Dr. Maverakis' group has a wide variety of interests including: immunotherapies for melanoma, T cell mediated skin diseases, and the murine models of autoimmunity.

Clinically, Dr. Maverakis specializes in the treatment of patients with severe immune-mediated systemic diseases involving the skin.

Title:

Assistant Professor in Residence

Specialty:

Dermatology

Center/Program Affiliation:

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Address:

Dermatology/Cannery Building
3301 C St., Suite 1300-1400
Sacramento, CA 95816

Phone:

(916) 734-6111

Education:

Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
M.D.

UCLA
Los Angeles, California
B.S.

Internships:

Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Mass

Residency:

University of California
Davis, Calif

Dematology

Fellowships:

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chevy Chase, Maryland

Select Recent Publications:

Maverakis E, Beech JT, Schneider S, Sercarz EE. Presentation of a determinant by MHC class II can be prevented through competitive capture by a flanking determinant on a multideterminant peptide. J Autoimmun. 2008 Aug;31(1):59-65. Epub 2008 Apr 2.

Maverakis E, Lynch PJ, Fazel N. Acrodermatitis enteropathica. Dermatol Online J. 2007 Jul 13;13(3):11.

Menezes JS, van den Elzen P, Thornes J, Huffman D, Droin NM, Maverakis E, Sercarz EE. A public T cell clonotype within a heterogeneous autoreactive repertoire is dominant in driving EAE. J Clin Invest. 2007 Aug;117(8):2176-85.

Wadhera A, Maverakis E, Mitsiades N, Lara PN, Fung MA, Lynch PJ. Thymoma-associated multiorgan autoimmunity: a graft-versus-host-like disease. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2007 Oct;57(4):683-9. Epub 2007 Apr 16.

Kwak J, Maverakis E. Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. Dermatol Online J. 2006 Sep 8;12(5):6.

Maverakis E, Fung MA, Lynch PJ, Draznin M, Michael DJ, Ruben B, Fazel N. Acrodermatitis enteropathica and an overview of zinc metabolism. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2007 Jan;56(1):116-24. Epub 2006 Oct 30.

Sercarz EE, Maverakis E. Recognition and function in a degenerate immune system. Mol Immunol. 2004 Feb;40(14-15):1003-8.

van den Elzen P, Menezes JS, Ametani A, Maverakis E, Madakamutil L, Tang XL, Kumar V, Sercarz EE. Limited clonality in autoimmunity: drivers and regulators. Autoimmun Rev. 2004 Nov;3(7-8):524-9.