Email

mokhtar.abdelhammed@bcm.edu

Positions

Medical Resident

Department of Pathology & Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

President

GME Resident Council
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Education

MD from Cairo University

03/2020 - Cairo, Egypt

Research Fellowship at University of California San Diego

San Diego, United States

Professional Interests

• Dermatopathology
• Molecular Pathology
• Medical Education

Websites

Selected Publications

• Kundert PN, Abdelhammed MH, Milton DR, Wang WL, Ciurea SA, Nagarajan P, Cho WC, Lenskaya V, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Aung PP.. " Skeletal muscle invasion identifies aggressive merkel cell carcinomas beyond tumor size–based risk stratification: a tertiary cancer center experience " 2026 Sep 1;
  Pubmed PMID: 42678421.
• Abdelhammed MH, Yang RK, Lenskaya V, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC.. " Clinicopathologic and molecular characteristics of acral melanomas harboring RARA fusions " 2026 Jul 3;
  Pubmed PMID: 42398544.
• Abdelhammed MH, Yu H, Ramani NS.. " Desmoplastic Trichilemmoma Mimicking Basal Cell Carcinoma: Two New Cases, Systematic Review of 92 Cases and Dual Staining Diagnostic Approach " 2026 May 20;
  Pubmed PMID: 42358005.
• Abdelhammed MH, Salah HT, Aung PP, Cazzato G, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Torres-Cabala CA, Prieto VG, Cho WC. " Melanomas arising in blue nevi exhibit absence of TERT promoter mutations, low tumor mutational burden, and high frequency of distant metastases and disease-related mortality: a clinicopathologic and molecular study of 11 cases " 2026 Mar 23;
  Pubmed PMID: 41872493.
• Abdelhammed MH, Cho WC. " The evolving role of TRPS1 in dermatopathology: insights from the past 4 years " 2026 Mar 6;
  Pubmed PMID: 41605620.
• Abdelhammed, M.H.; Siatecka, H.; Diwan, A.H.; Finch, C.J.; Haskins, A.D.; Hernandez, D.J.; Xu, Y. " A Rare Case of a Malignant Proliferating Trichilemmal Tumor: A Molecular Study Harboring Potential Therapeutic Significance and a Review of Literature " 2024 ;
  Pubmed PMID: 39727620.
• Abdelhammed MH, Plon SE, Nuchtern JG, Rainusso NC, Saadeldin AM, Patel KR. " Rare Adenoid Variant of Basal Cell Carcinoma in an African American Child With Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome: Atypical Nodulocystic Presentation " 2025 May 2;
  Pubmed PMID: 40314658.
• Abdelhammed M H, Ramani N S. " Adenomatoid Tumor of the Pericardium: A Case Report and Literature Review " 2025 Apr 4;
  Pubmed PMID: 40330366.
• Abdelhammed MH, Nagarajan P. " PHLDA1 " ;
• Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumour " ;
• Myxoinflammatory Fibroblastic Sarcoma " ;
• Abdelhammed MH, Ramani N. " NB84 " ;

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Memberships

American Society for Clinical Pathology

College of American Pathologists

Texas Society of Pathologists

American Society of Dermatopathology

International Society of Dermatopathologist

Languages

Arabic