Fiona Zwald, MD

Professional Titles

• Associate Professor

Recognitions

• Editor's Choice, American Journal of Transplantation (2025)
  My article on melanoma and transplant recipients was chosen by the Editor of the AJT to promote Women's History month and the contribution of women to medicine and medical research.
• Inducted as a member, American Dermatological Association (2014)
  I was inducted as a member to the American Dermatological Association
• Board of Directors, American College of Mohs surgery (2014)
  I served as a Board member of the American College of Mohs surgery

Publications

• Zwald FO, Sargen MR, Austin AA, Hsieh MC, Pawlish K, Li J, Lynch CF, Yu KJ, Engels EA. Outcomes in solid organ transplant recipients with a pretransplant diagnosis of melanoma. Am J Transplant. 2024 Jun;24(6):993-1002. PubMed PMID: 38387619
• Watt KD, Rolak S, Foley DP, Plichta JK, Pruthi S, Farr D, Zwald FO, Carvajal RD, Dudek AZ, Sanger CB, Rocco R, Chang GJ, Dizon DS, Langstraat CL, Teoh D, Agarwal PK, Al-Qaoud T, Eggener S, Kennedy CC, D'Cunha J, Mohindra NA, Stewart S, Habermann TH, Schuster S, Lunning M, Shah NN, Gertz MA, Mehta J, Suvannasankha A, Verna E, Farr M, Blosser CD, Hammel L, Al-Adra DP. Cancer Surveillance in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients With a Pretransplant History of Malignancy: Multidisciplinary Collaborative Expert Opinion. Transplantation. 2024 Dec 1;108(12):2336-2350. PubMed PMID: 38771067
• PMID 38387619
• Cancer Surveillance in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients With a Pretransplant History of Malignancy: Multidisciplinary Collaborative Expert Opinion December 2024, Transplantation
• Massey PR, Schmults CD, Li SJ, Arron ST, Asgari MM, Bouwes Bavinck JN, Billingsley E, Blalock TW, Blasdale K, Carroll BT, Carucci JA, Chong AH, Christensen SR, Chung CL, DeSimone JA, Ducroux E, Escutia-Muñoz B, Ferrándiz-Pulido C, Fox MC, Genders RE, Geusau A, Gjersvik P, Hanlon AM, Olasz Harken EB, Hofbauer GFL, Hopkins RS, Leitenberger JJ, Loss MJ, Del Marmol V, Mascaró JM Jr, Myers SA, Nguyen BT, Oliveira WRP, Otley CC, Proby CM, Rácz E, Ruiz-Salas V, Samie FH, Seçkin D, Shah SN, Shin TM, Shumack SP, Soon SL, Stasko T, Zavattaro E, Zeitouni NC, Zwald FO, Harwood CA, Jambusaria-Pahlajani A. Consensus-Based Recommendations on the Prevention of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Delphi Consensus Statement. JAMA Dermatol. 2021 Oct 1;157(10):1219-1226. PubMed PMID: 34468690
• Zwald F, Carvajal RD, Walker J, Sawinski D, Al-Adra D. Analysis of malignant melanoma risk and outcomes in solid organ transplant recipients: Assessment of transplant candidacy and the potential role of checkpoint inhibitors. Clin Transplant. 2021 May;35(5):e14264. PubMed PMID: 33709489
• Al-Adra DP, Hammel L, Roberts J, Woodle ES, Levine D, Mandelbrot D, Verna E, Locke J, D'Cunha J, Farr M, Sawinski D, Agarwal PK, Plichta J, Pruthi S, Farr D, Carvajal R, Walker J, Zwald F, Habermann T, Gertz M, Bierman P, Dizon DS, Langstraat C, Al-Qaoud T, Eggener S, Richgels JP, Chang GJ, Geltzeiler C, Sapisochin G, Ricciardi R, Krupnick AS, Kennedy C, Mohindra N, Foley DP, Watt KD. Preexisting melanoma and hematological malignancies, prognosis, and timing to solid organ transplantation: A consensus expert opinion statement. Am J Transplant. 2021 Feb;21(2):475-483. PubMed PMID: 32976703
• Al-Adra DP, Hammel L, Roberts J, Woodle ES, Levine D, Mandelbrot D, Verna E, Locke J, D'Cunha J, Farr M, Sawinski D, Agarwal PK, Plichta J, Pruthi S, Farr D, Carvajal R, Walker J, Zwald F, Habermann T, Gertz M, Bierman P, Dizon DS, Langstraat C, Al-Qaoud T, Eggener S, Richgels JP, Chang GJ, Geltzeiler C, Sapisochin G, Ricciardi R, Krupnick AS, Kennedy C, Mohindra N, Foley DP, Watt KD. Pretransplant solid organ malignancy and organ transplant candidacy: A consensus expert opinion statement. Am J Transplant. 2021 Feb;21(2):460-474. PubMed PMID: 32969590
• Zwald FO. Transplant-associated cancer in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors: Primum non nocere. Am J Transplant. 2020 Sep;20(9):2299-2300. PubMed PMID: 32342618
• Que SKT, Zwald FO, Schmults CD. Reply to: "Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma progression during imiquimod treatment". J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018 Jul;79(1):e13. PubMed PMID: 29596875
• Que SKT, Zwald FO, Schmults CD. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: Management of advanced and high-stage tumors. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018 Feb;78(2):249-261. PubMed PMID: 29332705
• Que SKT, Zwald FO, Schmults CD. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: Incidence, risk factors, diagnosis, and staging. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018 Feb;78(2):237-247. PubMed PMID: 29332704
• Blechman AB, Cabell CE, Weinberger CH, Duckworth A, Leitenberger JJ, Zwald FO, Russell MA. Aggressive Skin Cancers Occurring in Patients Treated With the Janus Kinase Inhibitor Ruxolitinib. J Drugs Dermatol. 2017 May 1;16(5):508-511. PubMed PMID: 28628689
• Zwald F, Leitenberger J, Zeitouni N, Soon S, Brewer J, Arron S, Bordeaux J, Chung C, Abdelmalek M, Billingsley E, Vidimos A, Stasko T. Recommendations for Solid Organ Transplantation for Transplant Candidates With a Pretransplant Diagnosis of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Melanoma: A Consensus Opinion From the International Transplant Skin Cancer Collaborative (ITSCC). Am J Transplant. 2016 Feb;16(2):407-13. PubMed PMID: 26820755
• Zhang S, Mina MA, Brown MD, Zwald FO. Retention of Mohs surgeons in academic dermatology. Dermatol Surg. 2015 Aug;41(8):903-12. PubMed PMID: 26218724
• Zwald F. Practice gaps. Toward a better definition of high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: comment on "Factors predictive of recurrence and death from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma". JAMA Dermatol. 2013 May;149(5):547-8. PubMed PMID: 23677080
• Zwald F. Practice gaps. Immediate curettage and electrodessication following biopsy of suspected basal cell carcinoma at initial visit. JAMA Dermatol. 2013 Aug;149(8):981. PubMed PMID: 23760606
• Zwald FO. Practice gaps. Underuse of Mohs micrographic surgery for the treatment of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: comment on "efficacy of mohs micrographic surgery for the treatment of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans". Arch Dermatol. 2012 Sep;148(9):1064. PubMed PMID: 22986860
• McCoppin HH, Christiansen D, Stasko T, Washington C, Martinez JC, Brown MD, Zwald FO. Clinical spectrum of atypical fibroxanthoma and undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma in solid organ transplant recipients: a collective experience. Dermatol Surg. 2012 Feb;38(2):230-9. PubMed PMID: 22129349
• Zwald FO, Spratt M, Lemos BD, Veledar E, Lawrence C, Marshall Lyon G, Chen SC. Duration of voriconazole exposure: an independent risk factor for skin cancer after lung transplantation. Dermatol Surg. 2012 Aug;38(8):1369-74. PubMed PMID: 22551390
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Professional Memberships

• International Transplant Skin Cancer Collaborative, Past President
• American Society of Transplantation, Member
• American Academy of Dermatology, Member
• Society of Investigative Dermatology, Member
• International Transplant Skin Cancer Collaborative, Member
• American College of Mohs Surgery, Member
• Women's Dermatologic Society, Member
• American College of Mohs surgery, Executive BOD

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Dermatology, Board Certification (2001)
• Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology, Board Certification (2024)

• Cancers - Head and Neck Cancer
• Cancers
• Cancers - Skin Cancer
• Cancers - Melanoma
• Cancers - Eye Cancers
• Cancers - Cancer Surgery