Dr. Leung is the Herman Beerman Professor of Dermatology and an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Leung serves as Director of the 4D Center for Human Skin Biology and the Residency Research Track, where he revamped the program and transforming it into one of the best in the country.

His NIH- and VA-funded lab, which consists of biologists, clinicians, and computational scientists, bridges fundamental immunology and precision medicine to decipher the rules governing tissue repair and inflammation. By integrating human multiomics with mechanistic discovery, the group is redefining the standard of medical care – translating fundamental mechanisms into immediate clinical impact for patients.

He went to college at Stanford University and received his MD and PhD degrees from the UCLA-Caltech MSTP program. As a graduate student with Nobelist David Baltimore, he studied gene regulation and NF-kB signaling. He returned to Stanford for Dermatology residency and a postdoctoral fellowship with Seung Kim (HHMI/Developmental Biology).

He has won numerous awards, including election into ASCI and Interurban Clinical Club, the Montague Award given by the Perelman School of Medicine for an outstanding young investigator, and the Young Investigator award from the American Academy of Dermatology.