1910 Taubman Center Dr
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Dr. Cha is an Associate Professor of Dermatology in the Department of Dermatology in the University of Michigan Medical School. She serves as Medical Director for our Domino’s Farms satellite and as Service Chief for the department. She provides medical dermatology services within our medical dermatology outpatient clinics, oversees the resident excision clinic at Domino’s Farms, and provides education for patients with newly diagnosed melanoma within the Multidisciplinary Melanoma Clinic.
She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School and Medical Scientist Training Program and earned a Ph.D. in the Department of Human Genetics prior to pursuing a residency in dermatology at the University of Michigan. She is the founding provider and current co-director of the Hope Dermatology Clinic at the University of Michigan, a quarterly free clinic for uninsured patients requiring dermatology services.
• Melanoma and familial melanoma syndromes
• Inherited cancer syndromes with skin manifestations
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Smith NR, Cha KB, Johnson TM, Durham AB. Rook's Textbook of Dermatology, 1 - 7.ChapterMelanoma Surgery
DOI:10.1002/9781119709268.rook143 -
Kattapuram M, Shabet C, Austin S, Jacobs M, Koeppe E, Smith E, Lowe L, Else T, Cha KB. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2023 Sep; 89 (3): ab170Proceeding / Abstract / Poster42606 Genetic Referral and Diagnosis of Lynch Syndrome in Patients with Cutaneous Sebaceous Lesions
DOI:10.1016/j.jaad.2023.07.683 -
Kattapuram M, Shabet C, Austin S, Jacobs MF, Koeppe E, Smith EH, Lowe L, Else T, Cha KB. Fam Cancer, 2023 Jul; 22 (3): 295 - 301.Journal ArticleA retrospective cohort study of genetic referral and diagnosis of Lynch syndrome in patients with cutaneous sebaceous lesions.
DOI:10.1007/s10689-022-00322-z PMID: 36437392 -
Kashani-Sabet M, Leachman SA, Stein JA, Arbiser JL, Berry EG, Celebi JT, Curiel-Lewandrowski C, Ferris LK, Grant-Kels JM, Grossman D, Kulkarni RP, Marchetti MA, Nelson KC, Polsky D, Seiverling EV, Swetter SM, Tsao H, Verdieck-Devlaeminck A, Wei ML, Bar A, Bartlett EK, Bolognia JL, Bowles TL, Cha KB, Chu EY, Hartman RI, Hawryluk EB, Jampel RM, Karapetyan L, Kheterpal M, Lawson DH, Leming PD, Liebman TN, Ming ME, Sahni D, Savory SA, Shaikh SS, Sober AJ, Sondak VK, Spaccarelli N, Usatine RP, Venna S, Kirkwood JM. JAMA Dermatol, 2023 May 1; 159 (5): 545 - 553.Journal ArticleEarly Detection and Prognostic Assessment of Cutaneous Melanoma: Consensus on Optimal Practice and the Role of Gene Expression Profile Testing.
DOI:10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.0127 PMID: 36920356 -
Lee I, Cha KB, Nakamura M. JEADV Clinical Practice, 2023 Mar 1; 2 (1): 162 - 165.Journal ArticleResearch hotspots in dermatology journals
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Scharnitz T, Nakamura M, Koeppe E, Henry M-L, Lowe L, Else T, Cha KB. Am J Cancer Res, 2023 13 (1): 236 - 244.Journal ArticleThe spectrum of clinical and genetic findings in hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) with relevance to patient outcomes: a retrospective study from a large academic tertiary referral center.
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Trupiano N, Koeppe E, Jacobs MF, Else T, Cha KB. JAAD Case Rep, 2023 Jan; 31: 42 - 45.Journal ArticleRare presentations can suggest more than one rare condition: Striking personal and family cancer history in a patient with both CDKN2A and BRCA1 pathogenic variants.
DOI:10.1016/j.jdcr.2022.10.034 PMID: 36505034 -
Nakamura M, McClean K, Harms K, Helfrich Y, Wang F, Maier L, Do T, Cha KB. Dermatol Online J, 2021 Dec 15; 27 (12):Journal ArticleDermatology residency preparation curriculum: a model for initiating new residents into dermatology clinical care.
DOI:10.5070/D3271256721 PMID: 35499430
