Faculty

Christopher J. Arpey, M.D.

Location

Phoenix, Arizona Clinical Profile

SUMMARY

The clinical research of Christopher J. Arpey, M.D., has focused on patients with complicated skin cancers often requiring multidisciplinary care.

Focus areas

Dr. Arpey is also interested in:

  • Skin cancer epidemiology, risk factors and reconstruction
  • Immunosuppressed patients with melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers
  • Tissue effects of lasers on skin, especially fibroblasts
  • Wound healing, skin substitutes and dressings
  • Injectable agents for treating skin cancers
  • Clinical and histopathologic effects of cutaneous filling agents on the skin

Significance to patient care

Dr. Arpey hopes his efforts help contribute to reducing skin cancer development and recurrences in susceptible populations. For those who require surgery, his aim is to minimize relapses and improve functional and esthetic outcomes and speed healing. Finally, he hopes to collaborate in the effort to reduce the burden of disease in patients with multiple or high-risk malignancies of the skin.

PROFESSIONAL DETAILS

Primary Appointment

  1. Consultant, Department of Dermatology

Administrative Appointment

  1. Chair, Department of Dermatology

Academic Rank

  1. Professor of Dermatology

EDUCATION

  1. Fellow - Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology Department of Dermatology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
  2. Chief Resident Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  3. Resident Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals of Cleveland
  4. Resident Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
  5. MD University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
  6. BA - Cum Laude, Chemistry Colgate University

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