Soheil Sam Dadras MD-PhD
Academic Appointments
- Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Key Documents
Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Alternate Contact Thelam Santamaria Administrative assistant Email
Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Associate Co-director, Stanford Dermatopathology Service (2005 - present)
Honors and Awards
- Career Development Award, Melanoma Research Foundation (2008)
- Dermatopathology Research Award, Dermatology Foundation (2007)
- Fellows Grant for Melanoma Research, American Association for Cancer Research-William S. Graham Foundation (2005)
- Clinical Research Day Pathology Award, Massachusetts General Hospital (2004)
- Informatics Award, College of American Pathologists Foundation (2002)
- Research Presentation Award, Sigma Xi, National Graduate School Honor Society (1995)
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | Harvard Medical School, Dermatopathology (2005) |
| Fellowship: | Massachusetts General Hospital, Lymphatic Vascular Biology (2004) |
| Residency: | Massachusetts General Hospital, Anatomic Pathology (2002) |
| M.D.: | Northwestern University, Medicine (2000) |
| Ph.D.: | Northwestern University, Tumor Cell Biology (2000) |
| B.A.: | UC Santa Cruz, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (1991) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Mortality in patients with cutaneous melanoma arises from metastasis, usually to the lymph nodes followed by distant metastases to solid organs. We demonstrated that the extent of tumor lymphangiogenesis can predict the risk of metastasis to distant and sentinel lymph nodes in patients with melanoma. Using large-scale molecular screening, we study the genetic and epigenetic events regulating melanoma lymphangiogenesis, coupled with histological and clinical data.
Publications
- Profiling and discovery of novel miRNAs from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded melanoma and nodal specimens. J Mol Diagn. 2009; (5): 420-9
- Tumor lymphangiogenesis predicts melanoma metastasis to sentinel lymph nodes. Mod Pathol. 2005; (9): 1232-42
- Up-regulation of the lymphatic marker podoplanin, a mucin-type transmembrane glycoprotein, in human squamous cell carcinomas and germ cell tumors. Am J Pathol. 2005; (3): 913-21
- Angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis of skin cancers. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2004; (5): 1059-70, viii
- Infantile hemangiomas are arrested in an early developmental vascular differentiation state. Mod Pathol. 2004; (9): 1068-79
- Tumor lymphangiogenesis: a novel prognostic indicator for cutaneous melanoma metastasis and survival. Am J Pathol. 2003; (6): 1951-60
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