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Rita O. Pichardo-Geisinger, M.D.

Rita O. Pichardo-Geisinger, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Dermatology
Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
Center for Worker Health

Clinical Specialties

Skin Disease of Aging, Hair and Scalp Disease, Skin Care, Rosacea, Dermatology (general), Hair Disorders, Pigmented Lesions, Skin Cancer, Cosmetic Dermatology, Dermatopathology

Contact Information

New Patient Appointments: 336-716-WAKE
Returning Patient Appointments: 336-716-3926
Department: 336-716-3926

Email: rpichard@wakehealth.edu

Education & Training

  • M.D., Univ De Los Andes Faculty of Medicine-Venezuela , 1989
  • Fellowship, WFU School of Medicine, 2002
  • Fellowship, WFU School of Medicine, 2004

Additional Languages

Spanish

NPI Number

  • 1255316311
Rita O. Pichardo-Geisinger, M.D.

Rita O. Pichardo-Geisinger, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Dermatology Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
Center for Worker Health

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-9276 | Department: 336-716-3926

Email: rpichard@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Davis SA, Narahari S, Feldman SR, Huang W, Pichardo-Geisinger RO, McMichael AJ. Top dermatologic conditions in patients of color: an analysis of nationally representative data. J Drugs Dermatol. 2012;11(4):466-473.

Sagransky MJ, Pichardo-Geisinger RO, Munoz-Ali D, Feldman SR, Mora DC, Quandt SA. Pachydermodactyly from repetitive motion in poultry processing workers: a report of 2 cases. Arch Dermatol. 2012;148(8):925-928.

Miller P, Curtis A, Pichardo R. Bullous lupus erythematosus as a cutaneous manifestation of systemic lupus [abstract]. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011;64(2 Suppl 1):AB95.

Kinney M, Lee A, Pichardo R. Disseminated trichosporonosis in a patient with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia [abstract]. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2010;62(3 Suppl):AB86.

McMichael A, Guzman-Sanchez D, Pichardo R, Iordanov M, Farley S, Inabinet R. Fas ligand expression is not up-regulated in scarring alopecias [abstract]. Exp Dermatol. 2010;19(6):608-609.

Pichardo R, Vallejos Q, Feldman SR, Schulz MR, Verma A, Quandt SA, Arcury TA. The prevalence of melasma and its association with quality of life in adult male Latino migrant workers. Int J Dermatol. 2009;48(1):22-26.

Wong SL, Young YD, Geisinger KR, Shen P, Stewart JH, Sangueza O, Pichardo-Geisinger R, Levine EA. Intraoperative imprint cytology for evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes from Merkel cell carcinoma. Am Surg. 2009;75(7):615-619.

Namazi MR, Kerchner KR, Pichardo RO. Essential type II mixed cryoglobulinemia causing pyoderma gangrenosum-like ulcers. ScientificWorldJournal. 2008;8():228.

Parsons AC, Young YD, Pichardo-Geisinger R, Geisinger KR. Capsular melanocytic nevus: a potential diagnostic pitfall in intraoperative sentinel lymph node evaluation for metastatic melanoma. Pathol Case Rev. 2008;13(3):99-101.

Yentzer BA, Wilson R, Kaur M, Clark A, Young T, Williams L, Feldman SR, Williford PM, Pichardo R. Treatment of postcryosurgery wounds with a trolamine/sodium alginate topical emulsion versus standard of care. J Drugs Dermatol. 2008;7(5 Suppl):S3-S5.

Maddison B, Namazi MR, Samuel LS, Sanchez J, Pichardo R, Stocks J, Maruziva D, Yosipovitch G. Unexpected diminished innervation of epidermis and dermoepidermal junction in lichen amyloidosus. Br J Dermatol. 2008;159(2):403-406.

Avashalumov K, Pichardo R, Jorizzo JL, Sangueza OP, Goldenberg G. Bullous mastocytosis: report of a patient and a brief review of the literature. Am J Dermatopathol. 2008;30(5):455-457.

Soo V, Shen P, Pichardo R, Azzazy H, Stewart JH, Geisinger KR, Levine EA. Intraoperative evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes for metastatic melanoma by imprint cytology. Ann Surg Oncol. 2007;14(5):1612-1617.

Green WH, Yosipovitch G, Pichardo RO. Recurrent, pruritic dermal plaques and bullae: eosinophilic cellulitis (Wells syndrome). Arch Dermatol. 2007;143(6):791.

Maddison B, Samuel LS, Sanchez J, Pichardo R, Yosipovitch G. Nerve fiber distribution in lichen amyloidosis [abstract]. Acta Derm Venereol. 2007;87(5):477-478.

Pichardo RO, Yeatts RP, Sangueza OP. Doxycycline-inducted cutaneous hyperpigmentation [abstract]. Am J Dermatopathol. 2006;28(3):235.

Fernandez-Orland A, Pichardo RO, Sangueza OP. The histopathologic spectrum of trichodiscoma. A morphologic study of 27 cases [abstract]. Am J Dermatopathol. 2006;28(3):231.

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Assistant Professor, Dermatology

Clinical Specialties

Skin Disease of Aging, Hair and Scalp Disease, Skin Care, Rosacea, Dermatology (general), Hair Disorders, Pigmented Lesions, Skin Cancer, Cosmetic Dermatology, Dermatopathology

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