Daniel Klufas • UCSF Profiles

Daniel Klufas, MD

Title(s)	Assistant Professor, Dermatology
School	School of Medicine
Address	513 Parnassus Avenue, HSW, #1201H San Francisco CA 94143
Pronouns	He/Him/His
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Biography

education and training

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island	Sc.B.	05/2012	Neuroscience
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut	M.D.	05/2017	Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York		06/2018	Transitional Year
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California		06/2021	Dermatology (Residency)
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California		07/2022	Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology (MSDO) (Fellowship)

Overview

keywords

Mohs micrographic surgery, nonmelanoma skin cancer, melanoma, hidradenitis suppurativa

Bibliographic

selected publications

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Diagnosis and management of hidradenitis suppurativa: a review for the emergency clinician. Emerg Med J. 2025 Feb 21; 42(3):202-208. Klufas DM, Ojute F, Shochat G, Naik HB. PMID: 39251339.

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Eme Emergency Medicine
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Self supervised artificial intelligence predicts poor outcome from primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma at diagnosis. NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Feb 15; 8(1):105. Coudray N, Juarez MC, Criscito MC, Quiros AC, Wilken R, Jackson Cullison SR, Stevenson ML, Doudican NA, Yuan K, Aquino JD, Klufas DM, North JP, Yu SS, Murad F, Ruiz E, Schmults CD, Cardona Machado CD, Cañueto J, Choudhary A, Hughes AN, Stockard A, Leibovit-Reiben Z, Mangold AR, Tsirigos A, Carucci JA. PMID: 39955424; PMCID: PMC11830021.

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The Inflammatory Landscape of a Whole-Tissue Explant Model of Hidradenitis Suppurativa. Exp Dermatol. 2025 Feb; 34(2):e70057. Leboit PE, Patel DU, Cohen JN, Moss MI, Naik HB, Yates AE, Harris HW, Klufas DM, Kim EA, Neuhaus IM, Hansen SL, Kyle RL, Kelly M, Rosenblum MD, Lowe MM. PMID: 39930604; PMCID: PMC11811487.

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Der Dermatology
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Skin cancer risk across racial/ethnic groups among solid organ transplant recipients in the United States, 2000-2022. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Apr; 92(4):884-887. Ojute F, Zakaria A, Zullo S, Klufas D, Amerson E. PMID: 39579990.

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Der Dermatology
Screening for cardiometabolic risk factors in patients with psoriasis and hidradenitis suppurativa: A pilot study in a safety net population. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Dec; 91(6):1269-1272. Sanchez-Anguiano ME, Klufas D, Amerson E. PMID: 39197496.

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Der Dermatology
A Novel Whole Tissue Explant Model of Hidradenitis Suppurativa. bioRxiv. 2024 Jul 23. Leboit PE, Patel DU, Cohen JN, Moss MI, Naik HB, Yates AE, Harris HW, Klufas DM, Kim EA, Neuhaus IM, Hansen SL, Kyle RL, Kelly M, Rosenblum MD, Lowe MM. PMID: 39211108; PMCID: PMC11360975.

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Patient photographs taken without instructions are of sufficient quality for clinical decision-making in teledermatology. Dermatol Online J. 2024 Jun 15; 30(3). Liu JY, Lohman ME, Klufas D, Fassett M, Amerson E, Twigg A, Leslie K, Khodosh R. PMID: 39090050.

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Der Dermatology
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Genital cancer risk among solid organ transplant recipients in the United States, 2000 to 2022: A cohort study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Sep; 91(3):564-567. Ojute F, Zakaria A, Zullo S, Klufas D, Amerson EH. PMID: 38763291.

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Der Dermatology
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A single-cell atlas of IL-23 inhibition in cutaneous psoriasis distinguishes clinical response. Sci Immunol. 2024 01 26; 9(91):eadi2848. Wu D, Hailer AA, Wang S, Yuan M, Chan J, El Kurdi A, Rahim M, Kondo A, Han D, Ali H, D'Angio B, Mayer A, Klufas D, Kim E, Shain AH, Choi J, Bhutani T, Simpson G, Grekin RC, Ricardo-Gonzalez R, Purdom E, North JP, Cheng JB, Cho RJ. PMID: 38277466.

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All Allergy and Immunology
Translation:Humans Cells
Self-supervised artificial intelligence predicts recurrence, metastasis and disease specific death from primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma at diagnosis. Res Sq. 2023 Dec 13. Coudray N, Juarez MC, Criscito MC, Quiros AC, Wilken R, Cullison SRJ, Stevenson ML, Doudican NA, Yuan K, Aquino JD, Klufas DM, North JP, Yu SS, Murad F, Ruiz E, Schmults CD, Tsirigos A, Carucci JA. PMID: 38168253; PMCID: PMC10760225.

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Mark, magnify, map: Improving biopsy-site photography. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 08; 87(2):467-469. Klufas DM, Lohman ME, Liu JY, Khodosh R. PMID: 34673137.

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Der Dermatology
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Toxic epidermal necrolysis-like toxic erythema of chemotherapy: 2 illustrative cases. JAAD Case Rep. 2021 Sep; 15:56-59. Lu A, Endicott A, Tan SY, Klufas DM, Merrill E, Arakaki R, LeBoit PE, Fox L, Haemel A. PMID: 34401432; PMCID: PMC8358280.

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Refractory pemphigus vulgaris successfully treated with ofatumumab. JAAD Case Rep. 2020 Aug; 6(8):734-736. Klufas DM, Amerson E, Twu O, Clark L, Shinkai K. PMID: 32715065; PMCID: PMC7369462.

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The new paradigm of systemic therapies for metastatic melanoma. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2017 Aug; 77(2):356-368. Volpe VO, Klufas DM, Hegde U, Grant-Kels JM. PMID: 28711086.

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Der Dermatology
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Putative Intravascular Myofibroma Mimicking a Vascular Malformation With Phleboliths. Am J Dermatopathol. 2017 Jun; 39(6):e79-e81. Klufas DM, Que SKT, Rothe M, Makkar HS, Murphy MJ. PMID: 28525911.

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Der Dermatology Pat Pathology
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Acquired blue nevus of the nail bed. Dermatol Online J. 2017 Feb 15; 23(2). Klufas DM, Que SK, Berke A, Maryland BS. PMID: 28329489.

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Der Dermatology
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HMGB1 Translocation After Ischemia in the Ovine Fetal Brain. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2016 06; 75(6):527-38. Zhang J, Klufas D, Manalo K, Adjepong K, Davidson JO, Wassink G, Bennet L, Gunn AJ, Stopa EG, Liu K, Nishibori M, Stonestreet BS. PMID: 27151753; PMCID: PMC6366657.

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Neu Neurology Pat Pathology
Translation:Animals Cells
Treatment of Moderate to Severe Pediatric Psoriasis: A Retrospective Case Series. Pediatr Dermatol. 2016 Mar-Apr; 33(2):142-9. Klufas DM, Wald JM, Strober BE. PMID: 26871417.

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Der Dermatology Ped Pediatrics
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The Use of Methotrexate, Alone or in Combination With Other Therapies, for the Treatment of Palmoplantar Psoriasis. J Drugs Dermatol. 2015 Aug; 14(8):888-92. Wald JM, Klufas DM, Strober BE. PMID: 26267735.

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Der Dermatology
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