Amin A. Hedayat, MD

2019–Present President and Chairman of the Board, American Melanoma Institute

2019–Present Practicing Dermatopathologist

2020–Present  Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine

2014–2018 Pathology Teaching Assistant, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

2006–2008 Faculty Lecturer, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine

2018–2019 Fellow, Dermatopathology (combined),  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

2016 Fellow, Dermatopathology Visiting Scholar, University of California, San Francisco

2014–2018 Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

2014 MD, St. George’s University, School of Medicine

2025 Executive Leadership Program, McKinsey & Company

2024 Leadership Essentials, McKinsey & Company

2019 Dermatopathology

2018 Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

2018-Present Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

American Medical Association

American Society of Clinical Pathology

College of American Pathologists

United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

International Society of Dermatopathology

American Society of Dermatopathology

C Lee, AA Hedayat, HL Greenberg. Cystic Presentation of High-Grade Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in an Inframammary Accessory Nipple. 2023. Cutis 112 (2), E9-E11.

Shawa H, Hedayat AA, Cotter D. Atypical presentation of pediatric antiphospholipid syndrome. JAAD Case Reports. 2021 Oct 1;16:50-2.

Samlowski, W, Chang, M, Meoz, R, Hedayat AA. Complete response of metastatic cervical adenocarcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy followed by pembrolizumab: A case report. J Case Rep Images Oncology 2021;7:100078Z10WS2021.

Hedayat AA, Busam KJ, Lefferts JA, Linos K. BAP1-Deficient Tumor/Nevus with Germline Aberration: A Potential Confounding Factor in assessing Melanocytic Neoplasms with SNP array. J Cutan Pathol. 2019 Sep;46(9):672-677. doi: 10.1111/cup.13488. Epub 2019 May 24. PMID: 31058349.

Magro CM, Ruan J, Grossman M, Hedayat AA. Monoclonal plasma cell infiltrates in the setting of cutaneous follicular helper T cell lymphoproliferative disorders. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2019 Jun;40:94-104. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2019.04.013. Epub 2019 Apr 26.

Magro CM, Schwartz Z, Saab A, Hedayat AA. Enhanced cutaneous Rock2 expression as a marker of Rho Kinase pathway activation in autoimmune disease and Kohlemeier-Degos disease. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2020 Feb;44:151414. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2019.151414. Epub 2019 Oct 23. PMID: 31778951.

Georgesen C, Hedayat AA, Hollmann TJ, Marchetti MA, Busam KJ, Rossi AM, Seo SK, Markova A. Gram-negative cutaneous infections with unique filamentous forms. J Cutan Pathol. 2019 Jun;46(6):459-462. doi: 10.1111/cup.13453. Epub 2019 Apr 4. PMID: 30851054.

Queen, AA Hedayat, C Magro, LJ Geskin. An unusual cause of bilateral orbital swelling: Immunoglobulin G4 related orbital disease arising in a patient with ulcerative colitis. JAAD Case Rep. 2019 Jul 13;5(7):634-638. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2019.05.018. PMID: 31341945.

Magro CM, Solomon G, Hedayat AA. Angiodestructive Type E Lymphomatoid Papulosis in the Setting of Pregnancy. The Dermatologist. Nov 2018.

Hedayat AA, Carter JB, Lansigan F, and LeBlanc RE. Epidermotropic presentation by splenic B cell lymphoma: The importance of clinical-pathologic correlation. J Cutan Pathol. Feb 2018. PMID: 29377231.

Hoyt BS, Hedayat AA, LeBlanc RE, Glass JS. Painful Violaceous Nodule With Peripheral Hyperpigmentation. Cutis. 2018 April;101(4):E6-E8.

Hedayat AA, Linos K, Jung HS, Tafe LJ, Yan S, LeBlanc RE, Lefferts JA. Evaluating melanocytic lesions with single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chromosomal microarray. Exp Mol Pathol. 2017 Dec;103(3):279-287. doi: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2017.11.005. Epub 2017 Nov 21. PMID: 29169801.

Hedayat AA, Collins LK, Wimmer DB, Guill MA, Seidel GD. A Painful Firm Plaque on the Midback of a 53-Year-Old Female. Am J Dermatopathol. 2018 Aug;40(8):e107-e108. PMID: 30028763.

Hedayat AA, Peterson JD, Tse JY, Eifert CL, Gallagher TL, Deharvengt SJ, de Abreu FB, Tsongalis GJ, 2017, February. Assessing the Clinical Utility of Expanded vs. Small Targeted Solid Tumor NGS Panels. In Laboratory Investigation (Vol. 97, pp. 529A-530A).

Hedayat AA, Suriawinata A, Lisovsky M, Longnecker DS. Association of IgG4 Response and Autoimmune Pancreatitis with Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasms. Pancreatology. 2017 Feb 8. pii: S1424-3903(17)30029-7. PMID: 28215485.

Hedayat AA, Collins LK, Wimmer DB, Guill MA, Seidel GD. Fluoroscopy-Induced Chronic Radiation Dermatitis. Am J Dermatopathol. 2017 March 17.

Hedayat AA, Linos K, Angeles C, Tsongalis GJ, Lefferts JA. Analysis Of Copy Number Variation In Melanoma Versus Benign Lesions Using Chromosomal Microarray. J Cutan Pathol. 43(1):e4 e5, Jan 2016.

Hedayat AA, Pettus JR, Marotti JD, Holubar SD, Lisovsky M. Proliferative Lesion of Anogenital Mammary-like Glands in the Setting of Cowden Syndrome: Case report and Review of the Literature. J Cutan Pathol. 2016 Apr 19. PMID: 27090873.

Olson NJ, Robert D, Hedayat AA, Liu X, Ornstein DL. Fatal hemorrhage due to a spontaneous factor V inhibitor with lupus anticoagulant properties. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2016 Sep 24. PMID: 27676645.

Wimmer D, Hedayat AA, Li Z, Bagley E, Ernstoff M, Barton D, Yan S. Prognostic Significance of Rare Intraparenchymal Immunohistochemical Positive Cells in Sentinel Lymph Nodes From Melanoma Patients. Laboratory Investigation. 2015 Feb 1 (Vol. 95, pp. 127A-128A).

Hedayat AA, Bortolato M, Piomelli D. (2005, June 10). Addiction Evaluation of Endocannabinoid Deactivating Inhibitors. Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Journal, 7th Edition. 2005.

Hedayat AA, Piomelli D. (2005, April 10). Rewarding Effects of Endocannabinoid Deactivation Inhibitors. UC-Irvine Excellence in Research Journal of Undergraduate Research in the Biological Sciences Vol 35. 2005.

Hedayat AA, Essad KM, Kanter JH, Memoli VA, Lukovitz TG. Post-partum Cerebral Vascular Accident Caused by Mycotic Embolism. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2016. April 23.

Hedayat AA, Lefferts JA, Atkinson AE, Busam KJ, Linos K BAP1-Deficient Tumor/Nevus with Germline Aberration: A Potential Confounding Factor in assessing Melanocytic Neoplasms with SNP array. Presented October 2018 at the American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP), Chicago, IL.

Hedayat AA, Lefferts JA, Linos K Compound aberrations in BAP1-deficient nevi. Presented October 2017 at the American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP), Baltimore, MD.

Hedayat AA, Essad KM, Farahi M, Kanter JH, Memoli VA, Lukovitz TG Post-partum Cerebral Vascular Accident Caused by Mycotic Embolism. Presented October 2017 at the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting, Oxon Hill, MD.

Hedayat AA, Peterson JD, Tse JY, Gallagher TL, Deharvengt SJ, de Abreu FB, Tsongalis GJ. Assessing the Clinical Utility of Expanded vs. Small Targeted Solid Tumor NGS Panels. Presented March 2017 at the United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), San Antonio, TX.

Hedayat AA, Rand JV, Carter JB, Lansigan F, Loo EY. An Unusual Presentation of Primary Cutaneous Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis. Presented October 2016 at the American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP), Chicago, IL.

Hedayat AA, Suriawinata A, Lisovsky M, Longnecker DS. IgG4 Response and Autoimmune Pancreatitis with Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasms. Presented September 2016 at the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

Hedayat AA, Paul J, Giurgea LT, Sijun K, Shatzel J, Wells WA. Low-Dose Methotrexate Toxicity Presenting As Cutaneous Stevens – Johnson syndrome and Pancytopenia. Presented October 2015 at the American College of Physicians, Boston, MA.

Hedayat AA, Wimmer DB, Collins LK, Guill MA, Seidel GD. Fluoroscopy-Induced Radiation Dermatitis. Presented October 2015 at the American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP), San Francisco, CA.

Olson NJ, Hedayat AA, Liu X, Ornstein DL Intracranial Hemorrhage Due to a Rare Factor V Inhibitor with Lupus Anticoagulant-like Properties. Presented October 2015 at the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.

Volk NR, Hedayat AA, Hussain ZH, Lisovsky M, Dinani A Collagenous Gastritis: An uncommon cause of abdominal pain. Presented October 2014 at the American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Hedayat AA, Yan S, Tsongalis GJ. Chapter 25: “Molecular Pathology and Testing in Melanocytic Tumors.” In:Diagnostic Molecular Pathology. First Edition, William Coleman, Gregory Tsongalis, editors. Philadelphia, PA, 2017.