Leo Le Wang
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
- Attending Dermatologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Attending Dermatologist, Pennsylvania Hospital 1ff9
- Attending Dermatologist, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
- Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
- Member, Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Member, Institute for Immunology and Immune Health
- Member, Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translational Nanomedicine
Department: Dermatology
Contact Information
421 Curie Blvd
1009 Biomedical Research Building (BRB) II/III
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: leo.wang@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
I3H Keywords
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Education
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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
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Medicine
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, 2020 - 2021 -
Dermatology
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2021 - 2024 -
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dermatology
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2023 - 2025
Certifications
- American Board of Dermatology, 2024
Description of Clinical Expertise
dermatology, autoimmune disease, immunology, psoriasis, eczema, alopecia, hidradenitis suppurativa, alopecia areata, wound healing, skin cancer, hair loss, clinical trials
Description of Research Expertise
biomaterials, polymers, drug delivery, nucleic acids, immunology, hydrogels, dynamic chemistry, polymer chemistry, formulation chemistry, controlled release
Selected Publications
- Wang LL, Tuohy S, Kim E, Nace A, Xu KL, Zheng Y, Yang R, Cotsarelis G. : Minoxidil-crosslinked hydrogels for controlled delivery in androgenetic alopecia. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2025
- Subhadarshani S, Wang LL, Beiter K, Zaver S. : Deck chair and reverse waist band sign in TIF 1Y positive dermatomyositis. ERO 1(4) : 328-330, 2025
- 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
- Bascone CM, Raj LK, Nugent ST, Lin SK, Deitermann A, McGraw JR, Wang LL, Broach RB, Miller CJ, Kovach SJ. : Utilizing Integra for Reconstruction of Facial Defects after Mohs Micrographic Surgery. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2024
- Bascone CM, Lin SK, Deitermann A, Raj LK, Nugent ST, Wang LL, McGraw JR, Broach RB, Miller CJ, Kovach SJ. : Reconstructing Nasal Defects with Acellular Dermal Matrix after Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A 12-year Experience Dermatologic Surgery 2024
- Zhu H, Haynes DH, Lewis DJ, Wang LL. : Engineered Skin Substitutes in Dermatologic Surgery: A Systematic Review. Dermatologic Surgery 2024
- Tuohy S, Wang YA, Prasad A, Samimi SS, Pappas-Taffer LK, Haun PL, Wang LL. : Cutaneous mantle cell lymphoma presenting as a diffuse morbilliform rash. Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery 2024
- Wang S, Bayefsky S, Coromilas AJ, Whitaker KA, Bronfenbrener R, Rosenbach MA, Wang LL. : Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, and SAPHO syndrome. SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine 8(3) : 1548-1553, 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
- Wang LL, Abbott JJ, Jiang AJ, Hannah C, Rubin AI. : Pleomorphic acquired digital fibrokeratoma: A novel clinicopathologic entity Journal of Cutaneous Pathology 2023