Katherine Thacker Steele - Faculty Biosketch

Katherine Thacker Steele, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology

Department: Dermatology

Contact information

Department of Dermatology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
7th Floor, South Tower
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-662-2737

Email:
katherine.steele@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Education:
BA ( )
Harvard University, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2013.

Post-Graduate Training
Research Assistant, Neuroscience Laboratory, Harvard University, 2005-2008.
Research Assistant, Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Botswana, 2008-2009.
Intern in Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 2013-2014.
Resident in Dermatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2014-2016.
Chief Resident, Dermatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2016-2017.

Certifications
Board Certified, American Board of Dermatology, 2017.

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Description of Clinical Expertise

Transplant Dermatology, Oncodermatology

Selected Publications

Yoon I, Do N, Vazquez T, Elder D, Steele K, Rosenbach M : Injection site reaction to teclistamab in a patient with multiple myeloma. JAAD Case Reports 56: 48-50, Nov 2024.

Milbar H, Caplan A, Schwab R, Coromilas A, Baumrin E, Forrestel A, Steele K, Micheletti R, Perl A, Rosenbach M: Vitamin C deficiency in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: a case series and review of the literature. Blood Adv 7(19): 5780-83, Oct 2023.

Wei J, Wachuku C, Berk-Krauss J, Steele KT, Rosenbach M, Messenger E: Severe cutaneous ulcerations secondary to xylazine (tranq): A case series. JAAD Case Rep 36: 89-91, Apr 2023.

Bhattacharya S, Basu S, Sheng E, Murphy C, Wei J, Kersh A, Nelson C, Bryer J, Ashchyan H, Steele K, Forrestel A, Seykora J, Micheletti R, James W, Rosenbach M, Leung T: Identification of a neutrophil-specific PIK3R1 mutation facilitates targeted treatment in a patient with Sweet syndrome. J Clin Invest 133(1): e162137, Jan 2023.

Godse R, Rauck C, Woods R, Steele K, Elenitsas R: Two Cases of Insulin-Derived Amyloidosis With Acanthosis Nigricans-Like Changes. Am J Dermatopathol 44(12): 979-80, Dec 2022.

Alam M, Lewis W, Harp J, Steele K, Rosenbach M, Micheletti R: Cutaneous Manifestations of COVID-19: Characteristics, Pathogenesis, and the Role of Dermatology in the Pandemic. Cutis 107(4): 209-15, Apr 2021.

Steele K, Markova A: Cutaneous adverse events of molecularly targeted therapy and other biologic agents used for cancer therapy. Drews RE, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate, Inc. 2021.

Stephens M, Aderibigbe O, Steele K, Elder D, Glaser L, Jacob J, Rosenbach M: Draining dorsal hand pustules, nodules, and ulcers in a patient with immunosuppression. JAAD Case Reports Oct 2019.

Buter J, Steele K, Chung K, Elzinga K.: Extravasation injury from chemotherapy and other non-antineoplastic vesicants. Drews RE, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate, Inc. Published online 2019.

Steele K, Miller C: “Melanoma in situ.” In: Alam, Murad (Ed.) Evidence-Based Procedural Dermatology, 2nd Edition. 2nd Edition. Springer 2019.