Jean L. Bolognia, M.D.

Professor of Dermatology

Research Interests

Disorders of pigmentation and pigmented lesions including melanoma. Director of the Pigmented Lesion Clinic where patients with numerous nevi (moles), atypical nevi, and family or personal history of cutaneous melanoma are seen. The clinic serves as the focus for clinicopathologic correlation and comparison of methods of education regarding melanoma and skin self-examination.

Education:	A.B. summa cum laude, 1976 Douglass College M.D. cum laude, 1980, Yale University
Training:	Residency, Yale University Fellowship, Yale University

Selected Publications

• Bolognia JL. Too many moles [Invited editorial]. Arch Dermatol 142:508, 2006.
• Huynh PM, Glusac EJ, and Bolognia JL. Clinical appearance of clonal nevi. Int J Dermatol, in press, 2005.
• Myerson N, Schaffer JV, Berwick M, Bolognia JL. Breslow depth of cutaneous melanoma: Impact of factors related to surveillance of the skin, including prior skin biopsies and family history of melanoma. J Am Acad Dermatol 53:393-406, 2005.
• Schaffer JV, McNiff JM, Seropian S, Cooper DL, and Bolognia JL. Lichen sclerosus and eosinophilic fasciitis as manifestations of chronic graft-versus-host disease: expanding the sclerodermoid spectrum. J Am Acad Dermatol 53:591-601, 2005.
• Schaffer JV, Rigel DS, Kopf AW, and Bolognia JL. Melanoma--past, present, and future. J Am Acad Dermatol 51: S65-69, 2004.
• Huynh PM, Glusac EJ, and Bolognia JL. Clinical appearance of clonal nevi (inverted type A nevi). Int J Dermatol 43:882-885, 2004.
• Huynh PM, Glusac EJ, Alvarez-Franco M, Berwick M, and Bolognia JL. Numerous small darkly pigmented melanocytic nevi: The cheetah phenotype. J Am Acad Dermatol 48:707-13, 2003.
• Radonich M, Lazova R, and Bolognia JL. Cutaneous natural killer/T-cell lymphoma. J Am Acad Dermatol 46:451-456, 2002.
• Schaffer JV, Lazova R, and Bolognia JL. Partial unilateral lentiginosis with ocular involvement. J Am Acad Dermatol 48:387-390, 2001.
• Schaffer JV, Orlow SJ, Lazova R, and Bolognia JL. Speckled lentiginous nevus: within the spectrum of congenital melanocytic nevi. Arch Dermatol 137:172-178, 2001.
• schaffer JV, Glusac E, and Bolognia JL. Eclipse naevus - tan centre with stellate brown rim. Br J Dermatol 145: 1023-1026, 2001.
• Bolognia JL, LaPia K, Somma S. Depigmentation therapy. Dermatol Therapy 14:29-34, 2001.
• Schaffer JV, Davidson D, McNiff JM, and Bolognia JL. Perinuclear antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody-positive cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa associated with minocycline therapy for acne vulgaris. J Am Acad Dermatol 44:198-206, 2001.
• Huynh PM, Glusac EJ, and Bolognia JL. Pointillist nevi. J Am Acad Dermatol 45:397-400, 2001.
• Huynh PM, Lazova R, and Bolognia JL. Unusual halo nevi -- darkening rather than lightening of the central nevus. Dermatology 202:324-327, 2001.
• Bolognia JL. Unusual leucodermas [Invited editorial]. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 15:386-387, 2001.
• Schaffer JV and Bolognia JL. The melanocortin 1 receptor: red hair and beyond. Arch Dermatol 137:1477-1485, 2001.
• Schaffer JV, McNiff JM, and Bolognia JL. Cerebral mass due to neurocutaneous melanosis: eight years later. Pediatr Dermatol 18:369-377, 2001.
• Schaffer JV, Orlow SJ, Lazova R, and Bolognia JL. Speckled lentiginous nevus: within the spectrum of congenital melanocytic nevi. Arch Dermatol 137:172-178, 2001.
• Huynh PM, Glusac EJ, and Bolognia JL. Pointillist nevi. J Am Acad Dermatol 45:397-400, 2001.
• Bolognia JL. Pigmented lesions and biopsy techniques [Invited editorial]. Dermatol Surg 26: 89-90, 2000.
• Berwick M, Oliveria S, Luo S-T, Headley A, and Bolognia JL. A pilot study using nurse education as an intervention to increase skin self-examination for melanoma. J Cancer Ed 15:38-40, 2000.
• Chakraborty A, Sodi S, Rachkovsky M, Kolesnikova, Platt J, Bolognia J, and Pawelek J. A spontaneous murine melanoma lung metastasis comprised of host X tumor hybrids. Cancer Res 60:2512-2519, 2000.
• Lee D, Lazova R, and Bolognia JL. A figurate and papulosquamous variant of Inflammatory vitiligo. Dermatology 200:270-274, 2000.
• Schaffer JV and Bolognia JL. The clinical spectrum of pigmented lesions. Plastic Surg Clin 27:391-408, 2000.
• Schaffer JV, Watsky K, and Bolognia JL. Depigmentation of a café au lait macule secondary to vitiligo with subsequent repigmentation. Dermatology 201:283-284, 2000.
• Bolognia JL and Glusac E. Hypopigmented common blue nevi. Arch Dermatol 134: 754-756, 1998.
• Bolognia JL, Lin A, and Shapiro PE. The significance of eccentric foci of hyperpigmentation ("small dark dots") within melanocytic nevi: analysis of 59 cases. Arch Dermatol 130: 1013-1017, 1994.
• Bolognia JL and Shapiro PE. Perifollicular hypopigmentation: A cause of variegate pigmentation and irregular border in melanocytic nevi. Arch Dermatol 128: 514-517, 1992.
• Bolognia JL. Reticulated black solar lentigo ("ink spot" lentigo). Arch Dermatol 128: 934-940, 1992.

Book Chapters

• Bolognia JL and Braverman IM. Skin signs of systemic disease. In: Harrison's Principles of internal medicine. Fauci AS, Braunwald E, Isselbacher KJ, Wilson JD, Martin JB, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, and Longo DL, eds. McGraw-Hill, New York, 15th ed, 2001, pp. 315-331.
• Bolognia JL and Braverman IM. Cutaneous complications of diabetes mellitus. In: Sperling MA, ed. Type 1 Diabetes: Etiology and Treatment. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, in press, 2003.
• Schaffer JV and Bolognia JL. Vascular neoplasms. In: Dermatological signs of internal disease. Callen JP, Jorizzo JL, Bolognia JL, Piette WW, Zone JJ, eds. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 3rd ed, 2003, pp. 143-153.
• Bolognia JL. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and sexually transmitted diseases. In: Dermatological signs of internal disease. Callen JP, Jorizzo JL, Bolognia JL, Piette WW, Zone JJ, eds. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 3rd ed, 2003, pp. 243-256.
• Baird DL, Jegasothy BV, Cooper DL, and Bolognia JL. Manifestations in transplant patients. In: Dermatological signs of internal disease. Callen JP, Jorizzo JL, Bolognia JL, Piette WW, Zone JJ, eds. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 3rd ed, 2003, pp. 275-286.
• Bolognia JL and Orlow SJ. Biology of melanocytes. In: Dermatology. Bolognia JL, Jorizzo J, and Rapini R, eds. Harcourt, London, in press, 2003.
• Bolognia JL and Braverman IM. Skin signs of systemic disease. In: Harrison's Principles of internal medicine. Fauci AS, Braunwald E, Isselbacher KJ, Wilson JD, Martin JB, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, and Longo DL, eds. McGraw-Hill, New York, 16th ed, in press, 2004.

• Bolognia JL and Braverman IM. Skin and subcutaneous tissues. In: Therapy for diabetes mellitus and related disorders. Lebovitz HE, ed. American Diabetes Association Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, 4th ed, in press, 2003.
• Bolognia JL. Disorders of hypopigmentation and hyperpigmentation. In: Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology. Harper JI, Oranje AP, and Prose NS, eds. Blackwell Science, Inc., Cambridge, MA, 2nd ed, in press, 2004.
• Schaffer JV and Bolognia JL. Oculocutaneous albinism and other disorders of hypopigmentation. In: Principles of Molecular Medicine. Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey, 2nd ed, in press, 2004.
• Schaffer JV and Bolognia JL Biology of the melanocyte. In: Skin cancer. Rigel D et al., eds. In press, 2004.
• Bolognia JL. Infections, hyper- and hypopigmentation, regional dermatology, and distinctive lesions in black skin. In: Cecil's Textbook of Medicine.
• Goldman L and Ausiello DA, eds. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 22nd ed, in press, 2004. Dermatological Signs of Internal Disease, 3rd edition, Callen JP, Jorizzo JL, Bolognia JL, Piette WW, Zone JJ, eds. W.B. Saunders:Philadelphia, 2002.
• Dermatology, Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Rapini R, eds. Mosby:St. Louis, 2003
• Dermatology, Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Rapini R, eds. Mosby:London, 2008
• Dermatological Signs of Internal Disease, 4th edition, Callen JP, Jorizzo JL, Bolognia JL, Piette WW, Zone JJ, eds. W.B. Saunders:Philadelphia, 2008

Books

• Dermatological Signs of Internal Disease, 4th edition, Callen JP, Jorizzo JL, Bolognia JL. Piette WW, Zone JJ, eds. W.B. Saunders: Philadelphia, 2008.
• Dermatology, Bolognia JL, Lorizzo JL, Rapini R, eds. Mosby: London, 2008
• Dermatology, Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Rapini R, eds. Mosby: St. Louis 2003
• Dermatological Signs of Internal Disease, 3rd edition, Callen JP, Jorizzo JL, Bolognia JL, Piette WW, Zone JJ, eds. W.B. Saunders: Philadelphia, 2002.

Departmental Committees:
Chair	Appointments and Promotions Committee for Volunteer Faculty
Yale Committees:
1998-2001	Senior Appointments and Promotions Committee
2000-2002	Search Committee for Chair/Chief of Pediatrics
2001-2004 Chair 2003	Provost's Committee on Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment
2002-2005	Senior Faculty Allotment Committee
National Committees:
American Academy of Dermatology
1995-1999	Melanoma Skin Cancer Committee
1996-2000	Interdisciplinary Education Committee
1997-2001	Environment Council
1998-2003	Board of Trustees, Sulzberger Institute for Dermatologic Education
1998-2001	Manpower Committee
1999-2000	Development Initiatives Task Force
1999-2008 Chair 2003-2008	Audit Committee
1999-2003 Chair 2000-2003	Nominations & Membership Committee, Sulzberger Institute for Dermatologic Education
1999-2002 Chair 2002	Nominating Committee
2000-2003	Secretary-Treasurer, Sulzberger Institute for Dermatologic Education
2002-2006	Ethics Committee
2002-2005	Scientific Assembly Council
2003-2006	Development Committee
Skin Cancer Foudation
1995-present	Medical Council
1995-present	Melanoma Committee
International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies
1995-present	Committee on Vitiligo
2001-2002	Program Committee
Women's Dermatological Society
1996-1999	Networking Committee Chair (1996-1998)
1998-2000	Audit Committee
1998-1999	Awards Expansion Task Force
1998-2001	Editorial Board, Newsletter
1999-2002	Committee on International Affairs Chair (1999-2001)
1999-2003	Board of Directors
2001-2003	Executive Committee
Pan American Society for Pigment Cell Research
1998-2002	Council Member
1996-present	Advisory Board The William S. Graham Foundation for Melanoma Research
2000-2002	Membership Committee
2000-2001	Nominating Committee
American Board of Dermatology
1995-1998	In-training Examination Committee
1999-2002	Part I Test Committee
Society of Investigative Dermatology
1996-2000	Committee on Resident/Fellow Programs Chair (1999-2000)
2001-2004 Chair 2003-2004	Committee on Membership
2003-2003	Vice-President-Elect
2003-2004	Vice-President
2002-2008	Committee on Education
Dermatology Foundation
1997-2000	Medical and Scientific Committee
1998-2001	Vice Chair, Connecticut
2003-2004	Board of Trustees
Medical Dermatology Society
1998-2000	Board of Directors
1999-2000	President Elect
2000-2001	President
2003-2008	Executive Committee
New England Dermatological Society
1998-present	Treasurer
American Dermatological Association
2000-2006	Membership Committee
2002-2004 Chair 2002-2004	Alternate Pathways Committee
2002-2006	Program Committee
International Society of Dermatology
2001-2003	Maria M. Duran Committee
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
2002-2005	Research Committee
Books:
2002	Dermatological Signs of Internal Disease Callen JP, Jorizzo JL, Bolognia JL, Piette WW, Zone JJ, eds. W.B. Saunders
2003	Dermatology Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Rapini R, eds. Mosby
Editorial Activities:
1995-2000	Editorial Board, Pigment Cell Research
1997-2002	Editorial Board, Journal Watch for Dermatology
1997	Guest Editor, Disorders of Pigmentation, Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
1998-present	Editorial Board, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
1998	Guest editor, Dermatologic Disorders in Women, Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
2001	Guest Editor, The Treatment of Dyspigmentation, Dermatologic Therapy
2002-present	Editorial Board, Cutis
2002-present	Editorial Board, Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

 

 

Contact

Campus Address
Yale School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8059

Email
jean.bolognia@yale.edu

Office Phone
(203) 785-4092

Patients call (203)789-1249

Patient addess:

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