Kristin M. Leiferman, MD

Professor of Dermatology and Co-Director of the Immunodermatology Laboratory, University of Utah School of Medicine

Specialties

• Dermatology
• Immunodermatology

Education

• Medical Degree—Mayo Medical School
• Residency—Dermatology, Mayo Clinic
• Research—Immunodermatology, Mayo Clinic

Certifications/Affiliations

• American Board of Dermatology (Dermatology and Dermatological Immunology/Diagnostic and Laboratory Immunology Immunology)

Research Interests

• Immune-mediated (humoral) cutaneous diseases, including immunobullous diseases
• Eosinophil-related inflammation in epithelial tissues
• Allergic inflammation in epithelial tissues, including IgE, mast cell, and basophil-related

Awards

• Best Doctors in America 2001
• Who’s Who in America 2003
• National Institutes of Health Grant Awards

Recent Publications

• Saffari H, Peterson KA, Leiferman KM, et al. Oral administration of 99m technetium-labeled heparin in eosinophilic esophagitis. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020;95(3):449-458.
• Peterson KA, Gleich GJ, Limaye NS, et al. Eosinophil granule major basic protein 1 deposition in eosinophilic esophagitis correlates with symptoms independent of eosinophil counts. Dis Esophagus. 2019;32(11):doz055.
• Khoury P, Akuthota P, Ackerman SJ, et al. Revisiting the NIH taskforce on the research needs of eosinophil-associated diseases (RE-TREAD). J Leukoc Biol. 2018;104(1):69-83.
• Saffari H, Zone JJ, Allen M, et al. A subset of patients with pemphigoid (herpes) gestationis has serological evidence of celiac disease. Int J Dermatol. 2018;57(5):534-540.
• Leiferman KM, Peters MS. Eosinophil-related disease and the skin. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract.. 2018;6(5):1462-1482.e6.
• Leiferman KM. Eosinophil-associated diseases with dermatologic manifestations. In: Callen JP, Jorizzo JL, eds. Dermatological Signs of Systemic Disease. Elsevier; 2017:69-76.
• Leiferman KM, Peters MS. Eosinophil-associated dermatoses. In: Bolognia JL, Schaffer JV, Cerroni L, eds. Dermatology. Elsevier; 2017:440-445.