Lee Emerson Wheless MD , PhD, MSCR
Dermatologic Surgery, Clinical Informatics
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719 Thompson LnSte 26300Nashville, TN 37204
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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 complex medical management of dermatologic diseases. 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. My work has been funded by the Skin Cancer Foundation, the Doris Duke Foundation, the Dermatology Foundation, and the USA Department of Veterans Affairs.
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
- 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. 2025-06-01 - 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 - 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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