Voluntary Faculty
Voluntary faculty are typically clinicians or others who are employed outside of the School but make significant contributions to department programs at the medical center or at affiliate institutions.
Voluntary rank detailsHeather Hamilton, MD
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Appointments
Dermatology
Assistant Clinical ProfessorPrimary
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Education & Training
- MD
- Baylor College of Medicine (2007)
Research
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Publications
2011
Facial Angiofibromas Associated with Tuberous Sclerosis
Hamilton H, Tonkovic-Capin V. Facial Angiofibromas Associated with Tuberous Sclerosis. The New England Journal Of Medicine 2011, 364: 1061. PMID: 21410374, DOI: 10.1056/nejmicm1005598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2010
Increased shedding of HU177 correlates with worse prognosis in primary melanoma
Hamilton H, Rose A, Christos P, Shapiro R, Berman R, Mazumdar M, Ma M, Krich D, Liebes L, Brooks P, Osman I. Increased shedding of HU177 correlates with worse prognosis in primary melanoma. Journal Of Translational Medicine 2010, 8: 19. PMID: 20178639, PMCID: PMC2837640, DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-8-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsDisease-free survivalOverall survivalPrimary melanomaMelanoma patientsHistological subtypesBackgroundIncreased levelsSerum levelsSera of melanoma patientsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards regression modelsAssociated with overall survivalAssociated with poor prognosisKaplan-Meier survival analysisCox proportional hazards regression modelsPrimary melanoma patientsNodular histologic subtypeNew York University Langone Medical CenterLog-rank testMelanoma Cooperative GroupInterdisciplinary Melanoma Cooperative GroupProportional hazards regression modelsHazards regression modelsMelanoma recurrenceClinical outcomesPoor prognosisRisk stratification
2009
Association Between Thin Melanomas and Atypical Nevi in Middle-aged and Older Men Possibly Attributable to Heightened Patient Awareness
Haimovic A, Hamilton H, Tay S, Stein J, Polsky D. Association Between Thin Melanomas and Atypical Nevi in Middle-aged and Older Men Possibly Attributable to Heightened Patient Awareness. JAMA Dermatology 2009, 145: 1457-1458. PMID: 20026863, DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsAssociation between HU177 serum level and prognosis in patients with primary melanoma
Hamilton H, Krich D, Christos P, Shapiro R, Berman R, Pavlick A, Polsky D, Liebes L, Brooks P, Osman I. Association between HU177 serum level and prognosis in patients with primary melanoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2009, 27: 9044-9044. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.9044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-free survivalTumor thicknessSerum levelsOverall survivalHistological subtypesMelanoma patientsPrimary melanomaHazard ratioSera of melanoma patientsMedian follow-up timeMultivariate Cox proportional hazards regression modelsGreater tumor thicknessHazards modelCox proportional hazards regression modelsPrimary melanoma patientsNodular histologic subtypeKaplan Meier analysisNew York University Langone Medical CenterFollow-up timeMelanoma Cooperative GroupAnti-angiogenic therapyInterdisciplinary Melanoma Cooperative GroupProportional hazards regression modelsPatient clinical outcomesHazards regression modelsPrognostic factors for survival in patients with stage (stg) IV malignant melanoma (MM)
Seetharamu N, Hamilton H, Tu T, Christos P, Osman I, Pavlick A. Prognostic factors for survival in patients with stage (stg) IV malignant melanoma (MM). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2009, 27: 9072-9072. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.9072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary melanomaUnivariate predictorsKaplan-MeierMM survivalUnivariate analysisCohort studyMultivariate Cox proportional hazards regression modelsLoco-regional recurrenceIndependent survival predictorCox proportional hazards regression modelsProportional hazards regression modelsLong-term survivorsHazards regression modelsCooperative Group ProgramSolitary organ involvementStudy of MMStage M1cMetastatic MMPrognostic factorsSurvival benefitSystemic treatmentAJCC stageMedian ageSerum LDHSurvival predictorsProspective analysis of predictors of survival in melanoma patients with brain metastases
Zakrzewski J, Geraghty L, Hamilton H, Christos P, Krich D, Mazumdar M, Polsky D, Darvishian F, Pavlick A, Osman I. Prospective analysis of predictors of survival in melanoma patients with brain metastases. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2009, 27: 9074-9074. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.9074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-BM survivalMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterBrain metastasesMelanoma patientsIndependent predictorsNeurological symptomsClinical variablesMedian follow-up timeMultivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysisProspective analysisCox proportional hazards regression analysisKaplan Meier survival analysisPrimary tumor characteristicsPrimary tumor featuresProportional hazards regression analysisFollow-up timeNYU Medical CenterPredictors of survivalMeier survival analysisHazards regression analysisFrontal lobe locationExtracranial metastasesTumor characteristicsPrimary tumorPrimary melanomaDeveloping a multidisciplinary prospective melanoma biospecimen repository to advance translational research.
Wich L, Hamilton H, Shapiro R, Pavlick A, Berman R, Polsky D, Goldberg J, Hernando E, Manga P, Krogsgaard M, Kamino H, Darvishian F, Lee P, Orlow S, Ostrer H, Bhardwaj N, Osman I. Developing a multidisciplinary prospective melanoma biospecimen repository to advance translational research. American Journal Of Translational Research 2009, 1: 35-43. PMID: 19966936, PMCID: PMC2776290.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
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