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Meghan Heberton, M.D.

Meghan Heberton, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Dermatology

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  • Biography

    Meghan Heberton, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Director of Oncodermatology at the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center.

    Dr. Heberton earned her medical degree at the UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School. She completed residencies in internal medicine and dermatology at Washington University-affiliated Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, where she served as Chief Dermatology Resident.

    Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Dermatology, she worked for three years at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2022.

    Dr. Heberton is the founder of the Oncodermatology Program at UT Southwestern. The clinic is housed in the Cancer Center Outpatient Building and designed to serve patients of the Simmons Cancer Center with skin concerns.

    She treats a broad range of diagnoses, including:

    • Skin toxicities from cancer therapies like chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy
    • Post-radiation and surgical skin changes
    • Preventive skin exams in patients with cancer
    • Pre- and post-stem cell transplant care and graft versus host disease
    • General skin concerns

    Dr. Heberton is passionate about partnering with patients and works closely with them as well as other members of the cancer treatment team to provide integrated, compassionate, and expert care.

    She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and a member of the Oncodermatology Society and the Medical Dermatology Society, as well as being an active on committees within those organizations.

    Dr. Heberton has collaborated on multiple clinical trials, and she has delivered invited lectures and published numerous academic articles related to her areas of expertise. She also enjoys educating and mentoring residents and medical students.

  • Education
    Medical School
    McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2013)
    Residency
    Washington University Barnes Jewish Hospital/ St. Louis Children's Hospital Consortium Program (2016), Internal Medicine
    Residency
    Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (2019), Dermatology
  • Publications
    Introduction to the special issue on oncodermatology
    Heberton M JAAD Case Reports 2025 May 59 44
    Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis and Vδ2 γδ T-cell Expansion in STK4 Deficiency
    Ying W, Long X, Vandergriff T, Karnati H, Heberton M, Chen M, Wang X, Wysocki C, Kong XF Journal of Clinical Immunology 2024 Dec 44
    Types and severity of cutaneous toxicities to BRAF inhibitors are drug-specific and discrete: A single-center cohort study
    Sarlashkar P, Gill JG, Heberton M Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2024 Nov 91 945-948
    Imatinib associated discoid lupus erythematosus in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia
    Sarlashkar P, Carr C, Heberton M JAAD Case Reports 2024 Nov 53 60-62
    Erythema multiforme-like targetoid eruption in two patients treated with capivasertib for metastatic breast cancer
    Keum H, Zhu JL, Heberton M, Vandergriff T, Dominguez AR JAAD Case Reports 2024 Nov 53 79-82
    Increased presentation for vitiligo cutaneous immune related adverse events in Hispanic patients
    Momin ZK, Gill JG, Heberton M Archives of Dermatological Research 2024 Aug 316
    Clinical Features and Outcomes of Black Patients with Melanoma
    Wix SN, Brown AB, Heberton M, Adamson AS, Gill JG JAMA Dermatology 2024 Mar 160 328-333
    Tumoral melanosis: A case series of patients with metastatic melanoma after systemic immunotherapy
    Wix SN, Heberton M, Vandergriff TW, Yancey KB, Gill JG JAAD Case Reports 2024 Mar 45 82-87
    Lymphomatoid papulosis with DUSP22–IRF4 rearrangement: A case report and literature review
    Niu N, Heberton MM, Tang Z, Aung PP, Nagarajan P, Curry JL, Prieto VG, Torres-Cabala CA, Cho WC Journal of Cutaneous Pathology 2023 Aug 50 711-716
    A retrospective case series of 20 patients with immunotherapy-induced bullous pemphigoid with emphasis on management outcomes
    Bur D, Patel AB, Nelson K, Huen A, Pacha O, Phillips R, Heberton M Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2022 Dec 87 1394-1395
  • Honors & Awards
    • UTSW Dermatology Teaching Award - UTSW Department of Dermatology
      (2024)
    • Chief Resident - Dermatology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
      (2018-2019)
    • Jason Goldfeder Award for Excellence in the Medicine Clinic - Barnes-Jewish Hospital
      (2016)
    • Lewis R. Chase Research Award - Barnes-Jewish Hospital
      (2016)
    • Internal Medicine Intern of the Year - Barnes-Jewish Hospital
      (2014)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Dermatology
    • Medical Dermatology Society
    • Oncodermatology Society