Leo Le Wang - Faculty Biosketch

Leo Le Wang, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Department: Dermatology

Contact information

2 Maloney
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3600 Spruce St
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Email:
leo.wang@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Graduate Group Affiliations

Pharmacology

Education:
BA (Biochemistry, Mathematics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
MS (Chemistry)
University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
PhD (Bioengineering)
University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 2020.

Post-Graduate Training
Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 2020-2021.
Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2021-2024.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2023-present.

Certifications
American Board of Dermatology, 2024.

Permanent link

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Description of Clinical Expertise

dermatology, autoimmune disease, immunology, psoriasis, eczema, alopecia, alopecia areata

Selected Publications

Wang LL, Tuohy S, Nace A, Xu KL, Zheng Y, Yang R, Burdick JA, Cotsarelis G.: Controlled baricitinib delivery to the skin through reversible thioimidate adducts. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 144(8): S95, 2024.

Leo L Wang, Spencer Tuohy, Karen L Xu, Arben Nace, Ruifeng Yang, Ying Zheng, Jason A Burdick, George Cotsarelis: Local and sustained baricitinib delivery to the skin through injectable hydrogels containing reversible thioimidate adducts. Advanced Healthcare Materials 2024.

Lohray R, Verma KK, Wang LL, Haynes D, Lewis DJ.: Avelumab for Advanced Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Global Real-World Data on Patient Response and Survival. Pragmat Obs Res 14: 149-154, Nov 2023.

Wang LL, Abbott JJ, Jiang AJ, Hannah C, Rubin AI.: Pleomorphic acquired digital fibrokeratoma: A novel clinicopathologic entity. J Cutan Pathol 2023.

Lohray R, Verma KK, Wang LL, Haynes D, Lewis DJ.: Avelumab Treatment for Advanced Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Real-World Studies Yielding Data on Patient Response and Survival. Pragmatic and Observational Research 14: 149-154, 2023.

Wang LL, Noe MH, Micheletti RG.: Prevalence of Leukopenia and Associated Outcomes in Patients With Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. JAMA Dermatol 158: 1212-1214, Oct 2022.

Wang LL, Abott JJ, Jiang AJ, Hannah C, Rubin AI: Pleomorphic acquired digital fibrokeratoma: a novel clinicopathologic entity. American Society of Dermatopathology Annual Meeting 2022.

Wang LL, Stull C, Lin SK, Miller CJ, Walker JL.: Cutaneous Oncology in the Immunosuppressed. Dermatologic Clinics 41(1): 141-162, 2022.

Wang LL, Cotsarelis G.: Regenerative medicine: Hair-bearing skin grown in a dish. Nature 582(7812): 343-344, 2020.

Wang LL, Adelekun A, Taylor SC, Lipoff J.: Fee-for-service and structural forces may drive racial disparities in US dermatology. British Journal of Dermatology 183(4): 750-751, 2020.