A Dermatologist Is a Dermatologist Is a Dermatologist: Right?

A priceless dermatologist

Dermatologist Naomi Marilyn Kanof was born in New York in 1912, the same year the journal Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia was created. The daughter of Russian immigrants, she studied dermatology in the Skin and Cancer Unit of the New York University Hospital. In 1938, she opened a private clinic in Washington D.C. She was head of the Department of Dermatology at The Children's Hospital Nation...

A dermatologist guide to immunogenicity☆☆☆

Dermatologists should be aware that autoantibody formation may occur after the initiation of biologic therapy. This phenomenon has been referred to as immunogenicity and biologic fatigue. Because of this, patients may experience loss of clinical efficacy to a particular drug. To combat this phenomenon, low-dose immunomodulators may be used in hopes of preventing autoantibodies. We review the cu...

Syphilis and the dermatologist.

Moritz Kaposi--Resurgent Dermatologist.

M Kaposi (1837-1902) was born to Jewish family in Hungary, originally his surname was Cohen, but with his conversion to Catholic faith, he changed it to Kaposi in 1871, in reference to his town of birth. Kaposi studied at the University of Vienna, where he received his medical degree in 1861. Kaposi married Hebra’s daughter Martha Hebra. Together with his mentor Ferdinand Von Hebra he authored ...

So you want to be a Dermatologist

Dermatology training includes subspecialty experience in areas such as Paediatric dermatology, phototherapy/ photobiology, dermatopathology, allergic disorders and dermatological surgery. The field of medical dermatology has really taken off, with many dermatologists running specific chronic disease clinics for the patients on immunosuppressive therapy. The development and licensing of the biol...