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
- 35 citationsOn the cusp: Considering the impact of artificial intelligence language models in healthcare.Rachel S Goodman, J Randall Patrinely Jr, Travis Osterman, Lee Wheless, Douglas B Johnson
Med. 2023-03-10 - 76 citationsUsing Machine Learning Algorithms to Predict Immunotherapy Response in Patients with Advanced MelanomaPaul Johannet, Nicolas Coudray, Douglas Donnelly, George Jour, Irineu Illa-Bochaca
Clinical Cancer Research. 2021-01-01 - 4 citationsIntralesional corticosteroid injections are less painful without local anesthetic: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial.Danny Zakria, James R. Patrinely, Anna K. Dewan, Sharon E. Albers, Lee Wheless
The Journal of Dermatological Treatment. 2021-04-07
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