LeeEmersonWhelessMD, PhD, MSCR
Dermatology • Nashville, TNDermatologic Surgery, Clinical Informatics
Physician
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Office
719 Thompson Ln
Ste 26300
Nashville, TN 37204Phone+1 615-322-0417
Summary
- I am an academic medical and surgical dermatologist with a focus on the management of organ transplant recipients and other patients at high risk for skin cancer. I have experience in skin cancer surgery and reconstruction. My research interests are precision medicine, genetic epidemiology, and pharmacoepidemiology of these high-risk patients. I conduct my analyses in SAS, R, and Plink and am proficient in data manipulation, regression modeling, imputation, meta-analysis, GWAS, and PheWAS, among other statistical analyses
Education & Training
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Dermatology, 2015 - 2018- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2015
Medical University of South CarolinaClass of 2014, Abney Family Fellowship
Davidson CollegeBS, Biology, Classics, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Keiser Prize, 2001 - 2005
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 2018 - 2026
AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020- American Board of Dermatology Dermatology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 123 citationsAssessing the Accuracy and Reliability of AI-Generated Medical Responses: An Evaluation of the Chat-GPT Model.Douglas Johnson, Rachel Goodman, J Patrinely, Cosby Stone, Eli Zimmerman
Research Square. 2023-02-28 - 2 citationsDe novo belatacept does not reduce the rate of skin cancer in renal transplant recipients compared to standard therapy.Olivia S Jew, Winston W Liu, Christopher Stamey, Meenal Kheterpal, Sarah A Myers
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2024-10-01 - 6 citationsIncidence and Treatment of Actinic Keratosis in Older Adults With Medicare Coverage.Lucy J Navsaria, Yao Li, Malgorzata K Nowakowska, Candice L Hinkston, Lee Wheless
JAMA Dermatology. 2022-09-01
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