David A. Wada, MD

Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Utah School of Medicine

Specialties

Cutaneous oncology

Education

• Medical Degree—University of Hawaii School of Medicine
• Residency—Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center
• Residency—Dermatology, Mayo Clinic
• Fellowship—Dermatology, Mayo Clinic
• Fellowship—Dermatopathology, Mayo Clinic

Certification/Affiliations

• American Board of Dermatology
• American Board of Pathology (Clinical and Anatomic Pathology, Dermatopathology)
• National Board of Medical Examiners

Research Interests

• Cutaneous lymphoma
• Cutaneous manifestations of myeloid disorders
• Nonmelanoma skin cancers
• Melanoma and cutaneous oncology
• Cutaneous manifestations of systemic malignancy
• Lymphomatoid disorders

Recent Publications

• Laggis CW, Lamb A, Secrest AM, et al. Favourable outcomes in folliculotropic mycosis fungoides after multimodality treatment in a single institution. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2021;35(1):e42-e45.
• Flores S, Wada DA, Florell SR, et al. Pretibial pruritic papular dermatitis: a comprehensive clinical and pathologic review of cases at a single institution. Am J Dermatopathol. 2020;42(1):16-19.
• Laggis C, Wada D, Shah A, et al. Eosinophils are surprisingly common in biopsy specimens of cutaneous herpes simplex virus and varicella zoster virus infections: Results of a comprehensive histopathologic and clinical appraisal. J Cutan Pathol. 2020;47(1):6-11.
• Clark JJ, Hawkes JE, Florell SR, et al. Cutaneous T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the expression pattern of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase immunostaining in mycosis fungoides and spongiotic dermatitis. Dermatopathology (Basel). 2019;6(3):182-188.
• Oishi N, Sartori-Valinotti JC, Bennani NN, et al. Cutaneous lesions of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: clinical, pathological, and immunophenotypic features. J Cutan Pathol. 2019;46(9):637-644
• Laggis C, Miles R, Stephens DM, et al. Cutaneous mantle cell lymphoma histomorphologically mimicking subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma: Case report. J Cutan Pathol. 2019;46(7):538-541.
• Cowan N, Coman G, Duffy K, et al. Treatment of recalcitrant mycosis fungoides with topical gentian violet. JAAD Case Rep. 2019;5(5):413-415.