Amy J. Theos

Amy J. Theos, MD, FAAD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services Building

801-213-3599

Midvalley Health Center

Dermatology
801-581-2955

  • Dr. Amy Theos is a dermatologist with subspecialty training in pediatric dermatology. She cares for children of all ages, from birth to 19 years of age. She provides outpatient consultation on all conditions involving the skin, hair, and nails. Her clinical interests include the treatment of hemangiomas, the multidisciplinary management of vascular anomalies, and the diagnosis and management of congenital and genetic skin conditions. She focuses on family-centered care, counseling, and developing a treatment plan that is tailored to the specific needs of each patient.

    Dr. Theos was born and raised in the South and prior to joining the University of Utah, she practiced pediatric dermatology at Children’s of Alabama for 22 years. She and her husband recently moved to Salt Lake City and look forward to spending time outdoors and exploring all Utah has to offer.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Dermatology (Dermatology)
    American Board of Dermatology (Sub: Pediatric Dermatology)

  • Dr. Amy Theos is a dermatologist with subspecialty training in pediatric dermatology. She cares for children of all ages, from birth to 19 years of age. She provides outpatient consultation on all conditions involving the skin, hair, and nails. Her clinical interests include the treatment of hemangiomas, the multidisciplinary management of vascular anomalies, and the diagnosis and management of congenital and genetic skin conditions. She focuses on family-centered care, counseling, and developing a treatment plan that is tailored to the specific needs of each patient.

    Dr. Theos was born and raised in the South and prior to joining the University of Utah, she practiced pediatric dermatology at Children’s of Alabama for 22 years. She and her husband recently moved to Salt Lake City and look forward to spending time outdoors and exploring all Utah has to offer.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Dermatology -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Dermatology (Dermatology)
    American Board of Dermatology (Sub: Pediatric Dermatology)

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Dermatology - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital Fellow
    Dermatology - University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine Resident
    Internship Internal Medicine - University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine Intern
    Medicine - Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Microbiology - Louisiana State University College of Science B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Perelygina L, Faisthalab R, Abernathy E, Chen MH, Hao L, Bercovitch L, Bayer DK, Noroski LM, Lam MT, Cicalese MP, Al-Herz W, Nanda A, Hajjar J, Vanden Driessche K, Schroven S, Leysen J, Rosenbach M, Peters P, Raedler J, Albert MH, Abraham RS, Rangarjan HG, Buchbinder D, Kobrynski L, Pham-Huy A, Dhossche J, Cunningham Rundles C, Meyer AK, Theos A, Atkinson TP, Musiek A, Adeli M, Derichs U, Walz C, Krger R, von Bernuth H, Klein C, Icenogle J, Hauck F, Sullivan KE (2021). Rubella Virus Infected Macrophages and Neutrophils Define Patterns of Granulomatous Inflammation in Inborn and Acquired Errors of Immunity. Front Immunol, 12, 796065. (Read full article)
    2. Koczkowska M, Callens T, Chen Y, Gomes A, Hicks AD, Sharp A, Johns E, Uhas KA, Armstrong L, Bosanko KA, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Baker L, Basel DG, Bengala M, Bennett JT, Chambers C, Clarkson LK, Clementi M, Corts FM, Cunningham M, DAgostino MD, Delatycki MB, Digilio MC, Dosa L, Esposito S, Fox S, Freckmann ML, Fauth C, Giugliano T, Giustini S, Goetsch A, Goldberg Y, Greenwood RS, Griffis C, Gripp KW, Gupta P, Haan E, Hachen RK, Haygarth TL, Hernndez-Chico C, Hodge K, Hopkin RJ, Hudgins L, Janssens S, Keller K, Kelly-Mancuso G, Kochhar A, Korf BR, Lewis AM, Liebelt J, Lichty A, Listernick RH, Lyons MJ, Maystadt I, Martinez Ojeda M, McDougall C, McGregor LK, Melis D, Mendelsohn N, Nowaczyk MJM, Ortenberg J, Panzer K, Pappas JG, Pierpont ME, Piluso G, Pinna V, Pivnick EK, Pond DA, Powell CM, Rogers C, Ruhrman Shahar N, Rutledge SL, Saletti V, Sandaradura SA, Santoro C, Schatz UA, Schreiber A, Scott DA, Sellars EA, Sheffer R, Siqveland E, Slopis JM, Smith R, Spalice A, Stockton DW, Streff H, Theos A, Tomlinson GE, Tran G, Trapane PL, Trevisson E, Ullrich NJ, Van den Ende J, Schrier Vergano SA, Wallace SE, Wangler MF, Weaver DD, Yohay KH, Zackai E, Zonana J, Zurcher V, Claes KBM, Eoli M, Martin Y, Wimmer K, De Luca A, Legius E, Messiaen LM (2019). Clinical spectrum of individuals with pathogenic NF1 missense variants affecting p.Met1149, p.Arg1276, and p.Lys1423: genotype-phenotype study in neurofibromatosis type 1. Hum Mutat, 41(1), 299-315. (Read full article)
    3. Dorjbal B, Stinson JR, Ma CA, Weinreich MA, Miraghazadeh B, Hartberger JM, Frey-Jakobs S, Weidinger S, Moebus L, Franke A, Schffer AA, Bulashevska A, Fuchs S, Ehl S, Limaye S, Arkwright PD, Briggs TA, Langley C, Bethune C, Whyte AF, Alachkar H, Nejentsev S, DiMaggio T, Nelson CG, Stone KD, Nason M, Brittain EH, Oler AJ, Veltri DP, Leahy TR, Conlon N, Poli MC, Borzutzky A, Cohen JI, Davis J, Lambert MP, Romberg N, Sullivan KE, Paris K, Freeman AF, Lucas L, Chandrakasan S, Savic S, Hambleton S, Patel SY, Jordan MB, Theos A, Lebensburger J, Atkinson TP, Torgerson TR, Chinn IK, Milner JD, Grimbacher B, Cook MC, Snow AL (2018). Hypomorphic caspase activation and recruitment domain 11 (CARD11) mutations associated with diverse immunologic phenotypes with or without atopic disease. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 143(4), 1482-1495. (Read full article)
    4. Lilly E, Bunick CG, Maley AM, Zhang S, Spraker MK, Theos AJ, Vivar KL, Seminario-Vidal L, Bennett AE, Sidbury R, Ogawa Y, Akiyama M, Binder B, Hadj-Rabia S, Morotti RA, Glusac EJ, Choate KA, Richard G, Milstone LM (2018). More than keratitis, ichthyosis, and deafness: Multisystem effects of lethal GJB2 mutations. J Am Acad Dermatol, 80(3), 617-625. (Read full article)
    5. Donaldson SL, Hunt KM, Theos A (2018). Red-brown macules in a linear distribution on the arm. Pediatr Dermatol, 35(5), 685-687. (Read full article)
    6. Cannon A, Chen MJ, Li P, Boyd KP, Theos A, Redden DT, Korf B (2018). Cutaneous neurofibromas in Neurofibromatosis type I: a quantitative natural history study. Orphanet J Rare Dis, 13(1), 31. (Read full article)
    7. Marukian NV, Hu RH, Craiglow BG, Milstone LM, Zhou J, Theos A, Kaymakcalan H, Akkaya DA, Uitto JJ, Vahidnezhad H, Youssefian L, Bayliss SJ, Paller AS, Boyden LM, Choate KA (2017). Expanding the Genotypic Spectrum of Bathing Suit Ichthyosis. JAMA Dermatol, 153(6), 537-543. (Read full article)
    8. Seminario-Vidal L, Kole L, Knapp C, Fort P, Kankirawatana S, Atkinson TP, McKay KM, Theos A (2016). Dermatological clues to the diagnosis of atypical complete DiGeorge syndrome. Dermatol Online J, 22(11). (Read full article)
    9. Seminario-Vidal L, Sami N, Miller J, Theos A (2015). Mycophenolate mofetil therapy for pediatric bullous pemphigoid. Dermatol Online J, 21(8). (Read full article)
    10. Seminario-Vidal L, Jensen JD, Fening K, McKay K, Elmets C, Theos A (2015). Long-Standing Spicules in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Pediatr Dermatol, 32(4), 545-6. (Read full article)
    11. Walsh SB, Varma R, Raimer D, Keane JC, Cantor A, Theos A, Northington M, Huang CC (2015). Utility of Wood's light in margin determination of melanoma in situ after excisional biopsy. Dermatol Surg, 41(5), 572-8. (Read full article)
    12. Phillips CB, Guerrero C, Theos A (2015). Nd:YAG laser offers promising treatment option for familial glomuvenous malformation. Dermatol Online J, 21(4). (Read full article)
    13. Cunha KS, Rozza-de-Menezes RE, Andrade RM, Theos A, Luiz RR, Korf B, Geller M (2014). Validity and interexaminer reliability of a new method to quantify skin neurofibromas of neurofibromatosis 1 using paper frames. Orphanet J Rare Dis, 9, 202. (Read full article)
    14. Fening K, Theos A, Andea A, Vincent B, Busam K, McKay K (2014). Epidermolysis bullosa nevus in a patient with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: a case report. Am J Dermatopathol, 36(12), e194-7. (Read full article)
    15. Beckum KM, Kim DJ, Kelly DR, Weiser P, Lara DA, Theos A (2013). Polyarteritis nodosa in childhood: recognition of early dermatologic signs may prevent morbidity. Pediatr Dermatol, 31(1), e6-9. (Read full article)
    16. Kaylani S, Theos AJ, Pressey JG (2013). Treatment of infantile hemangiomas with sirolimus in a patient with PHACE syndrome. Pediatr Dermatol, 30(6), e194-7. (Read full article)
    17. Bornholdt D, Atkinson TP, Bouadjar B, Catteau B, Cox H, De Silva D, Fischer J, Gunasekera CN, Hadj-Rabia S, Happle R, Holder-Espinasse M, Kaminski E, Knig A, Mgarban A, Mgarban H, Neidel U, Oeffner F, Oji V, Theos A, Traupe H, Vahlquist A, van Bon BW, Virtanen M, Grzeschik KH (2013). Genotype-phenotype correlations emerging from the identification of missense mutations in MBTPS2. Hum Mutat, 34(4), 587-94. (Read full article)
    18. Nguyen TL, Theos A, Kelly DR, Busam K, Andea AA (2013). Mitotically active proliferative nodule arising in a giant congenital melanocytic nevus: a diagnostic pitfall. Am J Dermatopathol, 35(1), e16-21. (Read full article)
    19. Atkinson TP, Boppana S, Theos A, Clements LS, Xiao L, Waites K (2011). Stevens-Johnson syndrome in a boy with macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. Pediatrics, 127(6), e1605-9. (Read full article)
    20. Boyd KP, Gao L, Feng R, Beasley M, Messiaen L, Korf BR, Theos A (2010). Phenotypic variability among café-au-lait macules in neurofibromatosis type 1. J Am Acad Dermatol, 63(3), 440-7. (Read full article)
    21. Campbell CM, Beckum KM, Hammers YA, North PE, Drolet BA, Theos A (2010). Multiple congenital red-brown macules, thrombocytopenia, and gastrointestinal bleeding. Diagnosis: Multifocal lymphangioendotheliomatosis with thrombocytopenia (MLT). Pediatr Dermatol, 27(4), 395-6. (Read full article)
    22. Lucas CT, Gillis KJ, Ness JM, Hammers YA, Crawford DF, Kelly DR, Theos A (2008). Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in an adolescent presenting with skin lesions. Pediatr Dermatol, 25(3), 373-7. (Read full article)
    23. Michailidis E, Theos A, Zlotogorski A, Martinez-Mir A, Christiano AM (2007). Atrichia with papular lesions resulting from novel compound heterozygous mutations in the human hairless gene. Pediatr Dermatol, 24(5), E79-82. (Read full article)
    24. Theos A (2007). Diagnosis and management of superficial cutaneous fungal infections in children. Pediatr Ann, 36(1), 46-54. (Read full article)
    25. Hawrot AC, Metry DW, Theos AJ, Levy ML (2006). Etanercept for psoriasis in the pediatric population: experience in nine patients. Pediatr Dermatol, 23(1), 67-71. (Read full article)
    26. Eichenfield LF, Fried RG, Taylor SC, Paller AS, Theos A (2006). Acne and your pediatric patient: a roundtable discussion of treatment modalities and other factors. Cutis, 76(5 Suppl), 5-24. (Read full article)
    27. Theos AU, Cummins R, Silverberg NB, Paller AS (2004). Effectiveness of imiquimod cream 5% for treating childhood molluscum contagiosum in a double-blind, randomized pilot trial. Cutis, 74(2), 134-8, 141-2. (Read full article)
    28. Urbatsch A, Paller AS (2002). Pustular miliaria rubra: a specific cutaneous finding of type I pseudohypoaldosteronism. Pediatr Dermatol, 19(4), 317-9. (Read full article)
    29. Urbatsch A, Sams WM Jr, Urist MM, Sturdivant R (1999). Merkel cell carcinoma occurring in renal transplant patients. J Am Acad Dermatol, 41(2 Pt 2), 289-91. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Hill CR, Theos A (2019). What's New in Genetic Skin Diseases. [Review]. Dermatol Clin, 37(2), 229-239. (Read full article)
    2. Alkeswani A, Duncan JR, Theos A (2018). Tinea faciei starting at day two of life. [Review]. Pediatr Dermatol, 36(1), e20-e22. (Read full article)
    3. Bevans SL, Theos AJ, Fowler PG, Pavlidakey PG, Stoll M, Sami N (2018). Pediatric ocular lichen planus and lichen planopilaris: One new case and a review of the literature. [Review]. Pediatr Dermatol, 35(6), 859-863. (Read full article)
    4. Cathcart SD, Theos A (2011). Inpatient management of atopic dermatitis. [Review]. Dermatol Ther, 24(2), 249-55. (Read full article)
    5. Tollefson MM, Cook-Norris RH, Theos A, Davis DM (2010). Superficial granulomatous pyoderma: a case in an 11-year-old girl and review of the literature. [Review]. Pediatr Dermatol, 27(5), 496-9. (Read full article)
    6. Boyd KP, Korf BR, Theos A (2008). Neurofibromatosis type 1. [Review]. J Am Acad Dermatol, 61(1), 1-14; quiz 15-6. (Read full article)
    7. Theos A, Korf BR, American College of Physicians, American Physiological Society (2006). Pathophysiology of neurofibromatosis type 1. [Review]. Ann Intern Med, 144(11), 842-9. (Read full article)
    8. Urbatsch AJ, Frieden I, Williams ML, Elewski BE, Mancini AJ, Paller AS (2002). Extrafacial and generalized granulomatous periorificial dermatitis. [Review]. Arch Dermatol, 138(10), 1354-8. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Hunt KM, Jensen JD, Walsh SB, Helms ME, Soong VY, Jacobson ES, Sami N, Huang CC, Theos A, Northington ME (2014). Successful treatment of refractory Hailey-Hailey disease with a 595-nm pulsed dye laser: a series of 7 cases. [Letter to the editor]. J Am Acad Dermatol, 72(4), 735-7. (Read full article)
    2. Duong B, Marks S, Sami N, Theos A (2011). Lichen planus pemphigoides in a 2-year-old girl: response to treatment with methotrexate. [Letter to the editor]. J Am Acad Dermatol, 67(4), e154-6. (Read full article)

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