Brian Poligone

Curriculum Vitae Brian Poligone, M.D., Ph.D. 6800 Pittsford Palmyra Rd Fairport, NY 14450 585-364-1188 bpoligone@roclymphoma.com RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE Director, Rochester Skin Lymphoma Medical Group 2015-Current Director of Cancer Biology Research. Rochester General Hospital Research Institute 2018-Current Scientist IV, Principal Investigator. Rochester General Hospital Research Institute 2018-Current Scientist II, Principal Investigator. Rochester General Hospital Research Institute 2015-2018 Asst. Professor of Oncology. Director of Cutaneous Lymphomas, Wilmot Cancer Center 2009-2015 Asst. Professor of Dermatology. University of Rochester SOM, Dept. of Dermatology 2008-2015 Post Doctorate. Yale School of Medicine, Dept. of Immunology, (Mentor: Dr. Sankar Ghosh) 2006-2008 Resident in Dermatology. Yale School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology 2004-2007 Guest Resident. Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand 2006 Internship in Internal Medicine. Stanford University SOM, Department of Medicine 2003- 2004 EDUCATION University of North Carolina SOM. M.D. 1996-2003 University of North Carolina SOM. Ph.D. in Genetics (Mentor: Dr. Albert S. Baldwin) December 2001 Department of Dermatology, Krankenhaus Munich Schwabing. Dr. Wilhelm Stolz April 2003 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. B.S. in Biology with Honors 1993-1995 Free University of Berlin. Berlin, Germany Courses in German History and Literature 1994 Wake Forest University. Biology and Chemistry Double Major 1991-1993 Invited Reviewer 2012 Ad-Hoc Member, National Science Centre for National Grants, Krakow, Poland 2012 2013 Reviewer, NIAMS Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03) Awards July 11-12, 2013 2013 Reviewer, NIAMS Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03) Awards Nov 5-6, 2013 2014 Reviewer, NIAMS Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03) Awards April 1-2, 2014 2014 Reviewer, NIAMS Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03) Awards July 9-10, 2014 2014 Elected Member, Society for Investigative Dermatology, Audit Committee 2014-2019 2014 Reviewer, NIAMS Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03) Awards Oct 22-23rd, 2014 2015 Reviewer, NIAMS Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03) Awards February 18-19, 2015 2016 Reviewer, National Psoriasis Foundation Grants 2016 2017 Reviewer, National Psoriasis Foundation Grants 2017 2018 Reviewer, National Psoriasis Foundation Grants 2018 2019 Reviewer, National Psoriasis Foundation Grants 2019 2019 Ad-Hoc Member, National Science Centre for National Grants, Krakow, Poland 2019 2020 Reviewer, National Psoriasis Foundation Grants 2020 2021 Reviewer, National Psoriasis Foundation Grants 2021 HONORS AND AWARDS University of Rochester Dermatology Foundation Career Development Award 2009 Dermatology Foundation Research Award 2009 NF kappa B Activity in Skin Inflammation and Carcinogenesis. NIAMS. 2009-2014 1K08AR055986-01 Yale UniversityAlbert M. Kligman Travel Fellowship 2008 Dermatology Foundation Career Development Award 2008 Dermatology Foundation Research Grant 2008 RESEARCH Publications Primary Authorships Elaine S. Gilmore, MD, PhD, Carolina V. Alexander-Savino, BS, Catherine G. Chung, MD, Brian Poligone, MD, PhD. Evaluation and management of patients with early-stage mycosis fungoides who interrupt or discontinue topical mechlorethamine gel because of dermatitis. JAAD Case Reports. June 2020. Volume 6, Issue 9, 878 – 881. Poligone B, Rubio-Gonzalez B, Querfeld C. Relief of intractable pruritus with romidepsin in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: A series of four cases. Dermatol Ther. 2019 Mar;32(2):e12804. Kim YH, Bagot M, Pinter-Brown L, Rook AH, Porcu P, Horwitz SM, Whittaker S, Tokura Y, Vermeer M, Zinzani PL, Sokol L, Morris S, Kim EJ, Ortiz-Romero PL, Eradat H, Scarisbrick J, Tsianakas A, Elmets C, Dalle S, Fisher DC, Halwani A, Poligone B, Greer J, Fierro MT, Khot A, Moskowitz AJ, Musiek A, Shustov A, Pro B, Geskin LJ, Dwyer K, Moriya J, Leoni M, Humphrey JS, Hudgens S, Grebennik DO, Tobinai K, Duvic M; MAVORIC Investigators. Mogamulizumab versus vorinostat in previously treated cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (MAVORIC): an international, open-label, randomised, controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Aug 9. pii: S1470-2045(18)30379-6. Chen L, Hayden MS, Gilmore ES, Alexander-Savino C, Oleksyn D, Gillespie K, Zhao J, Poligone B. PKK Deletion in Basal Keratinocytes Promotes Tumorigenesis After Chemical Carcinogenesis. Carcinogenesis. 2018 Mar 8;39(3):418-428. Vegas O, Poligone B, Blackcloud P, Gilmore ES, VanBuskirk J, Ritchlin CT, Pentland AP, Walter SA, Nousari Y, Tausk F. Chronic social stress Ameliorates psoriasiform dermatitis through upregulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal axis. Brain Behav Immun. 2018 Feb;68:238-247 Richardson, CT, Hayden, MS, Gilmore, ES, Poligone, B. Evaluation of the Relationship between Alopecia Areata and Viral Antigen Exposure. Am J Clin Dermatol. p1-8. August 11, 2017. Smith FL, Mercurio MG, Poligone B. Pri