On Saturday, April 6th, 2024, UTMB DIG volunteers helped with set up/cleanup and participated in this year's National Psoriasis Foundation’s (NPF) “Starlight Soiree” event at the Houston Zoo. Volunteers arrived around 2 pm to assist in setting up goodie bags. Once the event began, volunteers aided with check-in and played an integral role in the fundraising drive and auction for the NPF ..read more

Voting for the DIG 2024-2025 Officers is live. Current DIG members, please take a moment to read through the linked candidates proposed contributions and cast your votes. The ballot will close by 5 pm on April 15th and the results will be announced on April 16th via the DIG Blog. Candidate statements: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XHhMx5UfZdWU2bq90aRMhhLI6pM7nmMyTOTB3mPbjIw/edit ..read more

UTMB Dermatology held its first Grand Rounds in League City at UTMB Health Dermatology, Town Center on Friday, April 5, 2024 ..read more

Congrats to Inchara Raj (MS1) who presented her poster, "Acne, Alopecia, and Seborrhea: The Dermatological Side Effects of Contraception Methods and What the Consumer Should be Aware of" at the 13th World Congress for Hair Research, an international conference for experts in hair loss and other hair disorders, in Dallas TX. Her co-authors on the project were Drs. Maria Hordinsky, MD and ..read more

On Wednesday May 15, 2024 at 1 pm on Jeanie Sealy 4th floor, Dr. Andrew Armenta, the 2023-2024 UTMB Mohs fellow, will present his poster, “Review of Tumor Margins for Lentigo Maligna with Staged Surgical Excision and Permanent Section en face Processing” (Poster 2). DIG members are invited to attend. Dr. Armenta’s coauthors are UTMB MS3 Michael Adkison and UTMB Dermatology Mohs faculty, Drs ..read more

Congratulations to UTMB MS2 Madelyn Schmidt and her coauthors Nina Martin, Diana Bonilla, Melissa Marchan, Sylvia Jimenez, and Dr. Richard Wagner for the publication of her MS1 Summer Research Program Project in the Online Journal of Community and Patient-Centered Dermatology (OJCPCD). Her faculty research mentor during this research was Richard Wagner, MD, Dermatology Program&nbsp ..read more

 Congratulations to co-first authors Christopher Thang (MS3), David Garate (MS3), and Dr. Michael G. Wilkerson, MD (Professor and Chair of Dermatology) for their publication in the British Journal of Dermatology (BJD). Christopher J Thang, David Garate, Sean O’Leary, George Golovko, Michael G Wilkerson, John S Barbieri, Evaluation of the association between tetracycline-class ..read more

Congratulations to Elise Weisert, MD, a current PGY3 UTMB dermatology resident, for receiving the Thayer Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award is presented by the John P. McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine and “…is given to a resident or fellow who demonstrates sound scientific knowledge, compassion towards patients, and dedication to learning and teaching. Candidates can be ..read more

Congratulations to Anthony Linfante, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Dermatopathology, for receiving the 2024 Beach Award given by St. Vincent’s Hope Clinic in recognition for being outstanding volunteer faculty. He is very active in both the dermatology and rheumatology free clinics for unsponsored patients in Galveston, where he provides supervision for medical student and ..read more

During April 2024, UTMB Dermatology will be hosting Dr. Dr. Kiryu, a PGY2 dermatology resident from Sapporo Japan for a dermatology observership during April 2024. Please welcome him when you meet him in the dermatology clinics ..read more