Joanna Walker
Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology
Director, Rare and Advanced Skin Cancer Clinic, Penn Dermatology Oncology Center
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Dermatology
Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Dept of Dermatology and Cutaneous Oncology
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Dept of Dermatology and Cutaneous Oncology
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA
Oral Roberts University, 2002.
MD (Distinction in Research)
University of Rochester School of Medicine, 2011.
Permanent linkBA
Oral Roberts University, 2002.
MD (Distinction in Research)
University of Rochester School of Medicine, 2011.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Workup and management of advanced, high risk and rare skin cancers, including basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, merkel cell carcinoma, melanoma, soft tissue sarcoma, adnexal and sebaceous carcinoma.Management of skin cancer in organ transplant and immunosuppressed patients
Description of Research Expertise
clinical trial interventions for advanced stage cutaneous squamous cell carcinomaclinical and translational research on rare and high-risk skin cancers
Selected Publications
Deitermann A, Lin SK, Haynes D, Ibrahim Aibo MA, Wu G, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Shin TS, Higgins HW, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Zhang J, Nguyen HP, Walker JL: Pleomorphic dermal sarcoma (PDS): Patterns of upstaging, recurrence, and adjuvant treatment following Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS). International Societies for Investigative Dermatology Meeting, Tokyo, Japan May 2023.Wang LL, Lin SK, Stull CM, Shin TM, Higgins HW, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Etzkorn JR, Miller CJ, Walker JL: Cutaneous Oncology in the Immunosuppressed. Dermatol Clin 41(1): 141-62, Jan 2023.
Stull CM, Nugent ST, Raj LK, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Etzkorn JR, Higgins HW 2nd, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Miller CJ: Frequency and reliability of histologic subtype classification in invasive and in situ melanoma treated with Mohs micrographic surgery. J Am Acad Dermatol 88(5): 1211-14, May 2023.
Lewis DJ, Sobanko JF, Etzkorn JR, Shin TM, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Zhang J, Miller CJ, Higgins HW: Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Dermatol Clin 41(1): 101-11, Jan 2023.
Ran NA, Nugent ST, Veerabagu SA, Chu EY, Modi MB, Sobanko JF, Etzkorn JR, Shin TM, Higgins HW 2nd, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Stull CM, Miller CJ: Desmoplastic melanoma treated with wide local excision or Mohs micrographic surgery: Rates of positive margins, local recurrence, and repeat surgeries. J Am Acad Dermatol 87(6): 1376-78, Dec 2022.
Aizman L, Veerabagu SA, Cheng B, Perz AM, Lukowiak TM, Etzkorn JR, Miller CJ, Shin TM, Sobanko JF, Higgins HW 2nd, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Giordano CN: Impact of Electronic Prescribing on Issued and Filled Opioid Prescriptions following Mohs Micrographic Surgery. J Am Acad Dermatol 87(5): 1160-62, Nov 2022.
Lewis DJ, Fathy RA, Nugent S, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Zhang J, Miller CJ, Higgins HW 2nd: Sentinel lymph node biopsy in Merkel cell carcinoma: Rates and predictors of compliance with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines. J Am Acad Dermatol 88(2): 448-50, Feb 2023.
Cavanagh G, Negbenebor NA, Robinson-Bostom L, Walker JL : Two cases of malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor (MPTT) and review of literature. R I Med J (2013) 105(1): 12-16, Feb 2022.
Veerabagu SA, Yanes AF, Cheng B, Etzkorn JR, Miller CJ, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Higgins II HW, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Giordano CN: Dermatologic Surgery Opioid Recommendation Guidelines in Practice. J Am Acad Dermatol 87(2): 492-94, Aug 2022.
Veerabagu SA , Cheng B, Wang S, Etzkorn JR, Kilaru AS, Noe MH, Miller CJ, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Higgins 2nd HW, McMurray SL, Krausz AE, Walker JL, Giordano CN: Rates of Opioid Prescriptions Obtained After Mohs Surgery: A Claims Database Analysis From 2009 to 2020. JAMA Dermatol 157(11): 1299-1305, Nov 2021.