Rebecca Vasquez, M.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Rebecca Vasquez, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is an American Board of Dermatology-certified general dermatologist with an interest in all things related to the skin.

After graduating magna cum laude with a degree in biology from the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg, Texas, Dr. Vasquez earned her medical degree from UT Southwestern. She completed her internship in internal medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans and her residency in dermatology at UT Southwestern.

She joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2015. She has also been serving as the Assistant Chief of Service of Dermatology at Parkland Health and Hospital System since 2015.

Her professional honors include the Department of Dermatology’s Outstanding Teacher Award in both 2016 and 2017.

She is a member of professional organizations that include the American Academy of Dermatology and Association of Professors of Dermatology.

Education

Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School (2010)
Internship: Tulane School of Medicine (2011), Internal Medicine
Research Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center (2012), Dermatology
Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center (2015), Dermatology

Publications

Acral melanoma in a United States safety net hospital: retrospective cohort study: Dubocq-Ortiz C, Encarnacion-Cortes V, Gill JG, Vasquez R Archives of Dermatological Research 2025 Dec 317
State-based insurance coverage access to laser hair reduction for the treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae: An evaluation of public and private policies: Ahuja R, Olagun-Samuel C, Rodriguez E, Vasquez R, Adotama P Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2025 Aug 93 542-543
Language barriers are associated with advanced presentation of melanoma in Hispanic patients: A retrospective case series: Brown AB, Wix SN, Yip CH, Mafong K, Wu M, Wang D, Zhang S, Vasquez R, Li M, Gill JG Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2025 94 680-683
Integrating skin color assessments into clinical practice and research: A review of current approaches: Harvey VM, Alexis A, Okeke CA, McKinley-Grant L, Taylor SC, Desai SR, Jaleel T, Heath CR, Kang S, Vashi N, Lester J, Vasquez R, Rodrigues M, Elbuluk N, Hamzavi I, Kwatra SG, Sundaram H, Cobb C, Brown SG, Kohli I, Callender VD Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2024 Dec 91 1189-1198
Disparities in Skin Cancer Outcomes in the Latine/Hispanic Population: Valencia J, Ramirez F, Dubocq-Ortiz C, Vasquez R Cutis 2024 Nov 114 146-152
Equipping Dermatologists to Address Structural and Social Drivers of Inequities - Structural Competency: Riley C, Vasquez R, Pritchett EN JAMA Dermatology 2024 Oct 160 1037-1038
Barriers to Health Literacy in Skin Bleaching: A Cross-Sectional Study of Reddit Discussion Posts: Xu KR, Onamusi T, Vasquez R, Glass DA, Carroll BT Dermatologic Surgery 2024 Oct 50 988-990
Top DEI Topics to Incorporate Into Dermatology Residency Training: An Electronic Delphi Consensus Study: Encarnación-Cortés VS, Rodriguez I, Rinderknecht FA, Admassu N, Phillips G, Castillo-Valladares H, Tarbox M, Peebles JK, Stratman EJ, Altman EM, Pimentel MA, Elbuluk N, Parekh P, Daveluy S, James W, Kim SJ, Rosmarin D, Kakpovbia E, Silverberg JI, Bowers S, Vasquez R, Worswick SD, Ahmed AM Cutis 2024 Sep 114 72-75
Understanding the Association Between Social Determinants of Health and Receipt of Immunotherapy for Melanoma: Ramirez F, Vasquez R, Gill J, Riva H, Zambrano A, Samaniego M, Fernandez L, Chacon J Journal of Drugs in Dermatology 2024 May 23 311-315
Effects of treatment methods on cutaneous melanoma related mortality and all-cause mortality in Texas: TCR-Medicare 2007–2017 database: Ramirez F, Riva H, Digbeu B, Samaniego M, Fernandez L, Mansour S, Vasquez R, Lopez DS, Chacon J Cancer Causes and Control 2024 Feb 35 265-275