Valerie Lyon, MD 

Titles
Pediatric dermatologist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsion; assistant professor, Pediatrics (Dermatology), Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Dermatology

Research interests
Cancer, dermatologic diseases, genetic diseases/genomics, surgery.

Study interests
Congenital nevi, melanoma in children, nevus sebaceous, patient/family pre-operative anxiety for awake procedures, pediatric dermatological surgery outcomes, spitz nevi.

Education
Medical degree, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 1997; intern, Transitional Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1998; dermatology residency, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2001; pediatric dermatology fellowship, Children's Hospital of San Diego, 2002.

Honors
Chief Resident in Dermatology, 2001; AAMC Early Career Woman, 2007.

Certification
American Board of Dermatology, 2001; Pediatric Derm Subspecialty, 2006.

Representative publications

• Lyon VB. The Spritz Nevus: Review and Update. Clin in Plastic Surgery. 2010; 37(1):21-33.
• Lyon VB. Congenital Melanocytic Nevi. Pediatric Clin North Am. 2010 Oct; 57(5):1155-76.
• Smart DR, Taintor AM, Kelly ME, Lyon VB, Segura A, Jensen J, Drolet BA. Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma: The first Reported Congenital Case. Pediatric Dermatology. 2011; 28(1):35-38. 2011.
• Lyon VB. Lumps and Bumps in Children-When to Worry: Recent Trends in Recognition and Pathology of Hemangiomas of Infancy and Spitz nevi. Current Opinion Pediatrics. 2004; 16(4):392-5.
• Juern AM, Cassidy LD, Lyon VB. More Evidence Concerning the Safety of General Anesthesia in Pediatric Dermatology Surgery. Pediatric Dermatology. 2010; 27(4):355-360.
• Lyon VB. Dermatology. Marcdante K, Berman RE, Kliegman RM eds. Nelson's Essentials of Pediatrics 6th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2010; 713-734.

Contact
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Pediatric Dermatology Clinic
9000 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite B260
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-1569
Fax: (414) 266-3315
E-mail: vlyon@mcw.edu