Meet Dr. Julie Zang

Dr. Julie Zang is a board-certified dermatologist and a member of the American Academy of Dermatology. Prior to founding Sigma Dermatology, she was a full time faculty member at Department of Dermatology at Weill Cornell Medicine since 2013. She was trained at Johns Hopkins Dermatology Residency Program and completed her medicine internship at Yale New Haven Hospital. Dr. Zang brings with her extensive experience in medical and cosmetic dermatology and works tirelessly to deliver the highest standard care for a broad spectrum of skin conditions. She is currently clinical assistant professor at the Weill Cornell Medicine. She actively participates in resident education. She has given lectures at regional, national and international meetings, including the American Academy of Dermatology annual meetings. She has written book chapters, media articles, and published a number of peer-reviewed journal articles in Nature, Journal of American Academy of Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology, and etc.

Julie Zang MD, PhD, FAAD

Board-certified dermatologist

Weill Cornell Medicine clinical assistant professor

Johns Hopkins Hospital (Dermatology Residency)

Yale New Haven Hospital (Internship)

Weill Cornell Medicine (MD)

The Rockefeller University (PhD)

University of California at Berkeley (BA)

Book Chapters

Zang JB. Autoimmune vesciculobullous disorders. Dermatology by Moschella and Hurley, 4th edition, 2019.

Zang JB, Jorizzo JL. Chapter 10. Urticaria. Dermatologic signs of systemic disease, 5th edition, 2016.

Articles in Professional Peer-Reviewed Journals

Biomarkers of Tretinoin Precursors and Tretinoin Efficacy in Patients With Moderate to Severe Facial Photodamage: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Chien AL, Kim DJ, Cheng N, Shin J, Leung SG, Nelson AM, Zang J, Suh H, Rainer B, Wallis L, Okoye GA, Loss M, Kang S.JAMA Dermatol. 2022 Aug 1;158(8):879-886.

Zang JB, Coates SJ, Huang J, Vonderheid EC, Cohen BA. Pityriasis lichenoides: Long-term Follow-up study. Pediatr Dermatol. 2018 Mar;35(2):213-219.

Shah K, Tran AN, Magro CM, Zang JB. Treatment of Kimura’s disease with mycophenolate mofetil monotherapy, JAAD Case Reports, 2017 Sep 8;3(5):416-419.

Metterle L, Magro CM, Zang JB. Giant variant of acquired perforating dermatosis in a renal dialysis patient, JAAD Case Reports, 2017 Jan 31;3(1): 42-44.

Stohl LL, Zang JB, Ding W, Manni M, Zhou XK, Granstein RD. Norepinephrine and adenosine-5′-triphosphate synergize in inducing IL-6 production by human dermal microvascular endothelial cells. Cytokine. 2013 Nov;64(2):605-12.

Chi SW, Zang JB, Mele A, Darnell RB. Argonaute HITS-CLIP decodes microRNA-mRNA interaction maps. Nature. 2009 Jul 23; 460(7254):479-86.

Zang JB, Nosyreva ED, Spencer CM, Volk LJ, Musunuru K, Zhong R, Stone EF, Yuva-Paylor LA, Huber KM, Paylor R, Darnell JC, Darnell RB. A mouse model of the human Fragile X syndrome I304N mutation. PLoS Genet. 2009 Dec; 5(12):e1000758.

Media Articles

Rx for your health: Maintaining healthy skin during the summer. Downtown Magazine. 2015.

Soaks in the sun, Not the risks this summer. Downtown Magazine. 2014.

Invited Presentations

Referral medical dermatology. Autoimmune bullous diseases: Practical updates. American Academy of Dermatology Meeting, March 2019.

Updated approach to patients with selected autoimmune bullous diseases. Dermatology Society of Greater New York’s Young Faculty Night meeting, December 2018.

Updated approach to patients with selected autoimmune bullous diseases. American Academy of Dermatology Summer Meeting, July 2018.

Referral medical dermatology: Updated approach to patients with selected autoimmune bullous diseases. American Academy of Dermatology Meeting, February 2018.

Therapeutics for pemphigus. Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, November 2017.

Systemic therapies for pemphigus and pemphigoid. 13th Annual Meeting of China Dermatologic Association and National Congress of Cosmetic Dermatology, Suzhou, China, November 2017.

Autoimmune bullous diseases. Weill Cornell Department of Dermatology Symposium on Medical and Aesthetic Dermatology, September 2017.

Cutaneous lupus and its mimickers. The Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Care Special Lecture Series, Hospital for Special Surgery, May 2017.

Oral manifestations of autoimmune blistering diseases. Department of Oral Surgery Morning Report, Weill Cornell Medicine, May 2017.

Clinical pearls and treatment updates on autoimmune blistering diseases. 12th Annual Meeting of China Dermatologic Association and National Congress of Cosmetic Dermatology, Xian, China, November 2016.

Referral medical dermatology : Selected autoimmune bullous dermatoses. American Academy of Dermatology Meeting, March 2016.

Everything that blisters. Internal Medicine Noon Conference, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, June 2016.

New insights on rituximab therapy for autoimmune blistering diseases. The New York Academy of Medicine Meeting, September 2014.