1910 Taubman Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Dr. Sara Fossum is Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology and a board-certified dermatologist in the Michigan Medicine Department of Dermatology. She provides medical dermatology diagnosis and treatment to patients of all ages in Michigan Medicine's medical dermatology outpatient clinics. She has special interests in complex medical dermatology including the care of patients with bullous skin disease and hidradenitis suppurativa.
Dr. Fossum is a graduate of the Medical Scientist Training Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, where she received her medical degree and PhD degree in life sciences. Following graduation, she completed her preliminary year internship in internal medicine at Northshore University Health System in Evanston, Illinois, and her dermatology residency at the University of Michigan Department of Dermatology, where she served as co-chief resident in her final year. Dr. Fossum joined the U-M Dermatology faculty in January 2023.
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Residency, DermatologyUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Dermatology, 2022
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Chief ResidentUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Dermatology, 2022
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Internship, Internal Medicine-Preliminary YearNorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, 2019
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MD PhDNorthwestern University, Evanston, 2018
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BSUniversity of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, 2010
-Clinical outcomes for hidradenitis suppurativa patients
-Representation of diverse skin in educational materials
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Young KZ, Fossum SL, Lowe L, Else T, Fecher LA, Demirci H, Cha KB. JAAD Case Rep, 2020 Jun; 6 (6): 563 - 566.Journal ArticleAn adolescent with uveal melanoma and BAP1 tumor predisposition syndrome.
DOI:10.1016/j.jdcr.2020.04.018 PMID: 32509949 -
Mutolo MJ, Leir S-H, Fossum SL, Browne JA, Harris A. Biochem J, 2018 Apr 16; 475 (7): 1323 - 1334.Journal ArticleA transcription factor network represses CFTR gene expression in airway epithelial cells.
DOI:10.1042/BCJ20180044 PMID: 29572268 -
Stolzenburg LR, Yang R, Kerschner JL, Fossum S, Xu M, Hoffmann A, Lamar K-M, Ghosh S, Wachtel S, Leir S-H, Harris A. Nucleic Acids Res, 2017 Sep 6; 45 (15): 8773 - 8784.Journal ArticleRegulatory dynamics of 11p13 suggest a role for EHF in modifying CF lung disease severity.
DOI:10.1093/nar/gkx482 PMID: 28549169 -
Fossum SL, Mutolo MJ, Tugores A, Ghosh S, Randell SH, Jones LC, Leir S-H, Harris A. J Biol Chem, 2017 Jun 30; 292 (26): 10938 - 10949.Journal ArticleEts homologous factor (EHF) has critical roles in epithelial dysfunction in airway disease.
DOI:10.1074/jbc.M117.775304 PMID: 28461336 -
Fossum SL, Mutolo MJ, Yang R, Dang H, O'Neal WK, Knowles MR, Leir S-H, Harris A. Nucleic Acids Res, 2014 Dec 16; 42 (22): 13588 - 13598.Journal ArticleEts homologous factor regulates pathways controlling response to injury in airway epithelial cells.
DOI:10.1093/nar/gku1146 PMID: 25414352 -
Bailey TJ, Fossum SL, Fimbel SM, Montgomery JE, Hyde DR. Exp Eye Res, 2010 Nov; 91 (5): 601 - 612.Journal ArticleThe inhibitor of phagocytosis, O-phospho-L-serine, suppresses Müller glia proliferation and cone cell regeneration in the light-damaged zebrafish retina.
DOI:10.1016/j.exer.2010.07.017 PMID: 20696157 -
Padhi SK, Fujii R, Legatt GA, Fossum SL, Berchtold R, Kazlauskas RJ. Chem Biol, 2010 Aug 27; 17 (8): 863 - 871.Journal ArticleSwitching from an esterase to a hydroxynitrile lyase mechanism requires only two amino acid substitutions.
DOI:10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.06.013 PMID: 20797615
