Valerie Lyon, MD 

Titles
Pediatric dermatologist,  director, Pediatric Dermatologic Surgery and Skin Oncology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; associate 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 Award Recipient, 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.
  • 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. In: Marcdante K, Berman RE, Kliegman RM eds. Nelson's Essentials of Pediatrics 6th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2010:713-734.
  • 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.
  • Quinter SD, Chiu YE, Lyon VB, Holland KE, Ruggeri SY, Drolet BA. Inverse Gottron's Papules: An Unusual Cutaneous Manifestation of Juvenile Dermatomyositis. Pediatr Dermatol. 2011, Dec. 30. In Press.

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

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