Benjamin Chong, M.D. Titles and Appointments Professor Endowed Title Anita C. Gilliam, M.D., Ph.D. Professorship in Dermatology School Medical School Department Dermatology | Medical School Dean's Office You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Benjamin F. Chong is a Professor in the Department of Dermatology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and holds the Anita C. Gilliam, MD, PhD, Professorship in Dermatology. He joined the Department of Dermatology in 2008. He received a Magna Cum Laude in Chemistry at Harvard University in 1999, and his MD degree at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2004. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2005, and his dermatology residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, in 2008. After joining the department in 2008, he received a Masters degree in Clinical Science in 2012 as a UT Southwestern Clinical Research Scholar. He is also been serving as the Service Chief of Dermatology at Parkland Health and Hospital System since 2012. He conducts clinical and translational research in cutaneous lupus erythematosus, an autoimmune and photosensitive skin condition in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. He is the principal investigator of the University of Texas Southwestern Cutaneous Lupus Registry. Dr. Chong has received research funding from the National Institutes of Health (K23, R01 awards), Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, Dermatology Foundation, American College of Rheumatology and Arthritis Foundation, and Rheumatology Research Foundation. He has served on multiple grant review committees for the National Institutes of Health, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, Rheumatology Research Foundation, and Lupus Research Alliance. He has been an invited lecturer on cutaneous lupus and other autoimmune diseases for various national and international meetings. Education Medical School Johns Hopkins University (2004) Internship Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital-Ann Arbor, MI (2005) Residency Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital-Ann Arbor, MI (2005), Internal Medicine Residency Henry Ford Hospital (2008), Dermatology Other Post Graduate Training UT Southwestern Medical Center (2009), Dermatology Graduate School UT Southwestern Medical School (2012) Research Interest Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Publications Distinctive clinical features are found in dermatomyositis patients with skin of color Lee M, Brown LS, Sontheimer R, Chong BF Archives of Dermatological Research 2025 Dec 317 Erythema and scale in cutaneous lupus erythematosus significantly impacts patient quality of life and disease course impression Lu G, Chambers S, Cepica T, Xie L, Feng R, Werth VP, Chong BF British Journal of Dermatology 2025 Sep 193 558-560 Association of truncal involvement in lupus erythematosus panniculitis patients with calcinosis cutis: A retrospective cohort study Garza J, Chong BF Lupus 2025 Aug 34 972-977 Inter-Rater and Intra-Rater Reliability of the Cutaneous Lupus Activity-Investigator Global Assessment-Revised Instrument Merola JF, Zhang AJ, Childs BA, Li M, Smith JS, Chong BF, Gottlieb AB, Werth VP, Elman SA, Pérez-Chada LM Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2025 Aug 145 2085-2088.e2 Regarding Wu et al's “response to Cepica et al's ‘smoking status is a negative predictor of 6-month cutaneous lupus activity trends: A prospective cohort study’” Cepica TB, Xie L, Faden DF, Stone CJ, Feng R, Werth VP, Chong BF Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2025 Aug 93 e89-e90 Outcome Measures in Dystrophic Calcinosis Cutis: A Systematic Review Foster J, Guerrero L, Chong BF JID Innovations 2025 Jul 5 Framework for implementing treat-to-target in systemic lupus erythematosus routine clinical care: consensus statements from an international task force Piga M, Parodis I, Touma Z, Legge A, Ugarte-Gil MF, Hmamouchi I, Gómez Puerta JA, Devilliers H, Zen M, Cho J, Ziade N, Mucke J, Toro-Gutierrez CE, Izuka S, Korsten P, Kane BS, Golder V, Chong BF, Pons-Estel G, Chasset F, Arnaud L Autoimmunity Reviews 2025 Apr 24 Smoking status is a negative predictor of six-month cutaneous lupus activity trends: A prospective cohort study Cepica TB, Xie L, Faden DF, Stone CJ, Feng R, Werth VP, Chong BF Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2025 Apr 92 912-914 Assessing disease severity in cutaneous lupus patients using natural language processing: Preliminary data from a cohort study Nezafati K, Wang L, Rong R, Park AJ, Zhu J, Xiao G, Xie Y, Yang DM, Chong BF Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2025 Apr 92 894-896 Incidence and Prevalence of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Chen HW, Liu J, Yang DM, Xie Y, Peterson ED, Navar AM, Chong BF JAMA Dermatology 2025 Feb 161 175-182 Results 1-10 of 125 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Honors & Awards Parkland Health Employed Physician Committee Physician of the Year, 2nd Place (2024) Lupus Foundation of America Lone Star Chapter Gala Honoree (2021) D Magazine Best Doctors in Dallas (2019-2022) UTSW Department of Dermatology Teaching Award (2012) Clinical Research Scholars Program (2009) Dermatology Foundation Physician-Scientist Career Development Award (2009) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Dermatology (2008) American College of Rheumatology (2011) Lupus Foundation of America, North Texas Chapter (2012) Medical Dermatology Society (2009) Rheumatologic Dermatology Society (2010) Society of Investigative Dermatology (2008)