Penn Medicine Provider
Dermatology
Katherine Thacker Steele, MD
5.0
(422)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Dermatology Perelman

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

424 reviews

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September 2025
5.0
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a+
September 2025
5.0
5.0
she is an excellent doctor
August 2025
5.0
5.0
great doctor
August 2025
5.0
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listened

Insurance accepted

My 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.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Steele is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Yoon IC, Do N, Vazquez T, Elder DE, Steele KT, Rosenbach M Injection site reaction to teclistamab in a patient with multiple myeloma , JAAD Case Rep, 56: 2025,48-50


Milbar HC, Caplan A, Schwab RD, Coromilas AJ, Baumrin E, Forrestel A, Steele KT, Micheletti RG, Perl A, Rosenbach M Vitamin C deficiency in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: a case series and review of the literature , Blood Adv, 7(19): 2023,5780-83


Wei J, Wachuku C, Berk-Krauss J, Steele KT, Rosenbach M, Messenger E Severe cutaneous ulcerations secondary to xylazine (tranq): A case series , JAAD Case Rep, 36: 2023,89-91


Bhattacharya S, Basu S, Sheng E, Murphy C, Wei J, Kersh A, Nelson C, Bryer J, Ashchyan H, Steele K, Forrestel A, Seykora J, Micheletti R, James W, Rosenbach M, Leung T Identification of a neutrophil-specific PIK3R1 mutation facilitates targeted treatment in a patient with Sweet syndrome , J Clin Invest, 133(1): 2023,e162137


Godse R, Rauck C, Woods R, Steele KT, Elenitsas R Two Cases of Insulin-Derived Amyloidosis With Acanthosis Nigricans-Like Changes , Am J Dermatopathol, 44(12): 2022,979-80


Alam M, Lewis W, Harp J, Steele K, Rosenbach M, Micheletti RG Cutaneous Manifestations of COVID-19: Characteristics, Pathogenesis, and the Role of Dermatology in the Pandemic , Cutis, 107(4): 2021,209-15


Steele K, Markova A Cutaneous adverse events of molecularly targeted therapy and other biologic agents used for cancer therapy , Drews RE, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate, Inc.: 2021


Stephens MR, Aderibigbe O, Steele KT, Elder DE, Glaser L, Jacob J, Rosenbach M Draining dorsal hand pustules, nodules, and ulcers in a patient with immunosuppression , JAAD Case Rep, 5(10): 2019,846-848


Buter J, Steele K, Chung K, Elzinga K. Extravasation injury from chemotherapy and other non-antineoplastic vesicants , Drews RE, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate, Inc. Published online: 2019


Steele K, Miller C “Melanoma in situ.” In: Alam, Murad (Ed.) Evidence-Based Procedural Dermatology, 2nd Edition , 2nd Edition. Springer: 2019