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
- Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Following Nicotinamide Exposure.Lee Wheless, Ranya Guennoun, Basia Michalski-McNeely, Katlyn M Gonzalez, Rachel Weiss
JAMA Dermatology. 2025-02-26 - Frequency and timing of multiple skin cancer development in five cohorts.Lee Wheless, Kai-Ping Liao, Siwei Zheng, Yao Li, Lydia Yao
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2025-02-08 - Peripartum maternal outcomes in individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus in a real-world electronic health record cohort.Catherine Deffendall, Sarah Green, Ashley Suh, Nikol Nikolova, Katherine Walker
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2025-02-01
Press Mentions
Study Finds No Major Cardiovascular Risk from NicotinamideFebruary 26th, 2025
Grant Support
- Identifying clinical and genetic factors for risk of multiple skin cancers in organ transplant recipientsVETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION2023–2028
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