- Mohs surgery
Joanna Walker, MD
Dermatology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Dermatology Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Rare and Advanced Skin Cancer Clinic
- Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center
- Residency: Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
442 reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Dermatology
- American Academy of Dermatology, National
- American College of Mohs Surgeons Foundation, National
- American College of Mohs Surgery, National
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, National
- Atlantic Dermatologic Society, National
- International Transplant Skin Cancer Collaborative, International
- Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology, Local
- Women’s Dermatologic Society, National
- Penn Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Deitermann A, Lin SK, Haynes D, Ibrahim Aibo MA, Wu G, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Shin TS, Higgins HW, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Zhang J, Nguyen HP, Walker JL Pleomorphic dermal sarcoma (PDS): Patterns of upstaging, recurrence, and adjuvant treatment following Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) , International Societies for Investigative Dermatology Meeting, Tokyo, Japan: 2023
Wang LL, Lin SK, Stull CM, Shin TM, Higgins HW, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Etzkorn JR, Miller CJ, Walker JL Cutaneous Oncology in the Immunosuppressed , Dermatol Clin, 41(1): 2023,141-62
Stull CM, Nugent ST, Raj LK, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Etzkorn JR, Higgins HW 2nd, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Miller CJ Frequency and reliability of histologic subtype classification in invasive and in situ melanoma treated with Mohs micrographic surgery , J Am Acad Dermatol, 88(5): 2023,1211-14
Lewis DJ, Sobanko JF, Etzkorn JR, Shin TM, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Zhang J, Miller CJ, Higgins HW II Merkel Cell Carcinoma , Dermatol Clin, 41(1): 2023,101-115
Ran NA, Nugent ST, Veerabagu SA, Chu EY, Modi MB, Sobanko JF, Etzkorn JR, Shin TM, Higgins HW 2nd, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Stull CM, Miller CJ Desmoplastic melanoma treated with wide local excision or Mohs micrographic surgery: Rates of positive margins, local recurrence, and repeat surgeries , J Am Acad Dermatol, 87(6): 2022,1376-78
Aizman L, Veerabagu SA, Cheng B, Perz AM, Lukowiak TM, Etzkorn JR, Miller CJ, Shin TM, Sobanko JF, Higgins HW 2nd, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Giordano CN Impact of electronic prescribing on issued and filled opioid prescriptions following Mohs micrographic surgery , J Am Acad Dermatol, 87(5): 2022,1160-62
Lewis DJ, Fathy RA, Nugent S, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Zhang J, Miller CJ, Higgins HW 2nd Sentinel lymph node biopsy in Merkel cell carcinoma: Rates and predictors of compliance with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines , J Am Acad Dermatol, 88(2): 2023,448-50
Cavanagh G, Negbenebor NA, Robinson-Bostom L, Walker JL Two cases of malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor (MPTT) and review of literature , R I Med J (2013), 105(1): 2022,12-16
Veerabagu SA, Yanes AF, Cheng B, Etzkorn JR, Miller CJ, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Higgins II HW, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Giordano CN Dermatologic surgery opioid prescribing recommendations in practice , J Am Acad Dermatol, 87(2): 2022,492-94
Veerabagu SA, Cheng B, Wang S, Etzkorn JR, Kilaru AS, Noe MH, Miller CJ, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Higgins 2nd HW, McMurray SL, Krausz AE, Walker JL, Giordano CN Rates of Opioid Prescriptions Obtained After Mohs Surgery: A Claims Database Analysis From 2009 to 2020 , JAMA Dermatol, 157(11): 2021,1299-1305