Mazdak A. Khalighi,
MD
Languages Spoken: English
Dr. Mazdak Khalighi is a board certified anatomic pathologist. He completed a residency in anatomic pathology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he also served as chief resident. He subsequently completed a fellowship in medical renal pathology at the University of Chicago, where he gained an interest in immunology and auto-reactive diseases as well as immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. He joins the immunodermatology laboratory at the University of Utah with particular interest in autoimmune disease affecting the skin and mucous membranes.
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Dermatology
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) Pathology - Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Board Certification | American Board of Anatomic Pathology |
Dr. Mazdak Khalighi is a board certified anatomic pathologist. He completed a residency in anatomic pathology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he also served as chief resident. He subsequently completed a fellowship in medical renal pathology at the University of Chicago, where he gained an interest in immunology and auto-reactive diseases as well as immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. He joins the immunodermatology laboratory at the University of Utah with particular interest in autoimmune disease affecting the skin and mucous membranes.
Academic Locations
School of Medicine
801-581-6465
(801) 581-6484
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Dermatology
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) Pathology - Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Board Certification | American Board of Anatomic Pathology |
Education History
| Fellowship | University of Utah School of Medicine Surgical Pathology Fellow, 2015 |
| Fellowship | University of Chicago Renal Pathology Fellow, 2014 |
| Chief Resident | University of California, Los Angeles Anatomic Pathology Chief Resident, 2013 |
| Residency | University of California, Los Angeles Anatomic Pathology Resident, 2012 |
| Internship | Stanford University Hospitals Pediatrics Intern, 2010 |
| Professional Medical | Jefferson Medical College Medicine M.D., 2009 |
| Undergraduate | University of Michigan Cellular and Molecular Biology B.S., 2005 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Leiferman KM, Snook JP, Khalighi MA, Kuechle MK, Zone JJ (2021). Diagnostics for Dermatologic Diseases with Autoantibodies. J Appl Lab Med, 7(1), 165-196.
- Mansour SG, Hall IE, Reese PP, Jia Y, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Moeckel G, Weng FL, Revelo MP, Khalighi MA, Trivedi A, Doshi MD, Schrppel B, Parikh CR (2018). Reliability of deceased-donor procurement kidney biopsy images uploaded in United Network for Organ Sharing. Clin Transplant, 32(12), e13441.
- Khalighi MA, Gallan AJ, Chang A, Meehan SM (2018). Collapsing Glomerulopathy in Lambda Light Chain Amyloidosis: A Report of 2 Cases. Am J Kidney Dis, 72(4), 612-616.
- Khalighi MA, Al-Rabadi L, Chalasani M, Smith M, Kakani S, Revelo MP, Meehan SM (2018). Staphylococcal Infection-Related Glomerulonephritis With Cryoglobulinemic Features. Kidney Int Rep, 3(5), 1128-1134.
- Lloyd IE, Ahmed F, Revelo MP, Khalighi MA (2018). De novo immune complex deposition in kidney allografts: a series of 32 patients. Hum Pathol, 71, 109-116.
- Lloyd IE, Gallan A, Huston HK, Raphael KL, Miller DV, Revelo MP, Khalighi MA (2016). C3 glomerulopathy in adults: a distinct patient subset showing frequent association with monoclonal gammopathy and poor renal outcome. Clin Kidney J, 9(6), 794-799.
- Khalighi MA, Wang S, Henriksen KJ, Bock M, Keswani M, Meehan SM, Chang A (2016). Revisiting post-infectious glomerulonephritis in the emerging era of C3 glomerulopathy. Clin Kidney J, 9(3), 397-402.
- Khalighi MA, Wang S, Henriksen KJ, Bock M, Keswani M, Chang A, Meehan SM (2015). Pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in children: a clinicopathologic study of 21 patients. Pediatr Nephrol, 30(6), 953-9.
- Hahn BH, McMahon MA, Wilkinson A, Wallace WD, Daikh DI, Fitzgerald JD, Karpouzas GA, Merrill JT, Wallace DJ, Yazdany J, Ramsey-Goldman R, Singh K, Khalighi M, Choi SI, Gogia M, Kafaja S, Kamgar M, Lau C, Martin WJ, Parikh S, Peng, J, Rastogi A, Chen W, Grossman JM (2012). American College of Rheumatology guidelines for screening, treatment, and management of lupus nephritis. Arthritis Care Res, 64(6), 797-808.
- Ziegler ME, Chen T, LeBlanc JF, Wei X, Gjertson DW, Li KC, Khalighi MA, Lassman CR, Veale JL, Gritsch HA, Reed EF (2011). Apolipoprotein A1 and C-terminal fragment of α-1 antichymotrypsin are candidate plasma biomarkers associated with acute renal allograft rejection. Transplantation, 92(4), 388-95.
Case Report
- Jimenez A, Blain K, Khalighi M, Clarke JT, Snook J, Cipriano SD (2021). Neonatal pemphigoid gestationis: An atypical presentation of a rare disease. Pediatr Dermatol, 38(6), 1575-1576.
- Kukull BJ, Khalighi MA, Gundle KR, Hansford BG, Corless CL, Davis JL (2019). Low-grade Osteosarcomatous Dedifferentiation of an Atypical Lipomatous Tumor in a Pediatric Patient. Pediatr Dev Pathol, 23(3), 240-246.