Calling all investigators, practitioners, and academics!
Dermatology Focus is published quarterly by the Dermatology Foundation. As a vital component of the Foundation’s educational program, the digital magazine communicates the latest developments in all aspects of the specialty and Foundation news.
Practitioners, academic and non-physician clinicians, residents, and anyone interested in dermatology will find something intriguing to read.
EDITORIAL
60 Years of Discovery and Counting
Janet A. Fairley, MD, Dermatology Foundation President
The Dermatology Foundation celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2024, and it is hard to imagine what the dermatology specialty would be like without it today, and tomorrow.
In the 1950s, Dr. Stephen Rothman was among those who pioneered the idea of investigative dermatology, believing physicians should apply basic scientific research to the practice of our specialty. Dermatologists embraced the role of science in dermatology, including those who created the Dermatology Foundation in 1964. They based the Foundation on a simple idea: that physicians could and should work together to ensure better treatments for our patients. That idea flourished, thanks to . . . Read More
FEATURE
Dr. Aimee Payne’s Path to Creating CAAR-T Cell Therapies
In 2011, Aimee Payne, MD, PhD, was running a lab at the University of Pennsylvania, studying pemphigus vulgaris, an autoimmune disease of the skin that results when B cells make antibodies that attack the cell-adhesion protein desmoglein 3. The standard of care for pemphigus was corticosteroids and rituximab, a monoclonal antibody that targets the B-cell antigen CD20 and was originally approved for B-cell lymphoma. Meanwhile, across campus, Dr. Carl June and his team had just published a ground-breaking case series demonstrating . . . Read More
FROM THE FOUNDATION
21st Annual DF Clinical Symposium
“I have absolutely loved this meeting and now understand why many people say it’s their favorite meeting of all. Incredibly high-yield lectures from experts in their fields, no industry presence, free time each afternoon, and an amazingly beautiful venue with perfect weather,” said Dr. Jennifer Choi, describing her experience at the Symposium. Read More
SNEAK PEAK AT THE NEXT ISSUE
In the upcoming issue of Dermatology Focus you'll be able to read a Science Feature on Dr. John Harris and his work, Vitiligo Treatment from the Iron Age to the Age of Biologics and so much more!
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