Vlad Codrea, MD, PhD

Organization:

West Virginia University WVU Cancer Institute

Department:

WVU Cancer Institute Clinics

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

Associate Professor and Director of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Dermatology

Classification:

Faculty

• MD, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX

Research Papers – Peer Reviewed

W Farmer, R Tallman, K Kiavash, V Codrea Bilateral Posterior Ear Squamous Cell Carcinoma In Situ Lesions Along the Path of Mask Strap Friction. Dermatologic Surgery, 2021/8/18

Kay, Kristen BS*; Hoyer, Paige MD; Codrea, Vlad MD, PHD; Joseph, Aaron K. MD Anaphylaxis Associated With Topical Application of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid, Dermatologic Surgery: August 2021 - Volume 47 - Issue 8 - p 1150-1151 doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000003001

Codrea, Vlad MD, PhD; Hirshburg, Jason M. MD, PhD; Joseph, Aaron K. MD, Wagner, Richard F. Jr MD Handedness in Micrographic Surgery Fellows: An Anonymous Professional Survey of Fellowship Directors.Dermatologic Surgery: June 2021 - Volume 47 - Issue 6 - p 835-836 doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000002849

Gleghorn, Kristyna L. MD; Codrea, Vlad A. MD, PhD; Goodwin, Brandon P. MD; Wagner, Richard F. Jr MD, Foreign Body Reaction to Hydrophilic Polymer Following Mohs Micrographic Surgery, Dermatologic Surgery: April 2021 - Volume 47 - Issue 4 - p 554-556 doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000002510

Craig Miller James T Van Leuven, Martina M Ederer, Katelyn Burleigh, LuAnn Scott, Randall A Hughes, Vlad Codrea, Andrew D Ellington, Holly Wichman ΦX174 Attenuation by Whole Genome Codon Deoptimization. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2020/10/12

Malone CH, Codrea V, Wagner RF Jr. Split earlobe repair with piercing preservation and optimal earlobe aesthetics. J Am Acad. Dermatol. 2019 May;80(5): e115-e116. PMID: 29723558

Nemir S, Hunter-Ellul L, Codrea V, Wagner R. Reconstruction of a Large Anterior Ear Defect after Mohs Micrographic Surgery with a Cartilage Graft and Postauricular Revolving Door Flap. Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2015; 2015: 484819. PMID: 26425374

Bhadra S, Codrea V, Ellington AD. G-quadruplex-generating polymerase chain reaction for visual colorimetric detection of amplicons. Anal Biochem. 2014 Jan 15. PMID: 24135653

Barman S, You L, Chen R, Codrea V, Kago G, Edupuganti R, Robertus J, Krug RM, Anslyn EV.    Exploring naphthyl-carbohydrazides as inhibitors of influenza A viruses. Eur J Med Chem; 71C: 81-90. 2014 Jan 7. PMID: 24287556

Miklos AE, Kluwe C, Der BS, Pai S, Sircar A, Hughes RA, Berrondo M, Xu J, Codrea V, Buckley PE, Calm AM, Welsh HS, Warner CR, Zacharko MA, Carney JP, Gray JJ, Georgiou G, Kuhlman B, Ellington AD. Structure-based design of supercharged, highly thermoresistant antibodies. Chem Biol 19 (4), 449-455. 2012 Apr 20. PMID: 22520751

Eckhoff G, Codrea V, Ellington AD, Chen X. Beyond allostery: Catalytic regulation of a deoxyribozyme    through an entropy-driven DNA amplifier. Journal of Systems Chemistry. 2010 Oct 1. 1:13.

Codrea V, Hayner M, Hall B, Jhaveri S, Ellington AD. In vitro selection of RNA aptamers to a small molecule target. Curr Protoc Nucleic Acid Chem; 2010 Mar; Chapter 9: Unit 9 5 1-23. PMID: 20201029

Hwang TW, Codrea V, Ellington AD. Motifs from the deep. J Biol. 2009 Sep 2;8(8):72. PMCID: PMC2776916

Zhu G, Fujii K, Liu Y, Codrea V, Herrero J, Shaw S.  A single pair of acidic residues in the kinase major    groove mediates strong substrate preference for P-2 or P-5 arginine in the AGC, CAMK, and STE kinase families.  J Biol Chem. 2005 Oct 28;280(43):36372-9. PMID: 16131491

Texas Dermatological Society, 1st Place Resident Poster Winner, April 2018
Texas Dermatological Society, 3st Place Podium Presentation Winner, April 2018
AMA Research Symposium, Overall Winner Poster Presentation - Medical Student Section, Nov 2014
University of Texas Medical Branch Austin Professionalism Award, 2014

American Academy of Dermatology
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
American Physician Scientists Association
American Medical Association

Vlad A. Codrea, MD, PhD, FAAD is a faculty member in the Department of Dermatology at the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine in Morgantown, where he holds an appointment as Assistant Professor and specializes in Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology.

As an undergraduate, he attended the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry in the Dean’s Scholars Honors Program. He was then accepted in the MD-PhD dual-degree program between the University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. His PhD dissertation in Molecular Biology, under the supervision of Dr. Andrew D. Ellington, involved DNA-based molecular circuits for diagnostics and therapeutics that have clear paths to clinical applications. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree and completed Dermatology residency training at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, where he served as Chief Resident during the final year of residency. Following residency, Dr. Codrea completed an additional year of specialized training in the competitive ACGME-approved clinical Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston under Dr. Richard Wagner, who studied with the inventor and founder of the field of Mohs Micrographic Surgery, Dr. Frederic E. Mohs.

Dr. Codrea has authored articles published in peer-reviewed scientific and clinical journals, and has presented work at scientific and medical meetings during regional and national conferences. His current focus is on enhancing the accuracy of skin cancer resection methods and optimizing the outcomes of reconstruction techniques.

Dr. Codrea is a board-certified dermatologist and a fellowship-trained Mohs Micrographic surgeon, who provides advanced skin cancer treatment at an academic teaching institution and in established and safe environment.

When not in the clinic, he enjoys computer programming, gardening, hiking, and fishing.

University of Texas at Austin, 2009-2013

Project: DNA-based molecular circuits for therapeutics and diagnostics, Ellington Lab

University of Texas at Austin, 2006-2008   

Project: Computational enzyme design, Applied Research Lab., Pickle Research Campus

The National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 2004

Project: Studied protein kinase specificity, quantifying phosphorylation of degenerate and proteomic peptides by basophilic serine/threonine kinases

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2003

Projects: Studied human inheritable diseases including childhood cancers and myotonic dystrophy, using techniques such as single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays, DNA tissue extraction, DNA genotyping and sequencing, and genetic linkage disequilibrium analysis using microsatellites markers

University of Texas at Austin, 2002-2006

Projects: Genetics research, searching for conserved domains and intergenic regulatory regions in bacterial genomes

Medical Specialties

• Dermatology
• Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology

Board Certifications

• Dermatology, American Board of Dermatology

Special Training

• Residency, Dermatology
  University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX
• Fellowship, Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Dermatoloigc Oncology ACGME-accredited
  University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX