Linda Thuy Anh Doan

•Co-Director of Dermatopathology, UCI Irvine School of Medicine

•Medical Director, Dermatology Clinical Lab at Gavin Herbert Eye Institute

Biography

Linda Thuy Anh Doan, MD, PhD, is Co-Director of Dermatopathology, Medical Director of the Dermatology Clinical Lab at Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, and Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pathology at the University of California, Irvine. She earned her PhD in Developmental and Cell Biology from UC Irvine, where she studied morphogen signaling gradients in telencephalic development, and completed her MD at the same institution, graduating with distinction in research. Following an internal medicine internship at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, she completed dermatology residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and a dermatopathology fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University.

Doan's research spans basic science and clinical dermatopathology. Her doctoral work on BMP signaling during mouse embryogenesis resulted in publications in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE. Her clinical research focuses on melanoma, including surgical margins for lentigo maligna, clinicopathologic patterns of melanocytic lesions, and the development of diagnostic tools using deep learning algorithms and digital pathology platforms. She has authored book chapters, and over 40 peer-reviewed publications and numerous abstracts, with work appearing in journals such as the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, American Journal of Dermatopathology, and Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

Doan serves as a regular faculty lecturer at the Jefferson Dermatopathology Board Review Course and has been recognized with the Orange County Medical Association Physician of Excellence award in 2025 and 2026. She serves as a reviewer for multiple journals including the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and Dermatologic Therapy. She has developed curriculum for medical students at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda where she volunteers as teaching faculty and serves as a faculty mentor for the Resident and Fellow Scholars Academy at UC Irvine.

Education

B.S. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, 2002
M.D., University of California, Irvine, 2013
Ph.D. in Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, 2013

Distinctions

Graduation honors, Distinction in the Major, Yale University, 2002
Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School Fellowship, 2007
Graduation Honors, Distinction in research, UC Irvine School of Medicine, 2013
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Outstanding Scientific Presentation, 2006
UC Irvine Medal Fellowship, 2006-2007
Physician of Excellence, Orange County Medical Association, 2025-2026

Areas of Expertise

Dermatopathology
Melanocytic Neoplasm Diagnostics
Cutaneous Lymphoma Classification
Developmental Neurobiology Signaling
Infectious Dermatoses Histopathology
Digital Pathology Algorithms
Adnexal Tumor Characterization

Recent Publications

Shah K.S., Creadore A., Linden K., Doan L., Min M.S., “Erythema multiforme-like lesions triggered by sun exposure: A case of Rowell syndrome as the initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus” (opens in new tab), Jaad Case Reports, vol. 69, pp. 70-73, 2026.
Sonuga O., Patel A.B., Brady B.H., Doan L., Smith J., “A case of blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm in a young male with atypical cutaneous findings” (opens in new tab), Jaad Case Reports, vol. 67, pp. 8-10, 2026.
Banks R, Park J, Doan L, Healy E, Harris JP, “Metastatic Pilomatrix Carcinoma Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy” (opens in new tab), JAAD Case Reports, vol. 47, pp. 50-53, 2024.
Forouzan P, Raffi J, Doan LT, Min MS, “Reactive Lobular Panniculitis in the Setting of Mpox (Monkeypox) Infection” (opens in new tab), American Journal of Dermatopathology, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 781-783, 2024.
Roux J, Pham CT, Yale K, Rojek NW, Linden K, Doan L, “A Rare Case of Pediatric Bullous Cutaneous Mastocytosis” (opens in new tab), JAAD Case Reports, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 14-17, 2024.
Ren D, Wei K, Doan L, “Expanding the Range of Epithelial Marker and SMA staining of Superficial CD34+ Fibroblastic Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature” (opens in new tab), American Journal of Dermatopathology, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 316-320, 2024.
Valdebran M, Doan LT, Elston DM, “Reply to comment on: Pattern hair loss. Assessment of inflammation and fibrosis on histologic sections” (opens in new tab), Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, vol. 86, no. 2, pp. e81, 2022.
Wang JV, Doan LT, Yang S, Keller M, Saedi N, “Five extracurricular things commonly overlooked by dermatology residents”, SKINmed, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 123-125, 2022.
Birmingham SW, Doan LT, Smith J, “Grouped cerebriform papules in a child” (opens in new tab), Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 248, pp. 29-130, 2022.
Brody G, Yale K, Nguyen A, Doan L, Linden K, “A retrospective, cross-sectional study characterizing site specific and laterality patterns of keratoacanthomas” (opens in new tab), International Journal of Dermatology, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. e81-e82, 2021.
Juhasz MLW, Doan L, Rojek NW, “Cocaine-induced pemphigus vulgaris” (opens in new tab), J Am Acad Dermatol Case Reports, vol. 9, pp. 45-47, 2021.
Shwe S, Sharma A, Chahal H, Doan LT, Rojek N, “Botulinum toxin injections as a treatment for intractable Raynaud's disease” (opens in new tab), Cutis, vol. 108, no. 3, pp. E11-E14, 2021.
Shwe S, Dobry AS, Sharma AA, Doan LT, Rojek NW, “Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis overlap in a pregnant patient” (opens in new tab), Cutis, vol. 108, no. 6, pp. E20-E22, 2021.
Sy MY, Fromm E, Doan L, Rojek N, Brandt AU, “Nicolau syndrome after glatiramer acetate injection in close proximity to administration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine” (opens in new tab), Neurology Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. e1112, 2021.

Most Cited Publications

Kunishige JB, Doan L, Brodland D, Zitelli JA, “Comparison of Surgical Margins for Lentigo Maligna and Other Melanoma In Situ” (opens in new tab), Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 204-212, 2019.
Sharma A, Foulad D, Doan L, Lee P, Mesinkovska N, “Mohs surgery for the treatment of lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma – a systematic review” (opens in new tab), Journal of Dermatological Treatment, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 157-163, 2021.
Javier AL, Doan LT, Luong M, Reyes de Mochel NS, Sun A, Monuki ES, Cho KW, “Bmp indicator mice reveal dynamic regulation of transcriptional response” (opens in new tab), Plos One, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. e42566, 2012.
Hu JS, Doan LT, Currle DS, Rheem JY, Schreyer R, Robert B, Monuki ES, “Border formation in a morphogen gradient reduced to single dissociated cells” (opens in new tab), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 105, no. 9, pp. 3398-3403, 2008.

Contact Information

Email: ldoan@hs.uci.edu

Phone: (949) 824-5515

Address: 118 Med Surge 1, Irvine, CA 92697-2400

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Last updated on 6/25/2026.