- 2021.03“... ...”
- Bernard Lown (1921 - 2021)
Dr. Bernard Lown, the Harvard cardiologist who invented the first effective heart def ...
5 Mar 2021
- 2021.01“... ...”
- Living With Medicine: breathing in art # 1
by Hesam Noroozi* When my high school geology teacher saw his caricature in the hands ...
28 Jan 2021
- H. Jack Geiger M.D.
A Doctor Who Fought Social Ills, Dies at 95 He used medicine to take on poverty, racis ...
17 Jan 2021
- W.H. Auden on The Skin Microbiome
A New Year Greeting The poet, W.H. Auden, matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 19 ...
2 Jan 2021
- 2020.12“... ...”
- Polypharmacy: an Introduction
We recently came across a great video to introduce this subject. Bohemian Polypharmacy ...
27 Dec 2020
- Campaigns of Fear
It’s Time to Scare People About Covid -- We need a Campaign of Fear Our public messagi ...
12 Dec 2020
- As Seen in the Dermatology Office
This wise cartoon was on my day calendar. ...
5 Dec 2020
- COI: Alive & Thriving at NEJM
COI: Alive and Thriving at the NEJM by David J. Elpern, M.D. Abstract: As a reade ...
4 Dec 2020
- 2020.11“... ...”
- Thrissur’s Culinary Delights
Remembrance of Kerala Repasts: Thrissur’s culinary delights By Ravi Shankar* Food is ...
8 Nov 2020
- 2020.10“... ...”
- Tomisaku Kawasaki - Obituary
"Not many physicians have a disease named after them. Tomisaku (“Tomi”) Kawasaki, who has ...
16 Oct 2020
- All The President's Doctors
All the President’s Doctors: Walter Read and the Collusion of Anonymityby A.R. Pito Ev ...
4 Oct 2020
- 2020.09“... ...”
- Reducing Health Disparities in Dermatology: The Free Clinic ...
By Christine P. Lin* *Keywords: Free clinic, Health disparities, People of color, Skin ...
28 Sep 2020
- Coconut Oil’s “Miraculous” Effects On Skin
By Adam Vo* Keywords: coconut oil, skin disease, personal experience, doctor-patient c ...
4 Sep 2020
- 2020.08“... ...”
- Tracking Dermatological Articles in PubMed 1980- 2019
The past 20 years has seen progress in treating some skin disorders, in particular psoria ...
28 Aug 2020
- Marketing Pharmaceutical Science for Prestige and Profit
Marketing Pharmaceutical Science for Prestige and Profit PREPRINT By David J Elpern, M ...
28 Aug 2020
- Every Specimen is a Person
*Keywords: Dermatopathology, skin specimens, physician burnout, emotional intelligence, d ...
23 Aug 2020
- SpringFest at PGI
by Ravi Shankar The Research Blocks of PGIMER I struggled to keep my eyes open, my h ...
15 Aug 2020
- A Monument in Hiroshima
Ali Mahmoud1, BS, Shahzeb Hassan1, BA, Taha Osman Mohammed1, BS ...
2 Aug 2020
- 2020.07“... ...”
- Coffee, Cutlets and the Culture of Healing
Dr. P. Ravi Shankar* Key words: India, Internship, Kerala, medical college, medical stu ...
22 Jul 2020
- Lives Now Gone: A Nursing Home Diary
Strange is our situation here on earth. Each of us comes for a short time, not knowing wh ...
17 Jul 2020
- 2020.06“... ...”
- She Did Not Know
Lymphoma could live in his skin like a creature crawling in sacred places, she tho ...
27 Jun 2020
- The Surgeon's Cap Bias
The Surgeon’s Cap Bias: Intelligence, Respect and the Enemy of Feminism By Emily Haque, B ...
17 Jun 2020
- 2020.05“... ...”
- Music and Medicine: Bach Partitas on the Covid Ward
by David Elpern For almost a decade, I have used music when performing biopsies and exc ...
5 May 2020
- Ditching the Razor: Armpit Hair is Back!
Tayler D. Parker, BA1; Ashley E. Brown, MD1 McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Science ...
1 May 2020
- 2020.04“... ...”
- Anatomy of a Paper: Adalimumab and the Medical-Industrial-Ac ...
by David J. Elpern, M.D. The Skin Clinic 12 Meadow Street Williamstown, Massachusetts ...
24 Apr 2020
- The Melanoma Epidemic: Reflections on a Creature We Have Mad ...
In the end, we are dependent on the creatures we have made. Goethe By David J. Elpern Thi ...
22 Apr 2020
- Preprint Opportunities: Dermatology and Medical Humanities
Preprints and Post-Publication Peer Review by David J. Elpern We are creating two Prep ...
22 Apr 2020
- Dr. Arrieta’s Lesson: Have We Lost Something in the Gain?
by Ariana Shaari* A global pandemic transformed the way medical care is delivered nearl ...
18 Apr 2020
- Skin, Social Media, and the Psyche of Kids
Emily Burns, BA1* Pauline Berens, BA, BS1 1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas ...
7 Apr 2020
- The Preprint Revolution
When we established OJCPCD in 2012, we rejected the concept of peer review. "Peer review, ...
2 Apr 2020
- 2020.02“... ...”
- A Case of Aphantasia
By Dustin Grinnell In this short story, a fictional technology gives a man the ability ...
6 Feb 2020
- Tattoo
a poem by Nat Mulkey* My 5th tattoo done by Sandra Burbul who works out of Somervill ...
6 Feb 2020
- 2020.01“... ...”
- The Doctor Gets a Skin Biopsy
by Tabor Flickenger That’s me burning, that smell A touch of cautery here and here to ...
14 Jan 2020
- Melanocytic
by Rebecca D. Hamburger A mole appeared on my back a few years ago, in my early twentie ...
7 Jan 2020
- 2019.12“... ...”
- A Night in a Canadian Emergency Room
by James Channing Shaw, MD* Key words: Single-payer, Canadian Healthcare, Medicare-for- ...
22 Dec 2019
- Signing
by Shirley Adelman* Seated on the train, the four of them signed, smiling, grimacing, ...
22 Dec 2019
- 2019.10“... ...”
- Space Occupying Lesion: A Poem
Space Occupying Lesion By Fredrick Martyn You take up space within my head Your i ...
1 Oct 2019
- 2019.09“... ...”
- Noseworthy: “Old Man with a Young Boy”
Rhinophyma in “Old Man with a Young Boy” Ariana Shaari, Barnard College, Columbia Uni ...
21 Sep 2019
- The Sabre's Cut
Ian S. Maloney* Her wrinkly hands touch my forehead. She places her glasses on her ...
14 Sep 2019
- 2019.08“... ...”
- Seborrheic Keratosis: A Poem
Seborrheic Keratosis by Fredrick Martyn* She didn’t care that his words stank like halit ...
31 Aug 2019
- 2019.07“... ...”
- The Royal History of Porphyria
The word “Porphyria” originates from the Greek “porphyros”, meaning purple. During the Pho ...
31 Jul 2019
- 2019.05“... ...”
- Strategies for Hope Conference
Strategies for Hope: Addressing the opioid crisis in rural communities. May 17, 2019 Ber ...
18 May 2019
- Evolus Launches Jeuveau at Cancun!
NY Times article: Botox Rival Invites Doctors to Party in Cancun, With Fireworks, Confetti ...
16 May 2019
- Dear Skin,
dear skin, you have been the cup of my life embracing the everything mystery called me ...
9 May 2019
- 2019.03“... ...”
- 2019 Hot Spots in Dermatology
It is a great pleasure to announce the 32nd Hot Spots in Dermatology Conference held in Ha ...
23 Mar 2019
- 2019.02“... ...”
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Dermatology
by Elizabeth Cook* Keywords: Body dysmorphi ...
24 Feb 2019
- Meeting Announcement
32nd Annual Hot Spots in Dermatology Turtle Bay Resort, Oahu, Hawaii August 16 – 18, 20 ...
21 Feb 2019
- The History of the Skin in Shakespeare, Part 1
by Dr. Robert A. Norman William Shakespeare had a profound knowledge of the medicine of ...
3 Feb 2019
- 2018.12“... ...”
- THE OJCPCD PRESENTS: A MEDICAL HUMANITIES CHALLENGE QUIZ #1 ...
by Leonard Hoenig, M.D., Section Editor Beginning with th ...
30 Dec 2018
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- Are You Well Controlled?
For full BMJ article click on: Are you well controlled? PubMed citation: Are you we ...
25 Nov 2018
- “The Doctor Is In”
A Special Tribute to Charles Schultz’s Peanuts by Leonard J. Hoenig, MD Since 1950, pe ...
23 Nov 2018
- Why Nothing Works
More humanism and less science, that’s what medicine needs. But humanism is hard work, an ...
15 Nov 2018
- Thoughts on Gawande's "The Upgrade"
In the end, we are dependent upon the creatures we have made. Goethe The Upgrade (Ful ...
10 Nov 2018
- My Pediatrician
by Puja Nayak “Doctor,” I say, my voice fading. I hear footsteps running and shut my ey ...
7 Nov 2018
- 2018.10“... ...”
- Social Impact of Skin Conditions
Social Impact of Skin Conditions ...
28 Oct 2018
- Was Marx’s Probable Enemy Hidradenitis Suppurativa?
Hidradenitis Suppurativa – Marx’s Probable Enemy Christopher Dallo, University of Texas M ...
26 Oct 2018
- On Infomercials and Experimercials
Dr. Bernard J. Carroll, an academic psychiatrist, died on September 10, 2018. His work dem ...
6 Oct 2018
- 2018.09“... ...”
- Medically Unexplained Dermatologic Symptoms (MUDS): Hiding i ...
By David J. Elpern, M.D. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2018 Jul;32(7):e265-e266 Keyw ...
29 Sep 2018
- In Full Bloom
Anita Gade, BA; Cassandra Johnson, MS; Nikhil Anbarasan, BS; Matthew Apicella, MS Keywo ...
29 Sep 2018
- My Illness Narrative: the Autopathography Project
Hi! Can I see your insurance card? You may have a complex health problem that doctors ...
23 Sep 2018
- A Pioneer of Dermatologic Literature
Jake Gibbons, B.S., Tyler Marion, B.S., M.B.A. Keywords: Geronimo Mercuriali; scabies; ...
11 Sep 2018
- Skin Stretching
Tyler Marion, B.S., M.B.A., Kevin Cao, B.S., Jorge Roman, M.D. Keywords: Skin stretchin ...
4 Sep 2018
- 2018.08“... ...”
- What Matters to Me: Investigations in a Dermatology Practice
Nothing about me without me. What Matters to Me: Investigations in a Dermatology Practic ...
27 Aug 2018
- Delusions of Infestation/Morgellons
Presented at Hot Spots in Dermatologgy Kahuku, Hawaii August 18, 2018 by Lauren Claypoo ...
11 Aug 2018
- Hot Spots Presentations
Kahuku, Hawaii August 17 - 19, 2018 Presentations in Alpha ord ...
8 Aug 2018
- Hot Spots in Dermatology 2018 Syllabus
August 17 - 19, 2018 Turtle Bay Resort Kahuku, Hawaii Thursday, August 16: ...
8 Aug 2018
- The Differential Diagnosis of Dermatological Conditions in ...
Presented by Professor Bhushan Kumar Former Chief of Dermatology at the Postgraduate Inst ...
8 Aug 2018
- Non-Venereal Genital Dermatoses in Men
Presented by Professor Bhushan Kumar Former Chief of Dermatology at the Postgraduate Inst ...
8 Aug 2018
- Michael Webster, Radiotherapy Update 2018
Radiotherapy Update 2018 What’s new? VMAT for treating large areas (whole arm,leg) ...
7 Aug 2018
- Hot Spots Bhushan Kumar's Case Presentations
Case Presentations by Bhushan Kumar Dr. Bhushan Kumar is the Emeritus Professor and Hea ...
6 Aug 2018
- "My Lip Saga: The Path From Panic to Peace"
Hot Spots in Dermamtology Kahuku Maui August 19, 2018 Presented by Lindsay Kamm ( Ema ...
6 Aug 2018
- Radiotherapy Update 2018
Presented by Dr. Michael Webster Melbourne, Australia Hot Spots in Dermatology August 1 ...
2 Aug 2018
- Marius Rademaker Biographical Sketch
August 2018 Dr Marius Rademaker BM FRCP(Edin) FRACP DM is an Honorary Associate Pro ...
1 Aug 2018
- 2018.07“... ...”
- Vail Reese, Dermatology in Cinema 2018
Vail Reese, MD Hot Spots 2018 Sunday, August 19th, 2018 Notes: -Prec ...
31 Jul 2018
- Retirement Comes
Shay Bintliff, MD email: surfdoc@aloha.net Hot Spots in Dermatology August 18, 2018 Tu ...
31 Jul 2018
- Vail Reese Hot Spots 2018 Controversies Regarding Herpesviri ...
Vail Reese, MD Hot Spots 2018 Saturday, August 18th, 2018 Notes: - History of the ...
31 Jul 2018
- Who Was Michael Balint and Why Should We Care?: Introduction
For a brief biography see: Michael Balint – An outstanding medical life.1 Balint’s son, ...
16 Jul 2018
- Granulomatous Rosacea
Granulomatous Rosacea H.S. 2018 Case Presentation Presented by David Elpern August 17, 2 ...
15 Jul 2018
- Hot Spots 2018 Faculty Emails
Claypoole, Lauren Claypoole.lauren@gmail.com Dann, Frank zitdoc@hotmail.com ...
14 Jul 2018
- What Matters To Me Questionnaire
To view the questionnaire we used, click What Matters To Me Questionnaire We are trying ...
13 Jul 2018
- Marius Rademaker Hot Spots 2018 Very Low-Dose Isotretinoin
Very low-dose isotretinoin in mild to moderate papulopustular rosacea; a retrospective rev ...
12 Jul 2018
- Metastatic Basal Cell Carcinoma
Case Presentation Metastatic BCC 2018 Hot Spots in Dermatology Presenters: Marianna ...
10 Jul 2018
- 2018.06“... ...”
- Dr. Edmund Ing—Expertise and Community Service in Hawaii
Presented by his son, Malcolm Ing, M.D. Hot Spots in Dermatology, August 17 - 19, 2018 ...
28 Jun 2018
- Illness Narrative - Long Form
My Illness Narrative: the Autopathography Project (If you want this in a printable form ...
28 Jun 2018
- Darkness Visible: A Life of Chaos
a chaos of hard clay. Byron, Darkness Darkness Visible: A Life in Chaos It takes almost ...
24 Jun 2018
- The Church Spire Sign in Dermatopathology
Raagini Suresh, B.S. Keywords: church spire sign, dermatology, dermatopathology, pathol ...
20 Jun 2018
- An Astute Observer
Priscilla Ly, BS Keywords:William Osler, smallpox, tuberculosis verrucosa cutis, heredi ...
15 Jun 2018
- 2018.05“... ...”
- Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health (1975)
From the Introduction: full notes at:Medical Nemesis Illich Ivan Illich, 1926-2002 (ht ...
28 May 2018
- Why so serious?
Tyler Marion, B.S., M.B.A., Kevin Cao, B.S., Jorge Roman, M.D. Image from https://www. ...
25 May 2018
- Notes on Pathographies
Notes on Pathographies: An Arabian Nights’ Experience David J. Elpern* * The Skin Clin ...
19 May 2018
- The Soul in the Machine
Keith Wagner, MS - kedwagne@utmb.edu University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston PDF ...
14 May 2018
- 2018.04“... ...”
- Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) Decision Aid
The question of whether to undergo a SLN biopsy for melanoma is a difficult one. It is cl ...
28 Apr 2018
- To JR – whoever you are
by Jon Karnes, M.D. I stumbled across a negative review of myself by a patient schedule ...
21 Apr 2018
- 2018.03“... ...”
- Cry the Beloved Specialty
by David J. Elpern, M.D. presented in shorter form at the Lown Institute Conference, Wash ...
9 Mar 2018
- 2018.01“... ...”
- Fake Skin Diseases Online: a Review of Dermatological Hoaxes
Warning: The following article may induce nausea and nightmares! Fake Skin Diseases Onlin ...
27 Jan 2018
- Thoughts about “Countering Creeping Confusion"
by Richard Ratzan, M.D. Dr. Ratzan was a Classics major at Trinity College whose early ...
20 Jan 2018
- Countering Creeping Confusion: A Proposal to Re-Name Herpes ...
Curing Contagious Confusion: It Is Time to Re-Name Herpesviridae Countering Creeping Con ...
14 Jan 2018
- 2017.12“... ...”
- A Doctor's Responsibility
Doctors Helping Patients by James Channing Shaw, MD Keywords: Doctor's Responsibility; ...
29 Dec 2017
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- Making All Lives Matter in Medicine
by Michael O. Memsah, M.D. I was in medical school when I learned that I did not matter ...
8 Oct 2017
- Health Anxiety in Dermatology
Patients see doctors with varying degrees of concern regarding their health. While some r ...
8 Oct 2017
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- MUDS: In Search of Medically Unexplained Dermatological Sym ...
MUDS EAJDVby David J. Elpern, M.D. Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are relatively we ...
23 Sep 2017
- Spirituality in Dermatology
by Jorge Ramon and David J. Elpern This article was published in the July 2017 Archives ...
3 Sep 2017
- Towards Continuous 'Medical' Inspiration
by David J. Elpern, M.D. Abstract: Physicians waste too much time mired in our pedantic ...
3 Sep 2017
- 2017.08“... ...”
- Dermatology and Hepatitis B: A Primer
by Douglas W. Johnson, M.D. On August 19, 2017, Dr. Douglas Johnson gave a presentation ...
15 Aug 2017
- 2017.07“... ...”
- Cry the Beloved Specialty
by A.R. Pito, FRCP(C) In the Entrepreneurship section of a recent NY Times there was an ...
15 Jul 2017
- Isotretinoin on a Global Scale
In the end, we are dependent on creatures we have made. Goethe Isotretinoin and iPledg ...
4 Jul 2017
- Regulation of Isotretinoin Around the World (2017) - Table
by Ava Atri In January of 2017, we contacted blah blah blah... ...
3 Jul 2017
- Single Digit Leuconychia Reference.
This is the reference: Leuconychia in reflex sympathetic dystrophy: a chance association ...
1 Jul 2017
- 2017.06“... ...”
- Dermatologists on Display
Dermatologists on Television: As the Public Sees Us By: Ajay Kailas Email: ajay.kailas ...
24 Jun 2017
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- Dermatology Mondays: On a Global Scale
“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ― Mark ...
27 May 2017
- Notes from Cushing's Life of Osler
Some years ago, a friend gave me a copy of Harvey Cushing's The Life of Sir William Osler. ...
9 May 2017
- 2017.04“... ...”
- Goodbye Jag
Goodbye Jag: What a case-report will not tell. by Cornelis Kennedy Case reports (CRs) ar ...
2 Apr 2017
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- A Sense of Melancholy
by Rosanne Trost At times in my life, I have had a vague feeling of being vulnerable and ...
26 Feb 2017
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- Medications vs. Substances
by Steven Sobel, M.D.* Taking a medication generally connotes a positive means of maint ...
30 Jan 2017
- Skin and Him
Deep multicolored hues emanating from its surface in all directions Voracious and cruel l ...
29 Jan 2017
- What it feels like to be an interesting teaching opportunit ...
Ruth Tapp, a patient in the U.K., describes what it feels like for the patient to be the s ...
15 Jan 2017
- After Great Pain
After great pain a formal feeling comes -- The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs -- The ...
14 Jan 2017
- 2016.12“... ...”
- Gratitude
by Allen Shih In the well-lit room, students bustled, Dressed in scrubs, holding scalpel ...
27 Dec 2016
- Hopkins Humanity and Medicine Conference
Humanity and Medicine Conference Johns Hopkins School of Medicine December 10, 2016 s ...
21 Dec 2016
- Free Money in Finland
In his book, The Health Gap, Michael Marmot discusses the effect income inequality has on ...
18 Dec 2016
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- Tossed Photographs
by Marla Lukofsky Today I attended the funeral of my friend and neighbor of 35 years, M ...
20 Nov 2016
- Crazy New Journals
Over a 16 month period from late June 2015 through late October 2016, I received 20 solici ...
20 Nov 2016
- 2017 Hot Spots in Dermatology
Hot Spots in Dermatology August 18 – 20, 2017 Turtle Bay Resort, Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii ' ...
17 Nov 2016
- 2016.09“... ...”
- Don’t Get Caught Listening to Your Patient!
The pupil and the teacher, one just a little ahead of the other. William Osler Don’t Ge ...
30 Sep 2016
- The Relativity of Time in Dermatology
By Leonard J. Hoenig, MD Abstract: Rarely, human aging can dramatically speed up or slo ...
19 Sep 2016
- Air Care: Thoughts about Health Care from 39,000 Feet
If the rich could hire the poor to die for them, the poor would make a very nice living. ...
3 Sep 2016
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- Longing to Belong
Nor cast one longing lingering look behind Thomas Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard ...
3 Jul 2016
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- My Singing Angel
by Jane E. Babin (This was originally published in Cell 2 Soul in 2006) When I enter ...
14 Jun 2016
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- Health Anxiety: Tables and Appendix
Table 1. Demographic Data Age 0 – 9 5 10 – 14 8 15 -- 19 20 20 ...
29 May 2016
- Health Anxiety in a Dermatology Practice
Abstract: Health Anxiety is a common affliction of patients seeking medical attention, ye ...
29 May 2016
- It's Freezing in our County: Medicare Reimbursement in 2012
by David J. Elpern and Mariah L. Ferrara Abstract: We have documented the access to der ...
29 May 2016
- Doctorpreneurs
The Business of Medicine: Old paradigm and new I wish I was a young buck looking for m ...
28 May 2016
- Health Anxiety
seen every day in medical offices Health Anxiety: lurking in plain sight All practitione ...
3 May 2016
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- Person-to-Person Exchanges in El Salvador
by Cailtin Stiglmeier, M.D. mailto:cstiglmeier@gmail.com encuentros breves crean amistade ...
16 Apr 2016
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- What’s in a name? That which we call a rose.
rose-moles all in stipple on trout that swim… G.M. Hopkins, Pied Beauty By Jorge Roman B ...
26 Mar 2016
- Medical Mergers, Hospital Takeovers and the Changing Face of ...
by Noah Scheinfeld, M.D., J.D. Full Article: Medical Mergers, Hospital Takeovers and th ...
16 Mar 2016
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- Code Black at the Brigham
by Gerrick Gu, Williams College ‘17 As an undergraduate intern, I spent the month of Ja ...
1 Feb 2016
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- Can Doctors and Patients be Partners in Healthcare?
By James Channing Shaw, M.D. Trust in doctors. It used to be absolute. If our sick pati ...
7 Jan 2016
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- Coleman Jacobson: An Untold Story about Another Shot Heard R ...
Yusuf Anwar, Michelle Xu and Daniel Mark Siegel MD, MS (Management and Policy) Mr. Anwa ...
22 Dec 2015
- The French Connection
For S, to whom this article is dedicated by Valencia Long, MBBS Dermatology is graced by ...
14 Dec 2015
- Specialists in the Skins of the Rich and Famous
top doctors make a difference Castle Connolly – Top Doctors by Dr. A.R. Pito, FRCP C ...
5 Dec 2015
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- Expressions of Emotion in Dermatology
by Valencia Long, MBBS and Leonard J. Hoenig, M.D. The whole gamut of human emotion has f ...
29 Nov 2015
- Psoriasis: A Poem
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22 Nov 2015
- Welcome to The Cloud Clinic
by A.R. Pito and D.J. Elpern Sugata Mitra hit upon the idea of unsupervised learning b ...
16 Nov 2015
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- Robotic Accutane Prescribing
Welcome to the Akamai Skin Clinic’s Robotic Accutane Centre. We recognize that many dermat ...
21 Oct 2015
- My Summer on Kauai
by James Foong In the summer of my third year as a medical student from Malaysia, I had ...
18 Oct 2015
- My Goals in Medicine
by James W. Foong James Foong (right) at medical school in Malaysia I was asked to ...
18 Oct 2015
- Skin Wars
by Mr. B. In 2014, I won an insidious lottery: contracting Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris (PR ...
17 Oct 2015
- The Dao of the Red Man
by Dr. K. In September of 2014, I saw Mr. B., a 68 years old man, with a wide-spread de ...
14 Oct 2015
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- Skin Infections in Wrestlers by Kory Johnson
Mr. Johnson is a third year undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University. During his studen ...
18 Aug 2015
- Retirement Comes: A Poem by Shay Bintliff, M.D.
Retirement comes, bringing destinations indeterminate. New fields New hills New roads, ...
16 Aug 2015
- Melanoma’s Many Changing Faces
Presented at Hot Spots in Dermatology, Turtle Bay, Kahuku, Hawaii August 22, 2015 Shane ...
16 Aug 2015
- Dermatology on Mars
PDF of presentation: Dermatology_on_Mars "If any man could arrive at the exterior ...
9 Aug 2015
- What Every Physician Should Know About Macular Degeneration
by Malcolm Ing The speaker will present facts concerning the challenge of treating macu ...
9 Aug 2015
- The CHNA Provisions of ACA (Obama Care)
Dr. Bal's Presentation: The CHNA Provisions of ACA (Obama Care) “Our zip code is a bette ...
9 Aug 2015
- Herpes Okolealis
Everybody needs some sweet okole. Keola and Kopono Beamer Abstract: Recurrent herpes simp ...
8 Aug 2015
- Medicine’s Drift From Patient Care
by George Reizner, M.D. Introduction After 30 years in dermatology, I have the luxury ...
6 Aug 2015
- 2015.07“... ...”
- AMA - Industry Link
We have observed an exciting new trend. Professional journals have started arriving with ...
27 Jul 2015
- The Care of Patients
More humanism and less science, that's what medicine needs. But, humanism is hard work,and ...
26 Jul 2015
- Academy-PhRMA Liason
This flier came attached to the July issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Derma ...
25 Jul 2015
- Meet Mr. Marsh
To talk of disease is an Arabian nights experience. Osler David Elpern's Book Review wi ...
22 Jul 2015
- Ebola: Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
by Lawrence Eron Turtle Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, August 23, 2016 Author's notes on Ebola Pre ...
19 Jul 2015
- My Narrow Road Through Cyber-Medicine
by David J. Elpern This essay is the basis of a talk delivered at the Jag Bhawan, M.D. Re ...
4 Jul 2015
- 2015.06“... ...”
- A Fish Named Heather: Another casualty in the drug wars
We have had a crazy drug policy in the U.S. since 1914, and we dictate it to most of the w ...
27 Jun 2015
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- Akamai Skin Works
Announcement: Coming Soon to Havi Welcome to The Akamai Skin Works (ASW). Our new suite, ...
30 May 2015
- My Narrow Road through Deep Cyber-space
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9 May 2015
- 2015.04“... ...”
- The Right Stuff: Tiffany Rocks!
Akamai Skin Care Associates of Marin is proud to introduce Dr. Tiffany Martin, our newest ...
22 Apr 2015
- Hot Spots 2.0 Syllabus
This is the syllabus for the 2015 Hot Spots 2.0 program. Links to the talks are inclu ...
20 Apr 2015
- 2015.03“... ...”
- Plastic Surgery - Gangnam Style
“We want to have surgeries while we are young so we can have our new faces for a long tim ...
28 Mar 2015
- My Embarrassing Red Face
Anonymous My journey with Red Face Syndrome has been tough, especially as I am a high s ...
27 Mar 2015
- My Struggle
By Lee Thompson Abstract: This is the first-person narrative of a young woman's pursuit ...
24 Mar 2015
- Corina's Pride
To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always by James Channing Shaw view PDF: ...
23 Mar 2015
- 2015.02“... ...”
- Chantelle Brown-Young Causes Reflection on the Concepts of I ...
If you've got it, flaunt it. By Boluwaji Ogunyemi, M.D. Dermatology Resident, University ...
22 Feb 2015
- Litt's "Hunk o' Skin"
By Jerome Z. Litt Reprinted from the Archives of Dermatology May, 1961, Vol. 83, pp. 8 ...
17 Feb 2015
- Phil Ochs: Hooray for the A.M.A.
Phil Ochs’ “Hooray for the A.M.A.” By Friedrich A. Bahmer Listen to A.M.A. Song (you ...
7 Feb 2015
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- Little Green Pill
by Madelyn Kamen He was there every day, Looking at her from the other side of the win ...
24 Jan 2015
- The Doctor, the Patient and 21st Century Medicine
by Boluwaji Ogunyemi, M.D. Abstract: The public’s perception of the medical profession ...
17 Jan 2015
- 2014.12“... ...”
- My Lyme Disease-Heart Disease Story
Having read the Boston Globe December 13th article on linkage between heart disease and po ...
19 Dec 2014
- The Great Imitator
"Know syphilis in all its manifestations and relations, and all other things clinical wil ...
15 Dec 2014
- 2014.10“... ...”
- Nailing Down a Diagnosis
Onychomadesis is the spontaneous, complete shedding of the nail from its proximal side, wi ...
2 Oct 2014
- 2014.08“... ...”
- Lament of Hand Dermatitis Patient
I don’t want to write about my hand dermatitis. I don’t like the term. Just be norma ...
6 Aug 2014
- 2014.06“... ...”
- ODEAR: Most-Favored Specialties
Hi, Dr. Elpern, I am contacting you in hopes that you may be able to assist me in attainin ...
20 Jun 2014
- Brooding Over the Changes to Come in Dermatology
Keywords: Adrienne Rich, dermatology, ICD-10, solo practice, death, middle age, Maya, pro ...
14 Jun 2014
- Stations of the Heart: Book Review
"Stations of the Heart: Parting with a son" by Robert Lischer is a moving and important bo ...
11 Jun 2014
- Kentucky Fried Marla
It seems like I'm not the only one who isn't going to take her keratosis pilaris, aka 'chi ...
7 Jun 2014
- Waiting for Toctino
itch scratch ache burn crack bleed toss turn wounds deep swollen red open cuts skin d ...
3 Jun 2014
- 2014.05“... ...”
- Zen and Dermatology Practice
Zen Buddhism has a lot to teach us as physicians, as dermatologists. Consider these two ...
26 May 2014
- Loss and Found
Reflections on Skin Cancer and Solar Aging Band-Aid Generation I am one in the army ...
16 May 2014
- 2014.04“... ...”
- Music as Complement to Surgery
from NY Times article Dermatologists perform office surgery almost daily. Our awarenes ...
30 Apr 2014
- 2014.03“... ...”
- The Great God Fred
Once in a generation or so, there appears in our specialty, a charismatic indiv ...
31 Mar 2014
- 2013.11“... ...”
- GoodRx
Keywords: pharmceutical prices, drug prices, generics, savings A funny thing happen ...
24 Nov 2013
- 2013.10“... ...”
- Shelley's "Prayer of the Orphan Patient to the Doctor"
Listen to me Don’t be cynical, indifferent, or in a hurry. Ask me what makes my problem ...
16 Oct 2013
- Lessons from the Clinic
Yoon Cohen recently sent us an invaluable handout presented by Dr. William James at a meet ...
16 Oct 2013
- 2013.09“... ...”
- Skin Microbiome .Net
We may not see them, but we need them. An estimated one hundred trillion microorganisms i ...
16 Sep 2013
- Transmission of Scabies
Keywords: scabies, transmission, Mellanby, fomites, beds In the early 1940s, scabies wa ...
15 Sep 2013
- Healing from the Inside Out
MY SKIN has always been my weakest organ—hives, rashes, welts, acne, and itchy skin ...
15 Sep 2013
- The Art and the Calling Reincarnated
Artwork by Brian Boyd for "The Beautiful Place" In 1991, I was asked to edit a section ...
15 Sep 2013
- The Beautiful Place
In 2002, we had a section in the Archives of Dermatology called "The Art and the Calling." ...
11 Sep 2013
- Going to See Jack
The following piece was published in the Archives of Dermatology in 2002. (I was the edit ...
1 Sep 2013
- 2013.07“... ...”
- Poison Ivy: The Baleful Weed
Looked at objectively, Rhus radicans is an excellent plant. More widely known by its popul ...
27 Jul 2013
- Skin: A Biography by Sharad Paul (2013)
reviewed by Robert Norman, D.O. Dr. Sharad Paul’s book Skin: A Biography is a wonderful ...
27 Jul 2013
- Window of Opportunity
Abstract: A young dermatologist discovers that treating the patient may entail more than ...
21 Jul 2013
- 2013.06“... ...”
- Sunscreen Application: A Contact Sport
photo by Nolan Conway from NY Times article The Sunday NY Times (June 30, 2013) has a fi ...
29 Jun 2013
- The Great Melanoma Epidemic and Diagnostic Drift
Thoughtful public discussion of the iatrogenic pandemic, beginning with an insistence upo ...
12 Jun 2013
- 2013.05“... ...”
- Osler on Medical Practice
Calligraphy by Elaine Adler ...
29 May 2013
- 2013.04“... ...”
- Louis Chargin, M.D. (1879? - 1969)
Recollections of an Office Visit by, the then pre-teen, Barry Mayer, M.D., FACR My uncl ...
5 Apr 2013
- 2013.03“... ...”
- Doctors First, Specialists Second
One morning, I pulled an empty chart from the rack on the examination room door: new patie ...
23 Mar 2013
- A Pain in the Bottom
Bottom: “Ready. Name what part I am for, and proceed.” A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, I, ...
17 Mar 2013
- Listen to the Patient...
Notes from the Xanadu Clinic, Norfolk Island, South Pacific The patient is a 65 yo man ...
6 Mar 2013
- 2013.02“... ...”
- Dermatoscopic Diagnosis of Scabies
Dr. Cohen is a dermatology resident at LECOM/Alta Dermatology in Mesa, Arizona. Email YC. ...
25 Feb 2013
- A Guide for the Akamai Browser
Stone Hill, Williamstown, Massachusetts, February 10, 2013 A 54-year-old carpenter pres ...
10 Feb 2013
- 2013.01“... ...”
- Red Face Syndrome
Rhoda, a 41 year-old professional woman, has had a facial eruption off and on for a number ...
28 Jan 2013
- Sun and Heart Health
This is a challenging TED video that all who are interested in "practicing safe sun" shoul ...
20 Jan 2013
- In Poor Taste: Terbinafine-induced dysgeusia in a 58-year-ol ...
Abstract: This is a case report of dysgeusia and glossodynia in a 58-year-old man, which ...
18 Jan 2013
- Acne Unmasked
Bukowski on Acne From Ham on Rye Black Sparrow Press 1982 Bukoski Ham on Rye, a s ...
12 Jan 2013
- Seborrheic Dermatitis: Cri de Coeur
NY Times Image In his Op-Ed piece, “Diary of a Creep,” published in the Sunday January ...
9 Jan 2013
- Acne: Worst Case Scenario
Excerpt from "72 Scars" Evergreen Review. Technically speaking, Scar #1 began in 1971 ...
7 Jan 2013
- 2012.12“... ...”
- Perioral Dermatitis: A Personal Odyssey
Attack of the POD People … EEEK ! (Don’t worry – the title is scary, but there’s a happy ...
30 Dec 2012
- Laser Tattoo Removal Helps Reformed Former White Supremacist ...
Abstract: A dermatologist with a special interest and expertise in lasers works with an e ...
20 Dec 2012
- If I can stop one heart from breaking...
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life ...
9 Dec 2012
- The Dermatologist, My Father and Me
To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. Abstract: The patient, a teenag ...
8 Dec 2012
- Same-old, Same-old Grand Rounds
"The student begins with the patient, continues with the patient, and ends his studies wi ...
6 Dec 2012
- Grand Rounds Circa 1990
Mens sana in corpore sano —Juvenal My Road to Ground Rounds—and the Results! By H. J. W. ...
3 Dec 2012
- 2012.11“... ...”
- Human Microbiome (Introduction)
Human Microbiome The human microbiome is the collection of microorganisms (such as bac ...
25 Nov 2012
- Hunting for Bear: A Melanoma Postscript
Hunting for Bear: A Melanoma Postscript by Tim Guetti Abstract: A 62 year-old man rela ...
22 Nov 2012
- The Rudolph Sign
The Rudolph Sign: Red Nose as a Sign of Nasal Infection “I'm an 81 years old man, an ...
19 Nov 2012
- Quilted
Clara Luu's poem is the most eloquent description of severe atopic dermatitis ( often cal ...
14 Nov 2012
- Hand of Angel
"I Want Too Hold Your Hand" by Corinne Viens. Abstract: Dermatologists perform many mino ...
11 Nov 2012
- Chronic Telogen Effluvium?
Chronic Telogen Effluvium Hope never dies. Having lived with chronic telogen effluvium f ...
5 Nov 2012
- Review: Under My Skin
Under My Skin: A dermatologist looks at his profession and his patients by Alan Rockoff, M ...
4 Nov 2012
- Micrographic Surgery: A Patient's Experience
My Mohs Experience Abstract: This is the personal account of a 70 year old man who unde ...
3 Nov 2012
- 2012.10“... ...”
- Imaging Ioxides II
Nancy Piatczyc commented on Imaging Ioxides Scapularis and we thought her words and images ...
31 Oct 2012
- Imaging Ixodes Scapularis
Williams College Biology Professor, Hank Art, sent us these fine electron microscopic phot ...
31 Oct 2012
- Mirror Amputation for Acne Excoriee de Jeunes Filles
Casual Comments by DJ Elpern Abstract: Many young women habitually pick facial lesions wh ...
30 Oct 2012
- Observations on Cutting
Index Case (used with patient's permission) by Christina Perron Abstract: Non-suici ...
29 Oct 2012
- The First Clinical Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
by Leonard J. Hoenig, M.D. Abstract: 35 years ago, a second year medical student ...
24 Oct 2012
- Magic and Medicine by Felix Sun
Felix is a fourth years student at Williams College where he is an accomplished tennis pla ...
21 Oct 2012
- The Power of Hugs
The Power of Hugs By Nicholas Kristof NY Times, October 21, 2012 Nicholas Kristof’s “ ...
21 Oct 2012
- Relative Risk – A Near Fatal Case of Acne
By Richard Sontheimer Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Utah School of ...
20 Oct 2012
- Thoughts about brachioradial pruritus
Brachioradial pruritus is a common condition that is not well-recognized by most practitio ...
16 Oct 2012
- Book Review: Room for Examination
Reviewed by: Dr. David Elpern I have had an interest in books about medical training for ...
12 Oct 2012
- Aloha
The OJCPC-Dermatology is a new concept in medical periodicalss. We will address all stak ...
5 Oct 2012