsentinel lymph node involvement in patients with melanoma. " J. Clin. Oncol.. 2008 Sep 10; 26 (26) : 4296-303.
Pubmed PMID: 18606982.
Diwan AH, Smith KJ, Brown R, Skelton HG. " Mucoepidermoid carcinoma arising within nevus sebaceus of Jadassohn. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2003 Nov ; 30 (10) : 652-5.
Pubmed PMID: 14744092.
Hong DS, Reddy SB, Prieto VG, Wright JJ, Tannir NM, Cohen PR, Diwan AH, Evans HL, Kurzrock R. " Multiple squamous cell carcinomas of the skin after therapy with sorafenib combined with tipifarnib. " Arch Dermatol. 2008 Jun ; 144 (6) : 779-82.
Pubmed PMID: 18559769.
Diwan AH, Lazar AJ. " Nevoid melanoma. " Clin. Lab. Med.. 2011 Jun ; 31 (2) : 243-53.
Pubmed PMID: 21549238.
Diwan AH, Graves ED, King JA, Horenstein MG. " Nuchal-type fibroma in two related patients with Gardner's syndrome. " Am. J. Surg. Pathol.. 2000 Nov ; 24 (11) : 1563-7.
Pubmed PMID: 11075861.
Ding Y, Prieto VG, Zhang PS, Rosenthal S, Smith KJ, Skelton HG, Diwan AH. " Nuclear expression of the antiapoptotic protein survivin in malignant melanoma. " Cancer. 2006 Mar 1; 106 (5) : 1123-9.
Pubmed PMID: 16456815.
Kim KB, Eton O, Davis DW, Frazier ML, McConkey DJ, Diwan AH, Papadopoulos NE, Bedikian AY, Camacho LH, Ross MI, Cormier JN, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Mansfield PF, Billings LA, Ng CS, Charnsangavej C, Bar-Eli M, Johnson MM, Murgo AJ, Prieto VG. " Phase II trial of imatinib mesylate in patients with metastatic melanoma. " Br. J. Cancer. 2008 Sep 2; 99 (5) : 734-40.
Pubmed PMID: 18728664.
Singh RS, Diwan AH, Zhang PS, Prieto VG. " Phosphoinositide 3-kinase is not overexpressed in melanocytic lesions. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2007 Mar ; 34 (3) : 220-5.
Pubmed PMID: 17302605.
Diwan AH, Prieto VG, Herling M, Duvic M, Jone D. " Primary Sézary syndrome commonly shows low-grade cytologic atypia and an absence of epidermotropism. " Am. J. Clin. Pathol.. 2005 Apr ; 123 (4) : 510-5.
Pubmed PMID: 15743738.
Paradela S, Fonseca E, Pita-Fernández S, Kantrow SM, Diwan AH, Herzog C, Prieto VG. " Prognostic factors for melanoma in children and adolescents: a clinicopathologic, single-center study of 137 Patients. " Cancer. 2010 Sep 15; 116 (18) : 4334-44.
Pubmed PMID: 20549825.
Ellerhorst JA, Diwan AH, Dang SM, Uffort DG, Johnson MK, Cooke CP, Grimm EA. " Promotion of melanoma growth by the metabolic hormone leptin. " Oncol. Rep.. 2010 Apr ; 23 (4) : 901-7.
Pubmed PMID: 20204272.
Anzalone CL, Cohen PR, Diwan AH, Prieto VG. " Radiation-induced angiosarcoma. " Dermatol. Online J.. 2013 ; 19 (1) : 2.
Pubmed PMID: 23374944.
Perna AG, Ostler DA, Ivan D, Lazar AJ, Diwan AH, Prieto VG, Reed JA. " Renal cell carcinoma marker (RCC-Ma) is specific for cutaneous metastasis of renal cell carcinoma. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2007 May ; 34 (5) : 381-5.
Pubmed PMID: 17448192.
Torres-Cabala CA, Plaza JA, Diwan AH, Prieto VG. " Severe architectural disorder is a potential pitfall in the diagnosis of small melanocytic lesions. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2010 Aug ; 37 (8) : 860-5.
Pubmed PMID: 19614731.
Singh RS, Grayson W, Redston M, Diwan AH, Warneke CL, McKee PH, Lev D, Lyle S, Calonje E, Lazar AJ. " Site and tumor type predicts DNA mismatch repair status in cutaneous sebaceous neoplasia. " Am. J. Surg. Pathol.. 2008 Jun ; 32 (6) : 936-42.
Pubmed PMID: 18551751.
Esmaeli B, De Martelaere S, Ozkan Y, Prager T, Prieto V, Diwan AH. " Surgical specimen handling for conjunctival melanoma: implications for tumor thickness determination and sentinel lymph node biopsy. " Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. ; 22 (3) : 238-9.
Pubmed PMID: 16714950.
Ivan D, Diwan AH, Lazar AJ, Prieto VG. " The usefulness of p63 detection for differentiating primary from metastatic skin adenocarcinomas. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2008 Sep ; 35 (9) : 880-1.
Pubmed PMID: 18796086.
Polder K, Wang C, Duvic M, Diwan AH, Parks D, Jankov A, Walker PL, Tong AT, Bull J, Dang NH. " Toxic epidermal necrolysis associated with denileukin diftitox (DAB389IL-2) administration in a patient with follicular large cell lymphoma. " Leuk. Lymphoma. 2005 Dec ; 46 (12) : 1807-11.
Pubmed PMID: 16263585.
Curry JL, Prieto VG, Jones DM, Vega F, Duvic M, Diwan AH. " Transient iatrogenic immunodeficiency-related B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of the skin in a patient with mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2011 Mar ; 38 (3) : 295-7.
Pubmed PMID: 19889052.
Al-Zaid T, Ditelberg JS, Prieto VG, Lev D, Luthra R, Davies MA, Diwan AH, Wang WL, Lazar AJ. " Trichilemmomas show loss of PTEN in Cowden syndrome but only rarely in sporadic tumors. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2012 May ; 39 (5) : 493-9.
Pubmed PMID: 22486434.
Cangelosi JJ, Prieto VG, Baker GF, Moore BA, Diwan AH. " Unusual presentation of multiple epithelioid cell histiocytomas. " Am J Dermatopathol. 2008 Aug ; 30 (4) : 373-6.
Pubmed PMID: 18645309.
Ivan D, Nash JW, Prieto VG, Calonje E, Lyle S, Diwan AH, Lazar AJ. " Use of p63 expression in distinguishing primary and metastatic cutaneous adnexal neoplasms from metastatic adenocarcinoma to skin. " J. Cutan. Pathol.. 2007 Jun ; 34 (6) : 474-80.
Pubmed PMID: 17518775.