Candice E. Brem MD, FCAP, FASCP
Academic Appointments
2023–2025 Program Director, ACGME Dermatopathology Fellowship Training Program, Boston University School of Medicine
2020–2025 Associate Director, Dermatopathology Section, Department of Dermatology, Boston University Medical Center
2020–2023 Associate Program Director, ACGME Dermatopathology Fellowship Training Program, Boston University School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Training
2018–2020 Fellow, Dermatopathology, Boston University Medical Center
2014–2018 Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny Health Network
Education
2014 MD, The American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
Certifications
2020 Dermatopathology
2018 Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Professional Societies
American Society for Clinical Pathology
American Society of Dermatopathology
College of American Pathologists
International Society of Dermatopathology
Massachusetts Society of Pathologists
New England Dermatological Society (NEDS)
Select Publications
Zhang AD, Lazar M, Akhundova E, Brem CE, Beltrami EJ, Vashi NA. A Scoping Review on Melasma Treatments and Their Histopathologic Correlates. Dermatopathology (Basel). 2025 Apr 11;12(2):13. doi: 10.3390/ dermatopathology12020013. PMID: 40265344; PMCID: PMC12015840.
De La Hoz A, Gadi N, Lopez C, Barrera-Godinez A, Miller N, Bourque D, Brem C, Ozluk E, Seth G, Kimball S, Taylor J. Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in a Patient with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and HIV: a Diagnostic Challenge for Clinicians Caring for Migrant Population in the United States, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2024; ofae587.
Shah A, Wahood S, Guermazi D, Brem CE, Saliba E. Skin and Syntax: Large Language Models in Dermatopathology, Dermatopathology. 2024; 11(1): 101-111.
Ghaoui N, Brem CE. Eccrine syringofibroadenoma. PathologyOutlines.com website.
Saliba E, Brem CE. Lichen sclerosus. PathologyOutlines. com website.
Sachedina D, Villa-Ruiz C, Brem C, Sahni D. Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis of the vulva: Case report and review of the literature. Skin Health Dis. 2023 Dec 27.
Caligayahan M, Wolpowitz D, Brem CE. Giant cell collagenoma in a patient with Cowden syndrome: A rare case report and literature review with a focus on the spectrum of sclerotic fibroma and giant cell collagenoma. J Cutan Pathol. 2024 Apr;51(4):267-271.
Saliba E, Brem C. Cervical Chondrocutaneous Branchial Remnant: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Am J Dermatopathol. 2023 Oct 1;45(10):721-723.
Amara SV, Grbic N, Melson G, Brem CE, Almier N, Bhawan J, Alani RM, Collard M. Assessment of lipid and pigment content in suspicious melanocytic lesions to improve melanoma detection. Melanoma Res. 2023 Aug 1;33(4):283-292.
Kennamer B, Sachedina D, Nagrani N, Brem C, Sahni D. A Rare Case of Anetodermic Mycosis Fungoides. Acta Derm Venerol. 2023 Jul 3;103:adv11926.
Trepanowski N, Coleman EL, Melson G, Brem CE, Lam CS. Erythrodermic psoriasis after COVID-19 vaccination. JAAD Case Rep. 2022 Oct;28;123-126.
Melson G, Saliba E, Patel S, Eisen R, Brem CE. Clear Cell Acanthoma with Malignant Cytologic Features: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Dermatopathology (Basel). 2022 Oct 20;9(4):355-360.
Melson GJ, Hong SG, Brem CE, Melanocytic matricoma with atypical features: A case of malignant melanocytic matricoma? J Dermatol. 2022 Nov;49(11):1193-1197.
De La Garza, H, Saliba, E, Rosales Santillan, M, Brem C, Vashi, NA. Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta as a Complication of COVID-19 Infection. Dermatopathology 2022, July 5;9(3), 244-250.
Brem C, Wolpowitz D, Chang KH, Bhawan, J. Merkel Cell Carcinoma In Situ: No more serendipity? Am J Dermatopathol 2022, Apr 1;44(4):297-301.
Brem C, Abbas O, Bhawan J. Diagnostic value of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in differentiating pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta from lymphomatoid papulosis. Am J Dermatopathol. 2022 Mar1;44(3): 174-178.
Brem C, Goldberg L. Early erythema migrans: Do not count on plasma cells. Am J Dermatopathol. 2022 Feb 1;44(2):e23-e25.
Huang L, Zhai Y, La J, Lui JW, Moore SPG, Little EC, Xiao S, Haresi AJ, Brem CE, Bhawan J, Lang D. Targeting pan-ETS factors inhibits melanoma progression. Cancer Res. 2021 Apr 15;81(8):2071-2085.
Book Chapter
Brem C, Goldberg LJ. Evolution of Melanoma Staging. In: Alani RM, Sahni D. (eds) Melanoma in Clinical Practice. 2021. Springer. Cham, Switzerland.
