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When we established OJCPCD in 2012, we rejected the concept of peer review.  "Peer review, ...

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A Special Tribute to Charles Schultz’s Peanuts by Leonard J. Hoenig, MD Since 1950, pe ...

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by Puja Nayak “Doctor,” I say, my voice fading. I hear footsteps running and shut my ey ...

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Presented by Professor Bhushan Kumar Former Chief of Dermatology at the Postgraduate Inst ...

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August 2018 Dr Marius Rademaker BM FRCP(Edin) FRACP DM is an Honorary Associate Pro ...

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Vail Reese, MD Hot Spots 2018 Saturday, August 18th, 2018 Notes: - History of the ...

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by Jon Karnes, M.D. I stumbled across a negative review of myself by a patient schedule ...

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by Michael O. Memsah, M.D. I was in medical school when I learned that I did not matter ...

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by David J. Elpern, M.D. Abstract: Physicians waste too much time mired in our pedantic ...

by Douglas W. Johnson, M.D. On August 19, 2017, Dr. Douglas Johnson gave a presentation ...

by A.R. Pito, FRCP(C) In the Entrepreneurship section of a recent NY Times there was an ...

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by Ava Atri In January of 2017, we contacted blah blah blah... ...

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Goodbye Jag: What a case-report will not tell. by Cornelis Kennedy Case reports (CRs) ar ...

by Rosanne Trost At times in my life, I have had a vague feeling of being vulnerable and ...

by Steven Sobel, M.D.* Taking a medication generally connotes a positive means of maint ...

Deep multicolored hues emanating from its surface in all directions Voracious and cruel l ...

Ruth Tapp, a patient in the U.K., describes what it feels like for the patient to be the s ...

After great pain a formal feeling comes -- The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs -- The ...

by Allen Shih In the well-lit room, students bustled, Dressed in scrubs, holding scalpel ...

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In his book, The Health Gap, Michael Marmot discusses the effect income inequality has on ...

by Marla Lukofsky Today I attended the funeral of my friend and neighbor of 35 years, M ...

Over a 16 month period from late June 2015 through late October 2016, I received 20 solici ...

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By Leonard J. Hoenig, MD Abstract: Rarely, human aging can dramatically speed up or slo ...

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Nor cast one longing lingering look behind Thomas Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard ...

by Jane E. Babin (This was originally published in Cell 2 Soul in 2006) When I enter ...

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Abstract: Health Anxiety is a common affliction of patients seeking medical attention, ye ...

by David J. Elpern and Mariah L. Ferrara Abstract: We have documented the access to der ...

The Business of Medicine: Old paradigm and new  I wish I was a young buck looking for m ...

seen every day in medical offices Health Anxiety: lurking in plain sight All practitione ...

by Cailtin Stiglmeier, M.D. mailto:cstiglmeier@gmail.com encuentros breves crean amistade ...

rose-moles all in stipple on trout that swim… G.M. Hopkins, Pied Beauty By Jorge Roman B ...

by Noah Scheinfeld, M.D., J.D. Full Article: Medical Mergers, Hospital Takeovers and th ...

by Gerrick Gu, Williams College ‘17 As an undergraduate intern, I spent the month of Ja ...

By James Channing Shaw, M.D. Trust in doctors. It used to be absolute. If our sick pati ...

Yusuf Anwar, Michelle Xu and Daniel Mark Siegel MD, MS (Management and Policy) Mr. Anwa ...

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top doctors make a difference  Castle Connolly – Top Doctors by Dr. A.R. Pito, FRCP C ...

by Valencia Long, MBBS and Leonard J. Hoenig, M.D. The whole gamut of human emotion has f ...

Psoriasis by Mara Feingold-Link PDF: Feingold Psoriasis The bronze plaque on Lake Ch ...

 by A.R. Pito and D.J. Elpern Sugata Mitra hit upon the idea of unsupervised learning b ...

Welcome to the Akamai Skin Clinic’s Robotic Accutane Centre. We recognize that many dermat ...

by James Foong In the summer of my third year as a medical student from Malaysia, I had ...

by James W. Foong James Foong (right) at medical school in Malaysia I was asked to ...

by Mr. B. In 2014, I won an insidious lottery: contracting Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris (PR ...

by Dr. K. In September of 2014, I saw Mr. B., a 68 years old man, with a wide-spread de ...

Mr. Johnson is a third year undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University.  During his  studen ...

Retirement comes, bringing destinations indeterminate. New fields New hills New roads, ...

Presented at Hot Spots in Dermatology, Turtle Bay, Kahuku, Hawaii August 22, 2015 Shane ...

PDF of presentation:  Dermatology_on_Mars "If any man could arrive at the exterior ...

by Malcolm Ing The speaker will present facts concerning the challenge of treating macu ...

Dr. Bal's Presentation:  The CHNA Provisions of ACA (Obama Care) “Our zip code is a bette ...

Everybody needs some sweet okole. Keola and Kopono Beamer Abstract: Recurrent herpes simp ...

by George Reizner, M.D. Introduction After 30 years in dermatology, I have the luxury ...

We have observed an exciting new trend.  Professional journals have started arriving with ...

More humanism and less science, that's what medicine needs. But, humanism is hard work,and ...

This flier came attached to the July issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Derma ...

To talk of disease is an Arabian nights experience. Osler David Elpern's Book Review wi ...

by Lawrence Eron Turtle Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, August 23, 2016 Author's notes on Ebola Pre ...

by David J. Elpern This essay is the basis of a talk delivered at the Jag Bhawan, M.D. Re ...

We have had a crazy drug policy in the U.S. since 1914, and we dictate it to most of the w ...

Announcement: Coming Soon to Havi Welcome to The Akamai Skin Works (ASW). Our new suite, ...

This road - no one goes down it - autumn evenings. Basho  PDF for easier reading: The Nar ...

Akamai Skin Care Associates of Marin is proud to introduce Dr. Tiffany Martin, our newest ...

This is the syllabus for the 2015 Hot Spots 2.0 program.  Links to the talks are inclu ...

“We want to have surgeries while we are young so we can have our new faces for a long tim ...

Anonymous My journey with Red Face Syndrome has been tough, especially as I am a high s ...

By Lee Thompson  Abstract:  This is the first-person narrative of a young woman's pursuit ...

To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always by James Channing Shaw view PDF: ...

If you've got it, flaunt it. By Boluwaji Ogunyemi, M.D. Dermatology Resident, University ...

By Jerome Z. Litt Reprinted from the Archives of Dermatology May, 1961, Vol. 83, pp. 8 ...

Phil Ochs’ “Hooray for the A.M.A.” By Friedrich A. Bahmer Listen to A.M.A. Song (you ...

by Madelyn Kamen He was there every day, Looking at her from the other side of the win ...

by Boluwaji Ogunyemi, M.D. Abstract: The public’s perception of the medical profession ...

Having read the Boston Globe December 13th article on linkage between heart disease and po ...

"Know syphilis in all its manifestations and relations, and all other things clinical wil ...

Onychomadesis is the spontaneous, complete shedding of the nail from its proximal side, wi ...

I don’t want to write about my hand dermatitis. I don’t like the term. Just be norma ...

Hi, Dr. Elpern, I am contacting you in hopes that you may be able to assist me in attainin ...

Keywords:  Adrienne Rich, dermatology, ICD-10, solo practice, death, middle age, Maya, pro ...

"Stations of the Heart: Parting with a son" by Robert Lischer is a moving and important bo ...

It seems like I'm not the only one who isn't going to take her keratosis pilaris, aka 'chi ...

itch scratch ache burn crack bleed toss turn wounds deep swollen red open cuts skin d ...

Zen Buddhism has a lot to teach us as physicians, as dermatologists. Consider these two ...

Reflections on Skin Cancer and Solar Aging Band-Aid Generation I am one in the army ...

from NY Times article Dermatologists perform office surgery almost daily. Our awarenes ...

Once in a generation or so,  there appears in our specialty, a charismatic indiv ...

Keywords: pharmceutical prices, drug prices, generics, savings A funny thing happen ...

Listen to me Don’t be cynical, indifferent, or in a hurry. Ask me what makes my problem ...

Yoon Cohen recently sent us an invaluable handout presented by Dr. William James at a meet ...

We may not see them, but we need them. An estimated one hundred trillion microorganisms i ...

Keywords: scabies, transmission, Mellanby, fomites, beds In the early 1940s, scabies wa ...

MY SKIN has always been my weakest organ—hives, rashes, welts, acne, and itchy skin ...

Artwork by Brian Boyd for "The Beautiful Place" In 1991, I was asked to edit a section ...

In 2002, we had a section in the Archives of Dermatology called "The Art and the Calling." ...

The following piece was published in the Archives of Dermatology in 2002.  (I was the edit ...

Looked at objectively, Rhus radicans is an excellent plant. More widely known by its popul ...

reviewed by Robert Norman, D.O. Dr. Sharad Paul’s book Skin: A Biography is a wonderful ...

Abstract:  A young dermatologist discovers that treating the patient may entail more than ...

photo by Nolan Conway from NY Times article The Sunday NY Times (June 30, 2013) has a fi ...

Thoughtful public discussion of the iatrogenic pandemic, beginning with an insistence upo ...

Calligraphy by Elaine Adler ...

Recollections of an Office Visit by, the then pre-teen, Barry Mayer, M.D., FACR My uncl ...

One morning, I pulled an empty chart from the rack on the examination room door: new patie ...

 Bottom:  “Ready.  Name what part I am for, and proceed.” A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, I, ...

Notes from the Xanadu Clinic, Norfolk Island, South Pacific The patient is a 65 yo man ...

Dr. Cohen is a dermatology resident at LECOM/Alta Dermatology in Mesa, Arizona.  Email YC. ...

Stone Hill, Williamstown, Massachusetts, February 10, 2013  A 54-year-old carpenter pres ...

Rhoda, a 41 year-old professional woman, has had a facial eruption off and on for a number ...

This is a challenging TED video that all who are interested in "practicing safe sun" shoul ...

Abstract:  This is a case report of dysgeusia and glossodynia in a 58-year-old man, which ...

Bukowski on Acne From Ham on Rye Black Sparrow Press 1982 Bukoski Ham on Rye, a s ...

NY Times Image In his Op-Ed piece, “Diary of a Creep,” published in the Sunday January ...

Excerpt from "72 Scars"  Evergreen Review. Technically speaking, Scar #1 began in 1971 ...

Attack of the POD People … EEEK ! (Don’t worry – the title is scary, but there’s a happy ...

Abstract:  A dermatologist with a special interest and expertise in lasers works with an e ...

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life ...

To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always.  Abstract:  The patient, a teenag ...

"The student begins with the patient, continues with the patient, and ends his studies wi ...

Mens sana in corpore sano —Juvenal My Road to Ground Rounds—and the Results! By H. J. W. ...

Human Microbiome The human microbiome is the collection of microorganisms (such as bac ...

Hunting for Bear: A Melanoma Postscript by Tim Guetti  Abstract:  A 62 year-old man rela ...

The Rudolph Sign: Red Nose as a Sign of Nasal Infection “I'm an 81 years old man, an ...

Clara Luu's poem is the most eloquent description of  severe atopic dermatitis ( often cal ...

"I Want Too Hold Your Hand" by Corinne Viens. Abstract:  Dermatologists perform many mino ...

Chronic Telogen Effluvium Hope never dies.  Having lived with chronic telogen effluvium f ...

Under My Skin: A dermatologist looks at his profession and his patients by Alan Rockoff, M ...

My Mohs Experience Abstract: This is the personal account of a 70 year old man who unde ...

Nancy Piatczyc commented on Imaging Ioxides Scapularis and we thought her words and images ...

Williams College Biology Professor, Hank Art, sent us these fine electron microscopic phot ...

Casual Comments by DJ Elpern Abstract: Many young women habitually pick facial lesions wh ...

Index Case (used with patient's permission) by Christina Perron Abstract: Non-suici ...

by Leonard J. Hoenig, M.D. Abstract:       35 years ago, a second year medical student ...

Felix is a fourth years student at Williams College where he is an accomplished tennis pla ...

The Power of Hugs By Nicholas Kristof NY Times, October 21, 2012 Nicholas Kristof’s “ ...

By Richard Sontheimer Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Utah School of ...

Brachioradial pruritus is a common condition that is not well-recognized by most practitio ...

Reviewed by: Dr. David Elpern I have had an interest in books about medical training for ...

The OJCPC-Dermatology is a new concept in medical periodicalss.   We will address all stak ...