Mazdak Khalighi, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Clinical Services

Renal Pathology

Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology

Pediatric Pathology

Education

MD, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2009

BS, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2005

Training

Chief Resident Anatomic Pathology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 2012-2013

Anatomic Pathology Residency, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 2010-2013

Renal Pathology Fellowship, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2013-2014

Fellowship in Surgical Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2014-2015

Board Certifications

Anatomic Pathology, 2013

Publications

PubMed listings

Khalighi MA, Revelo MP, Abraham JD, Shihab F, Ahmed F, "Light Chain Podocytopathy Mimicking Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis," Am J Transplant DOI: 10,1111/ajt,14086.

Gallan A, Khalighi MA, "Lambda light chain crystalline cast nephropathy with proximal tubulopathy," Kidney International Reports, 2016;1(4):316-320.

Lloyd IE, Gallan A, Huston H, Raphael KL, Miller DV, Revelo MP, Khalighi MA, "C3 Glomerulopathy in Adults: A distinct patient subset showing frequent association with monoclonal gammopathy and poor renal outcome," Clin Kidney J, 2016;9(6):794-799.

Lloyd IE, Khalighi MA, "Glomerulonephritis with Masked Monotypic Immunoglobulin Deposits and Concurrent Lymphomatous Infiltration," Am J Kidney Dis, 2016;68(4):640-644.

Khalighi MA, Wang S, Henriksen KJ, Bock M, Keswani M, Meehan SM, Chang A, "Revisiting post-infectious glomerulonephritis in the emerging era of C3 glomerulopathy," Clin Kidney J, 2016;9:397-402.

Khalighi MA, Wang S, Henriksen KJ, Bock M, Keswani M, Chang A, Meehan SM, "Pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in children: A clinicopathologic study of 21 patients," Pediatr Nephrol, 2015;30(6):953-959.

Khalighi MA, Henriksen KJ, Chang A, Meehan SM, "Intratubular hemoglobin casts in hemolysis-associated acute kidney injury," Am J Kidney Dis, 2015;65(2):337-341.

Khalighi MA, Henriksen KJ, Chang A, Meehan SM, "March hemoglobinuria-associated acute tubular injury," Clin Kidney J, 2014;7:488-489.

Khalighi MA, Meehan SM, Chang A, "Medullary peritubular capillary thrombi: A harbinger of sickle cell nephropathy," Kidney Int, 2014;86: 861.

Khalighi MA, Nguyen S, Wiedeman JA, Palma-Diaz MF, "Bartonella Endocarditis-associated Glomerulonephritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature," Am J Kidney Dis, 2014;63(6): 1060-1065.

Khalighi MA, Yue A, Hwang MT, Wallace WD, "Leukocyte Chemotactic Factor 2 Amyloidosis presenting as 3 Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature," Clin Kidney J, 2013;6: 618-621.

Khalighi MA, Lassman C, "Hepatitis C-Associated Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis with Crystalline Deposits," Am J Kidney Dis, 2013;62(2): 384.

Hahn BV, McMahon M, Wilkinson A, Wallace WD, Daikh D, FitzGerald J, Karpouzas G, Merrill J, Wallace D, Yazdany J, Choi S, Gogia M, Khalighi MA, Kafaja S, Kamgar M, Lau C, Martin WJ, Parikh S, Peng J, Singh K, Rastogi A, Chen W, Grossman J, "American College of Rheumatology Guidelines for Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment and Management of Lupus Nephritis," Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2012;64(6): 797

Ziegler ME, Chen T, LeBlanc JF, Wei X, Gjertson DW, Li KC, Lassman C, Khalighi MA, Veale JL, Gritsch HA, Reed EF, "Apolipoprotein A1 and C-Terminal Fragment of α-1 Anti-Chymotrypsin are Candidate Plasma Biomarkers Associated with Acute Renal Allograft Rejection," Transplantation, 2011;92(4): 388.