Joshua Schulman, M.D.
Joshua Schulman, MD, is a board-certified dermatologist and dermatopathologist, who provides both compassionate clinical care and interpretation of skin biopsy specimens. He is the Director of Dermatopathology and the Assistant Chief of Dermatology for the VA Northern California Health Care System. Dr. Schulman is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed his residency and fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco. His research has included discovering the genetic cause for a hereditary skin cancer syndrome and new insights into how the immune system influences the spread of metastatic skin cancer. Dr. Schulman is passionately committed to training the next generation of physicians. He has received awards as Volunteer Faculty Teacher of the Year from the UC Davis Departments of Dermatology (2017, 2021) and Pathology (2016, 2021). He is a former president of the Sacramento Valley Dermatology Society.
Title: Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology
Undergraduate Education: Princeton University, AB 2004
Medical Education: Harvard Medical School, MD 2009
Research Fellowship: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2008
Internship: Massachusetts General Hospital, 2010
Residency: University of California, San Francisco, Dermatology 2013
Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco, Dermatopathology 2015
Board Certifications:
American Board of Dermatology, 2013
American Board of Dermatology and American Board of Pathology – Dermatopathology, 2014
Professional Memberships:
American Academy of Dermatology
American Society of Dermatopathology
International Society of Dermatopathology
Sacramento Valley Dermatology Society
Selected Publications:
Hadian Y, Tchanque-Fossuo C, Dahle SE, West K, Kazak M, Ely H, Schulman JM, Isseroff RR. “Exophytic plaque on the plantar foot.” JAAD Case Rep. 2020;6(3):201-3.
Hadian Y, Chen Y, Eastham DV, Schulman JM, Sood A. “Radiation induced lichen planus – an uncommon side effect.” Dermatol Online J. 2019;25(11):13030.
Dahle SE, Martin K, Williams JC, Tchanque-Fossuo CN, West KI, Schulman JM. “Limb salvage of the foot with Lisfranc amputation following squamous cell carcinoma.” JRSM Open. 2019;10(7):2054270419853144.
Jagdeo J, Nguyen JK, Ho D, Wang EB, Austin E, Mamalis A, Kaur R, Kraeva E, Schulman JM, Li CS, Hwang ST, Wun T, Maverakis E, Isseroff RR. “Safety of light emitting diode-red light on human skin: two randomized controlled trials.” J Biophotonics. 2019;4:e201960014.
Beroukhim K, Wang JZ, Schulman JM, Levin E, Liao W, Danesh MJ. “Examination of tar-induced verrucous growths reveals absence of human papillomavirus.” Am J Dermatopathol. 2019;41(11):865-7.
Berliner JG, Schulman JM, Lazarova Z, Olasz E, Arron ST. “Response of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma to treatment with cetuximab.” Dermatol Surg. 2019;45(2):313-16.
Herrmann JL, Hoffmann RK, Ward CE, Schulman JM, Grekin RC. “Biochemistry, physiology, and tissue interactions of contermporary biodegradable injectable dermal fillers.” Dermatol Surg. 2018;44:s19-31.
Austin E, Millsop JW, Ely H, Jagdeo J, Schulman JM. “Psoriasiform pemphigus foliaceus in an African American female: an important clinical manifestation.” J Drugs Dermatol. 2018;17(4):471-3.
Woodruff C, Schulman JM, and Amerson EH. “Progressive, papular eruption on the face and groin,” Cutis, 2017:99(2):E4-6.
Ho D, Kraeva E, Schulman JM, and Jagdeo J. “Aesthetic and functional improvement of chronic radiation dermatitis with non-insulated microneedle fractional radiofrequency treatment.” JAMA Dermatol. 2017;153(5):478-9.
Tchanque-Fossuo CN, Kamangar F, Ho B, Chang S, Dahle SE, Schulman JM, and Isseroff RR. “Fluoroscopy-induced radionecrosis.” Dermatol Online J. 2016;22(8):7.
Schulman JM, Pauli ML, Neuhaus IM, Sanchez Rodriguez R, Taravati K, Shin US, McCalmont TH, and Rosenblum MD. “The distribution of cutaneous metastases correlates with local immunologic milieu.” J Am Acad Dermatol. 2016;74(3):470-6.
Schulman JM, Oh DH, Sanborn JZ, Pincus L, McCalmont TH, and Cho RJ. “Multiple hereditary infundibulocystic basal cell carcinoma syndrome associated with a germline SUFU mutation.” JAMA Dermatol. 2016;152(3):323-7.
Chou A, Schulman JM, Gross AJ, Jordan RC, and Ramos DM. “Gingival pustules and sterile diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis as a feature of synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome.” Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2016; 121(5):e116-22.
Garrett GL, Zargham H, Schulman JM, Jafarian F, Yu SS, and Arron ST. “Merkel cell carcinoma in organ transplant recipients: case report and review of the literature.” JAAD Case Rep. 2015;1(6):S29-32.
Oza VS, Schulman JM, Mully TW, Ortiz S. “A case of hair re-pigmentation from a scalp melanoma.” Dermatol Online J. 2015;21(7).
Patel AS, Schulman JM, Ruben BS, Hoffman WY, Dowd CF, Frieden IJ, and Hess CP. “Atypical MRI features in soft-tissue arteriovenous malformation: a novel imaging appearance with radiologic-pathologic correlation,” Pediatr Radiol. 2015;45(10):1515-21.
Schulman JM and LeBoit PE. “Adipophilin expression in necrobiosis lipoidica, granuloma annulare, and sarcoidosis,” Am J Dermatopathol 2015; 37:203-9.
Schulman JM and Jordan RC. “Oral mucus extravasation phenomenon with myxoglobulosis,” J Cutan Pathol 2014;41(10):767-70.
Dawson AL, Schulman JM, Jordan RC, and North JP. “Ossifying fibroma in Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome,” J Cutan Pathol 2014;41(9):740-4.
Schulman JM, Yoon C, Schwarz J, Vagefi PA, Mully TW, and Shinkai K. “Absence of peripheral blood chimerism in graft-versus-host disease following orthotopic liver transplantation: case report and review of the literature,” Int J Dermatol 2014; 53(11):e492-8.
Schulman JM, McCalmont TH, and Shinkai K. “Fulminant dermatomyositis with flagellate erythema,” J Drugs Dermatol 2011;10(8):902-4.
Schulman JM and Fisher DE. “Indoor ultraviolet tanning and skin cancer: health risks and opportunities,” Curr Opin Oncol 2009;21(2):144-9.
