Penn Medicine Provider
Dermatology
Joanna Walker, MD
4.9
(334)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
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About me

  • Director, Rare and Advanced Skin Cancer Clinic
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Residency: Brown University
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

334 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
made me feel very at ease
April 2025
5.0
5.0
treater is like family.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
very articulate and thorough
March 2025
5.0
5.0
i love dr. walker. she has performed miracles on my legs.

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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.
Dr. Walker is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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 Merkel Cell Carcinoma , Dermatol Clin, 41(1): 2023,101-11

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 Recommendation Guidelines 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