Positions

Overview

  • I am a board-certified Pediatric Dermatologist and Associate Professor of Dermatology at UAB and Children's of Alabama. I completed my residency training in Dermatology at UAB and fellowship training in Pediatric Dermatology at Northwestern / Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL. I have been practicing in an academic setting since 2001. I consider caring for my patients and families as both a privilege and a blessing. I see patients from birth thru 18 years of age. My special interests include the medical and laser management of hemangiomas and other vascular birthmarks, dermatologic surgery, evaluation of genetic skin conditions, and management of complex medical dermatology issues in children.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title Altmetric
    2019 Hypomorphic caspase activation and recruitment domain 11 (CARD11) mutations associated with diverse immunologic phenotypes with or without atopic disease.  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.  143:1482-1495. 2019
    2019 More than keratitis, ichthyosis, and deafness: Multisystem effects of lethal GJB2 mutations.  Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology.  80:617-625. 2019
    2018 Pediatric ocular lichen planus and lichen planopilaris: One new case and a review of the literature.  Pediatric Dermatology.  35:859-863. 2018
    2018 Red-brown macules in a linear distribution on the arm.  Pediatric Dermatology.  35:685-687. 2018
    2018 Cutaneous neurofibromas in Neurofibromatosis type I: A quantitative natural history study.  Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases.  13. 2018
    2017 Expanding the genotypic spectrum of bathing suit ichthyosis.  JAMA Dermatology.  153:537-543. 2017
    2016 Dermatological clues to the diagnosis of atypical complete DiGeorge syndrome.  Dermatology Online Journal.  22. 2016
    2015 Successful treatment of refractory Hailey-Hailey disease with a 595-nm pulsed dye laser: A series of 7 cases.  Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology.  72:735-737. 2015
    2015 Long-standing spicules in a patient with acute lymphoblastic Leukemia.  Pediatric Dermatology.  32:545-546. 2015
    2015 Mycophenolate mofetil therapy for pediatric bullous pemphigoid.  Dermatology Online Journal.  21. 2015
    2015 Nd:YAG laser offers promising treatment option for familial glomuvenous malformation.  Dermatology Online Journal.  21. 2015
    2015 Utility of Wood's light in margin determination of melanoma in situ after excisional biopsy.  Dermatologic Surgery.  41:572-578. 2015
    2014 Epidermolysis bullosa nevus in a patient with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: A case report.  American Journal of Dermatopathology.  36:e194-e197. 2014
    2014 Polyarteritis nodosa in childhood: Recognition of early dermatologic signs may prevent morbidity.  Pediatric Dermatology.  31. 2014
    2014 Validity and interexaminer reliability of a new method to quantify skin neurofibromas of neurofibromatosis 1 using paper frames.  Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases.  9:202. 2014
    2013 Treatment of infantile hemangiomas with sirolimus in a patient with PHACE syndrome.  Pediatric Dermatology.  30. 2013
    2013 Genotype-Phenotype Correlations Emerging from the Identification of Missense Mutations in MBTPS2.  Human Mutation.  34:587-594. 2013
    2013 Mitotically active proliferative nodule arising in a giant congenital melanocytic nevus: A diagnostic pitfall.  American Journal of Dermatopathology.  35. 2013
    2012 Lichen planus pemphigoides in a 2-year-old girl: Response to treatment with methotrexate.  Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology.  67. 2012
    2011 Inpatient management of atopic dermatitis.  Dermatologic Therapy.  24:249-255. 2011
    2011 Stevens-Johnson syndrome in a boy with macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.  Pediatrics.  127. 2011
    2010 Phenotypic variability among café-au-lait macules in neurofibromatosis type 1.  Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology.  63:440-447. 2010
    2010 Multiple congenital red-brown macules, thrombocytopenia, and gastrointestinal bleeding.  Pediatric Dermatology.  27. 2010
    2009 Neurofibromatosis type 1.  Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology.  61:1-14. 2009
    2008 Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in an adolescent presenting with skin lesions.  Pediatric Dermatology.  25:373-377. 2008
    2007 Diagnosis and management of superficial cutaneous fungal infections in children.  Pediatric Annals.  36:46-54. 2007
    2006 Pathophysiology of neurofibromatosis type 1.  Annals of Internal Medicine.  144:842-849. 2006
    2006 Etanercept for psoriasis in the pediatric population: Experience in nine patients.  Pediatric Dermatology.  23:67-71. 2006
    2002 Extrafacial and generalized granulomatous periorificial dermatitis.  Archives of Dermatology -Chicago-.  138:1354-1358. 2002
    2002 Pustular miliaria rubra: A specific cutaneous finding of type I pseudohypoaldosteronism.  Pediatric Dermatology.  19:317-319. 2002
    1999 Merkel cell carcinoma occurring in renal transplant patients.  Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology.  41:289-291. 1999
    1999 Merkel cell carcinoma occurring in renal transplant patients..  Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology.  41:289-291. 1999

    Chapter

    Year Title Altmetric
    2016 Autoimmune blistering diseases in children.  205-231. 2016
    2011 The Neurofibromatoses.  1-14. 2011
    2009 Neurofibromatosis type 1.  401-407. 2009

    Principal Investigator On

  • Private Grant  awarded by AMGEN, INC. 2006 - 2016
  • Private Grant  awarded by REGENERX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 2007 - 2011

    • Investigator On

    Education And Training

  • Doctor of Medicine, Louisiana State University System : University of New Orleans 1996
  • UAB Hospital, Residency 2000
  • Children's Memorial Hospital, Postdoctoral Fellowship 2001

    • Full Name

  • Amy Theos