Michele Khurana, MD

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Michele Khurana, MD, is the Co-Director of Teledermatology and an attending physician with the Dermatology Section of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia

Internship

Internal Medicine - Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Residency

Dermatology - Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY

Fellowship

Pediatric Dermatology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

Dermatology – American Board of Dermatology
Pediatric Dermatology – American Board of Dermatology

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Physician

Co-Director, Teledermatology

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2021

Esmaeili M, Fischer AS, Khurana M, Gru AA, Yan AC, Rubin AI.: Shapiro xanthogranuloma: An essential diagnosis for dermatologists and dermatopathologists to recognize to avoid misdiagnosis of a hematopoietic malignancy in infants and neonates. J Cutan Pathol 48: 558-562, Apr 2021.

Smith RJ, Khurana M, Rubin AI, Kublaoui B, Perman MJ, Murthy AS.: Painful nodules on the abdomen of a teenage male. Pediatr Dermatol 38: e12-e13, Mar 2021.

Bax CE, Khurana MC, Treat JR, Castelo-Soccio L, Rubin AI, McMahon PJ.: New-onset head and neck dermatitis in adolescent patients after dupilumab therapy for atopic dermatitis. Pediatr Dermatol 38: 390-394, Mar 2021.

2012

Pullen, NA, Barnstein BO, Falanga YT, Wang Z, Suzuki, R, Tamang T, Khurana M, Harry E, Draber P, Bunting K, Mizuno K, Wilson B, Ryan, JJ : Novel Mechanism for FcϵRI-mediated Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 5 (STAT5) Tyrosine Phosphorylation and the Selective Influence of STAT5B over Mast Cell Cytokine Production. J Biol Chem 287(3): 2045-54, January 2012.

Posters and Presentations

Invited Lectures

2021

Khurana MC. Narrator, Dermatology In-Review Audio Study Guide. March 2021.

2020

Khurana MC. "Insulin-induced injected-site lobular panniculitis in a Type 1 Diabetic 13 year old boy", Cases of the Year at the Society for Pediatric Dermatology Pre-AAD (American Academy of Dermatology) meeting. Denver, CO. Mar 2020.

Awards and Honors

2014, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
2013, Association of Pathology Chairs: Pathology Honor Society-
2011, Certificate of achievement for the top 5% of the class in Molecular & Cellular Basis of Medicine course at Jefferson Medical College
2010, Virginia Commonwealth University Dean's Scholar Award
2010, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Scholars Program
2007-2008, Virginia Commonwealth University Weinstein Honors Scholarship
2007-2011, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Presidential Scholarship
2007-20111, AT&T Scholarship
2007-2011, Virginia Commonwealth University Supplemental Scholarship

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2019-present, Women's Dermatologic Society
2019-present, Society for Pediatric Dermatology
2016-present, American Academy of Dermatology