Paul Nghiem, M.D., Ph.D.

Education/Training:

  • 1998-2002: Howard Hughes Physician Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
  • 1995-1998: Resident in Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • 1994-1995: Intern in Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital
  • 1994: Ph.D. Stanford University, Program in Cancer Biology
  • 1994: M.D. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
  • 1986: A.B. Harvard University, Biological Sciences

Appointments/Certification:

  • 2007-present: Associate Professor, Dermatology/Medicine, University of Washington
  • 2006-present: Director, Skin Oncology Clinical Program, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA
  • 2006-present: Affiliate Investigator, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • 2006-2007: Assistant Professor, Dermatology/Medicine, University of Washington
  • 2002-2005: Assistant Biologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • 2002-2005: Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
  • 1999-present: Member, Society for Investigative Dermatology
  • 1998-2005: Attending Physician, Cutaneous Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • 1998-2005: Associate Physician, Brigham & Women's Hospital
  • 1998-2002: Instructor in Dermatology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • 1998-2002: Instructor in Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
  • 1998-2002: Research Associate, Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard Univ.
  • 1998: Fellow, American Academy of Dermatology
  • 1996-2005: Member, Harvard Dermatology Resident Selection Committee

Awards and Honors:

  • 2004-2009: NIH Independent Scientist K02 Award
  • 2003: Departmental Service Award, Harvard University, Chemistry & Chemical Biology Department
  • 2002: Career Development Award, Harvard University/SPORE in Skin Cancer
  • 2000: Young Investigator in Dermatology Award, American Academy of Dermatology
  • 1999-2004: NIH Clinician-Scientist K08 Award
  • 1998: Howard Hughes Med. Institute Physician Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 1998: European Society for Dermatological Research Travel Fellowship
  • 1997: Dermatology Basic Science Training Grant, Harvard University
  • 1989: Dean's Service Award, Stanford University
  • 1987: Medical Scholars Research Award, Stanford University
  • 1983: Detur Prize, Harvard College (academic top 2% after 1st year)
  • 1982-1986: Dean's List, Harvard College, all semesters
  • 1981: Valedictorian, #1 in class of 300, Olympia High School

Invited seminars on basic research:

"ATR in the Cell Cycle of Normal and Cancer Cells: An Achilles Heel for Cancer?":
  • 1/20/05: Rutgers University, Department of Biological Chemistry, Piscataway NJ
  • 9/24/04: Johns Hopkins University Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, Baltimore, MD
  • 11/13/03: Duhring Lecture - University of Pennsylvania Dermatology Department, Philadelphia,
    PA
  • 3/20/03: Stanford University Pharmacology Department, Stanford, CA
  • 1/24/03: UCLA Pharmacology Department, Los Angeles, CA
  • 9/12/02: Molecular Target Laboratory, Whitehead Genome Center, MIT
  • 8/30/02: Nat'l Cancer Institute, Dermatology Branch, NIH, Bethesda, MD
  • 8/9/02: Dept of Biochemistry, Univ of MN, Minneapolis, MN
  • 6/18/02: Rutgers University, Dept of Chemical Biology, Piscataway, NJ
  • 6/7/02: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
  • 4/16/02: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
  • 4/8/02: Institute for Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard Univ.
  • 3/6/02: Gordon Conference, Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis, Ventura, CA
  • 2/14/02: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
  • 12/21/01: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, Seattle, WA
  • 12/3/01: Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA
  • 11/29/01: Mass General Hospital-East, CBRC, Charlestown, MA
  • 11/13/01: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  • 11/6/01: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA
  • 10/26/01: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  • 10/25/01: Washington University, St Louis, MO
  • 10/23/01: Photomedicine Seminar of the Wellman Labs, MGH, Boston MA
  • 8/17/01: Rockefeller University, New York, NY
  • 7/26/01: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • 7/13/01: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH
  • 7/10/01: Merck Research Labs, Westpoint, PA
  • 4/30/01: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX

Invited seminars on clinical research:

  • 6/25/08: Keynote address “Merkel cell carcinoma,” at Eurocancer 2008, Paris, France.
  • 1/20/07: American Joint Committee on Cancer: “Merkel Cell Carcinoma and the AJCC.”
  • 12/2/06: Issues in Dermatology: (Presidential Priorities Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology). “Translational research and the future of the American Academy of Dermatology,” Phoenix, AZ
  • 11/6/06: Housestaff Conferences: “Dermatologic Manifestations of Infectious Disease,” SMC-Providence, Seattle, WA
  • 9/28/06: Medical Grand Rounds, University of Washington Medical Center: "Merkel cell carcinoma: Toward optimal management of the most lethal skin malignancy," Seattle, WA
  • 5/5/06: Society for Investigative Dermatology, State of the Art Plenary Lecture: "Chemical genetics: A new discovery tool in skin research," Philadelphia, PA
  • 2/20/06: Seattle Dermatologic Society: "Merkel cell carcinoma: Toward optimal management of the most lethal skin malignancy," Seattle, WA