Editorial Board Member
Vishal A. Patel MD
Director of Cutaneous Oncology • GW Cancer Center
Director of Dermatologic Surgery • GW Department of Dermatology
Journal of Cutaneous Oncology
Biography
Cutaneous oncologist, dermatologic surgeon, and investigator.
Dr. Patel is an Associate Professor of Dermatology and Associate Professor of Medicine/Oncology at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He serves as Director of Cutaneous Oncology at the GW Cancer Center and Director of Dermatologic Surgery in the GW Department of Dermatology.
He is a board-certified dermatologist and a fellowship-trained, board-certified micrographic dermatologic surgeon specializing in cutaneous oncology and reconstructive surgery. His clinical expertise includes the medical and surgical management of melanoma, high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and Merkel cell carcinoma.
Dr. Patel’s research focuses on topical, intralesional, and systemic adjuvant and neoadjuvant immunotherapy for high-risk cutaneous malignancies, as well as the application of artificial intelligence and gene expression profiling to risk assessment in skin cancer.