Department of Dermatology
Inaugural Dermatology Alumni Grand Rounds Lectureship
Presenting at 8:00 AM
What Cell Biology Tells Us About Rare Skin Disease
Professor Edel O’Toole, MB, PhD, FRCP
Professor of Molecular Dermatology, Centre Lead
Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research
Blizard Institute
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Queen Mary University of London
Edel O’Toole is Professor of Molecular Dermatology and Centre Lead of the Centre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London. She is also a consultant dermatologist at the Royal London Hospital with an interest in pediatric dermatology and rare genetic skin disorders. She sees patients with severe ichthyosis and palmoplantar keratoderma. She received her medical degree and PhD from University College Galway, Ireland. She trained in medicine and dermatology in Ireland, followed by 4 years at Northwestern University, Chicago, where she worked on keratinocyte biology with David Woodley funded by the Dermatology Foundation and subsequently a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Post-doctoral award for Physicians. She completed her Dermatology training in London.
Her research interests include biology of the basement membrane zone and the skin barrier, rare disease biology and genetics. She is currently leading an atopic eczema clinical phenotyping and genotyping project in the Bangladeshi population of East London called THEA, as well as laboratory based research on ichthyosis and the basement membrane.
Patient Case Presentations and Discussion | 9:00-10:30 AM
Presenting at 10:45 AM
Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: Diagnosis, Treatment and Some New Insights
Emily Altman, MD, FAAD
Program Director, Associate Professor
The University of New Mexico
Dr. Emily Altman graduated summa cum laude from the CUNY Hunter College Thomas Hunter Special Honors Program. She received her medical degree from the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. She completed her dermatology residency at Northwestern University and Columbia University and a fellowship in dermatopathology at New York University. Dr. Altman served as Chief of Dermatology at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, NJ from 2000 to 2010. Her interests include complex medical dermatology, dermatopathology, clinical research, teledermatology, inpatient/hospitalist dermatology, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, transplant dermatology, oncodermatology, cutaneous T cell lymphoma, drug reactions, alopecia, skin cancer, vitiligo, collagen vascular diseases, vulvovaginal diseases, hidradenitis suppurativa, surgical dermatology, search engine optimization, social media, and teaching residents and medical students.
Dr. Altman is a board-certified dermatologist and is a member of seventeen regional, national and international dermatology societies and serves as President of the New Mexico Dermatological Society. She is on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (Associate Editor) and the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. She is the author or coauthor of a number of medical articles, posters, abstracts and textbook chapters.
Presenting at 11:20 AM
The Intersection of Climate Change and Dermatology: Considerations for Patient Care, Vulnerable Populations, and Our Profession
Eva R. Parker, MD,
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Eva Rawlings Parker, MD is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is President of the Nashville Dermatologic Society and Vice President of the Williamson County Medical Society. Dr. Parker practices general and complex medical dermatology, inpatient dermatology, and cosmetic dermatology with academic interests including the health effects of climate change, global health, HIV dermatoses, and tropical skin disease. She provides volunteer dermatologic care to immigrant, refugee, and underserved populations in Nashville at Siloam Health and volunteer telehealth consultation services in Kenya through The Addis Clinic. She has taught internationally in resource-limited settings and is an external supervisor at the Regional Dermatology Training Centre in Moshi, Tanzania. She received her B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Denver which fueled her interest in how climate alterations affect health.
She is a member of the Executive Board for the AAD’s Expert Resource Group on Climate and Environmental Issues, an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Climate Change and Health, a member of the ISD's Committee on Climate Change, and a member of the Cochrane Climate-Health Working Group. Additionally, she serves on the Mayor of Nashville's Sustainability Advisory Committee and is the Founder and Co-Chair of the Environmental Sustainability Working Group at VUMC. Dr. Parker actively publishes and lectures on the dermatologic effects of climate change and the intersection of climate change and global health. She is a staunch advocate for health care sustainability and actively promotes broader education on the health impacts caused by climate change.
Overall meeting objectives:
Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
1. Discuss new technology used in addressing dermatologic problems.
2. Understand the choices and risks for treating skin disease.
3. Discuss the ethical issues that arise in patient care.
4. Recognize the relevance of new laboratory discoveries to clinical issues.
Accreditation Statement:
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement:
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
FSM’s CME Leadership and Staff have nothing to disclose:
Clara J. Schroedl, MD, Medical Director of CME, Sheryl Corey, Director of CME, Allison McCollum & Katie Daley, Senior Program Coordinators, and Rhea Alexis Banks, Administrative Assistant 2.
Course Director Disclosure: Amy S. Paller, MD, MS has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serves as a consultant (with honoraria) for the following companies:
Abbvie
Azitra
BiomX
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
Castle Biosciences
Exicure
Galderma
Kamari Phama KOL
Leo
Lilly
NAOS
Novartis
Pfizer
Pierre Fabre
Sanofi / Genzyme
http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/dermatology/index.html
Speaker Disclosure(s):
Professor Edel O’Toole, MB, PhD, FRCP discloses the following:
Grant or research support:
Kamari Pharma Company
Unilever
Consultant (without honoraria)
Kamari Pharma Company
Palvella Therapeutics
Emily Altman, MD has nothing to disclose
Eva R. Parker, MD has nothing to disclose
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Dermatology Grand Rounds
When: Jan 5, 2022 08:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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