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Lisa K Pappas-Taffer, MD

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Professor of Clinical Dermatology
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Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Staff Physician, VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Medical Director, Penn Dermatology at Bucks County
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Department: Dermatology
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2e Lake Michigan College, 2000.
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2f University of Michigan, 2003.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

93 Connective tissue diseases (lupus, dermatomyositis, Morphea, lichen sclerosis, systemic sclerosis) and mucocutaneous lichen planus.
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Selected Publications

c6 Tran VA, Pappas-Taffer L: Multisite Involvement and Delays to Dermatology Care in Lichen Planus. Annual AAD meeting Mar 2026.

11c Tuohy S, Wachuku C, Wang YA, Prasad A, Samimi SS, Pappas-Taffer LK, Haun PL, Wang LL: Cutaneous mantle cell lymphoma presenting as a diffuse morbilliform rash: A case report. SAGE Open Med Case Rep 11, Nov 2023.

155 Ravishankar A, Bax CE, Grinnell M, Yan D, Concha JS, Pappas-Taffer L, Shields B, Dany M, Clark AK, Feng R, Okawa J, Werth VP: Frequency of immunostimulatory herbal supplement use among patients with autoimmune skin disease. J Am Acad Dermatol 87(5): 1093-95, Nov 2022.

115 Weiner DM, Clark AK, Bhansali RS, Pappas-Taffer L, Barta SK, Villasenor-Park J, Haun PL, Vittorio CC, Rook AH, Kim EJ, Samimi SS: Usage and safety of topical tacrolimus in patients with mycosis fungoides. Clin Exp Dermatol 2 2e 47(6): 1200-01, Jun 2022.

ac Weiner DM, Clark AK, Bhansali RS, Pappas-Taffer L, Barta SK, Villasenor-Park J, Haun PL, Vittorio CC, Rook AH, Kim EJ, Samimi SS 5d : Usage and Safety of Topical Tacrolimus in Mycosis Fungoides. Clin Exp Dermatol 2e 47(6): 1200-01, Jun 2022.

168 Yan D, Gaffney R, Krain R, Keyes E, Concha J, Feng R, Schulz S, Pappas-Taffer L, Borucki R, Ravishanar A, Bax C, Okawa J, Werth V: A prospective cohort study comparing the performance of interferon gamma release assays in autoimmune skin diseases. J Am Acad Derm 86(4): 948-49, Apr 2022.

ea Bax CE, Maddukuri S, Ravishankar A, Pappas-Taffer L, Werth VP: Environmental Triggers of Dermatomyositis: A Narrative Review. Ann Transl Med 9(5): 434, Mar 2021.

145 Pei S, Fischer AS, Preciado C, Pappas-Taffer L, Elenitsas R, Rubin AI: Firm hyperpigmented papules coalescing into a plaque in an adult female with systemic sclerosis: Challenge (Nodular Scleroderma). Am J of Dermatopathol 42(12): e159-e160, Dec 2020

126 Pei S, Fischer AS, Preciado C, Pappas-Taffer L, Elenitsas R, Rubin AI: Firm hyperpigmented papules coalescing into a plaque in an adult female with systemic sclerosis: Answer. Am J Dermatopathology 42(12): 1003, Dec 2020.

122 Ravishankar A, Pappas-Taffer L, Werth V: Immunostimulatory Herbal Supplement Use is More Common Among Patients with Dermatomyositis. American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting Nov 2020 Notes: Abstract ID: 901128.

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