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Education:

• Medical School - New York University School of Medicine
• Internship: General Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
• Residency: Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine

Hospital Affiliations:

• New York University Elaine A. and Kenneth G. Langone Medical Center

Languages Spoken:

• French

Board Certifications:

• The American Board of Dermatology

Professional Memberships:

• American Academy of Dermatology
• American Medical Association

Awards and Publications:

• Merck Scholar; The Merck Company Foundation, 1993.
• Sulzberger Fellow; The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, NYU School of Medicine, 1997.
• American Academy of Dermatology Young Investigator’s Award, 2000
• American Academy of Dermatology Everett C. Fox M.D. Award, 2000.
• Pan American Society for Pigment Cell Research Young Investigator Award, 2000
• 1. Nigro, J.M.; Schweinfest, C.W.; Rajkovic, A., Pavlovic, J.; Jamal, S.; Dottin, R.P.; Hart, J.T.; Kamarck, M.E.; Rae, P.M.; Carty, M.D. et al. cDNA cloning and mapping of the human creatine kinase M gene to 19q13. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 40: 115-125, 1987.
• 2. Maddon, P.; McDougal, J.S.; Clapham, P.R.; Dalgleish, A.G.; Jamal, S.; Weiss, R.A.; Axel, R. HIV Infection does not require endocytosis of its receptor, CD4.Cell 54: 865-874, 1988.
• 3. Metz, R.; Gorham, J.; Siegfried, Z.; Leonard,D.; Gizang-Ginsberg, E.; Thompson, M.A.; Lawe, D.; Kouzarides,T.; Vosatka, R.; MacGregor, D.; Jamal, S.; Greenberg, M.E.; Ziff, E.B. Gene Regulation by Growth Factors CSH Symposia on Quantitative Biology LIII:727-737, 1988.
• 4. Jamal, S. & Ziff, E. Transactivation of c-fos and beta-actin genes by Raf as a step in early response to transmembrane signals. Nature 344(6265): 463-466, 1990.
• 5. McDougal, J.S., Maddon P.J.; Orloff, G.; Clapham, P.R.; Dalgleish, A.G.; Jamal, S.; Weiss, R.A.; Axel, R.A. Role of CD4 in the Penetration of Cells by HIV. Adv. in Experimental Medicine and Biology 300:145-54, discussion 155-8, 1991.
• 6. Jamal, S.; Ziff, E.B. Raf phosphorylates the Transactivation Domain of p53 in-vitro and Potentiates Its Transactivation Function in-vivo. Oncogene 10: 2095-2101, 1995.
• 7. Jamal S: Endothelin-1 down-regulates E-cadherin in melanocytic cells by apoptosis- independent activation of caspase-8. J. Amer. Acad. Dermatol. 43:703-704 (2000).
• 8. Jamal, S., Schneider, R.J. UV-induction of keratinocyte endothelin-1 downregulates E-cadherin in melanocytes and melanoma cells. J. Clin. Invest. 110(4): 443-452 (2002).
• 9. Mangahas, C., dela Cruz, G., Schneider, R.J., Jamal, S. Endothelin-1 Upregulates MCAM in Melanocytes. J. Invest. Derm. 123(6): 1135-1139 (2004).
• 10. Alexis, A.F., Jamal, S. Taylor, S.C. Skin Problems in Men of Color, Part I: Pseudofolliculitis Barbae and Acne Keloiidalis Nuchae. Contemporary Dermatology 2(8): 1-6, October, 2004.
• 11. Alexis, A.F., Jamal, S. Taylor, S.C. Skin Problems in Men of Color, Part II: Keloids and Dissecting Cellulitis. Contemporary Dermatology 2(9): 1-8, November, 2004

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