Zelma C. Chiesa Fuxench, MD MSCE

Dr. Chiesa Fuxench is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology with the Department of Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She has a special interest in the diagnosis and management of adult patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis and is currently spearheading efforts to develop a specialty program focusing on adult patients with this complex disease at University of Pennsylvania. She has received funding through the NIH (pharmacoepidemiology training grant), National Psoriasis Foundation, Women’s Dermatological Society, and the Dermatology Foundation. More recently, Dr. Chiesa Fuxench was the recipient of a K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award to examine FLG pathogenic variants in Hispanic/Latino patients with atopic dermatitis. Dr. Chiesa Fuxench has also collaborated with the National Eczema Association as well as the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America and is involved in multiple clinical trials for atopic dermatitis as the principal investigator.