A pediatric and general dermatologist, working for Intermountain since January 2019, She received her undergraduate degree from Sewanee, The University of the South, graduating summa cum laude, and earned her medical doctorate at the Emory University School of Medicine. She completed her Dermatology residency training at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where she served as chief resident. She then completed her subspecialty fellowship training in Pediatric Dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she joined the faculty for 12 years after completing her fellowship. Before joining Intermountain Healthcare, she worked as an Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics and served as Division Chief and Fellowship Director for Pediatric Dermatology at Johns Hopkins; she is now an Adjunct Associate Professor of Dermatology at Johns Hopkins. In addition, Dr. Püttgen was Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Vascular Anomalies Center, caring for patients with complex vascular birthmarks. Her interests and expertise include infantile hemangiomas, vascular anomalies, birthmarks, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, burn and traumatic scars, neonatal dermatology, pediatric lichen sclerosis and acne. She is a nationally recognized expert in laser and surgical treatments for Pediatric Dermatology patients. Dr. Püttgen is board certified in Dermatology and sub-specialty boarded in Pediatric Dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology and is a specialty fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has published extensively in prominent medical journals and textbooks and had lectured extensively nationally and internationally.
Kate Puttgen, MD