- M.D., Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH
- B.S., magna cum laude, Combined Science, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
- Translational Internship, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency/Chief Resident, Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Department of Medicine
Division of Dermatology
Areas of expertise
erythema migrans, hospital consultative dermatology.
BIO
Joe Pierson is a Professor and Division Chief for Dermatology at UVM Larner College of Medicine, where he previously served as Residency Program Director for over a decade. He is retired from active-duty military service where he was his specialty's consultant to the Army Surgeon General and is a veteran of tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Haiti. His prior academic appointments were at the University of Louisville and the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD. He is on the editorial board for the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and has a strong interest in rural access to care
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Dermatology Division, Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
- Professor of Medicine, Dermatology Division, Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 2024 - present
Courses
- Course Director, Annual Eastern Winter Dermatology Conference
- Connections Course Instructor, Dermatology Module
Awards and Achievements
- Vision Award, University of Vermont Medical Center
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal Afghanistan Campaign
- Medal Meritorious Service Medal (6 overall in military career)
- Iraq Campaign Medal Order of U.S. Military
- Medical Merit Command and General Staff College Graduate
- United Nations Mission in Haiti Service Medal
- St Elizabeth’s Hospital Award for Knowledgeable & Compassionate Care
Bio
Joe Pierson is a Professor and Division Chief for Dermatology at UVM Larner College of Medicine, where he previously served as Residency Program Director for over a decade. He is retired from active-duty military service where he was his specialty's consultant to the Army Surgeon General and is a veteran of tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Haiti. His prior academic appointments were at the University of Louisville and the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD. He is on the editorial board for the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and has a strong interest in rural access to care
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Dermatology Division, Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
- Professor of Medicine, Dermatology Division, Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 2024 - present
Courses
- Course Director, Annual Eastern Winter Dermatology Conference
- Connections Course Instructor, Dermatology Module
Awards and Achievements
- Vision Award, University of Vermont Medical Center
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal Afghanistan Campaign
- Medal Meritorious Service Medal (6 overall in military career)
- Iraq Campaign Medal Order of U.S. Military
- Medical Merit Command and General Staff College Graduate
- United Nations Mission in Haiti Service Medal
- St Elizabeth’s Hospital Award for Knowledgeable & Compassionate Care
Select Publications
- Lapides R, Porter H, Marghoob N, Bombardier N, Barker J, Holmes T, Pierson J. Coalescing Tender Nodules on the Anterior Chest: An Atypical Presentation of Hidradenitis Suppurativa. J of Skin. 2024;8(5):1868-1873.
- Sun S, Bennett S, Wojewoda C, Attaway C, Boles B, Pulcini CD, Morley K, Pierson J. Gasterophilus: A Rare Cause of Cutaneous Myiasis in the United States.Pediatr Dermatol. 2025 Mar 13. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40083142
- Salmen NL, Pong TM, Bennett S, Cook DL, Pierson JC. (2025) Disguised discoloration: minocycline-induced pigmented cardiac valves. Dermatology Online Journal. 2025;31(6).
- Salmen NL, Cook DL, Pierson JC. Rethinking erythema migrans after 50 years of Lyme disease in the United States. JAAD Reviews. 2025; 6, 88-94. PMID: 31307694
- Esfandiari N, Bombardier N, Pierson JC. Bleeding Complication Following a Shave Biopsy in a Patient Taking Ibrutinib: A Case Report. Dermatol Online J. 2022 Dec 15;28(6). PMID: 36809098