Monthly News and InformationThe Department of Dermatology

At University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University

January, 2001 Editor: Ellen M. Miles Vol. 3, No. 1

Dermatology Grand Rounds & Lecture SeriesSponsored by Case Western Reserve University

2nd and 4th Thursdays7:45 am grand rounds: patient viewing - 3100 Bolwell Health Center

8:15 am grand rounds: patient discussions - Lakeside Hospital room 35089:45-10:45 speaker - Lakeside Hospital room 3508

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Jan. 25

Feb. 08

Feb. 22

Kathleen Green, PhDNorthwestern UniversityDepartments of Dermatology &Pathology

Hasan Mukhtar, PhDCase Western Reserve UniversityDepartment of Dermatology

Anthony Oro, MD, PhDStanford University Medical CenterDepartment of Dermatology

Jere Guin, MDUniversity of Arkansas for Medical SciencesDepartment of Dermatology

“Making and Breaking Desmosomes: Lessons for Human Disease”

“Light for Life and Death-It All Matters How It Falls: Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology”

“Insights into the Pathogenesis of Basal Cell Carcinomas”

“Eyelid Dermatitis”

Recent Publications

Hillman JD, Peng AT, Gilliam AC, Remick, SC. Treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma with oral administration of shark cartilage in an HIV-8 positive, HIV-negative patient. Arch Dermatol (accepted)

Santosh K. Katiyar, Mary S. Matsui, and Hasan Mukhtar, Kinetics of UV light-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers in human skin in vivo: An immunohistochemical analysis of both epidermis and dermis. Photochem. Photobiol., 72(6), 788-793, 2000.

Multidisciplinary Cutaneous Oncology ProgramLakeside Dermatology Conference Room

Thursdays, 5:00 pmLymphoma- January 11, 25Melanoma- January 4, 18

Honors

Hasan Mukhtar, PhD was one of the keynote speakers at the symposium “Is Cancer a Preventable Environmental Disease?” held at La Trobe University in Mt. Buller-Victoria, Australia, on December 7-10, 2000. The title of Dr. Mukhtar’s talk was “Chemoprevention of Carcinogenesis by Plant Products: Green Tea Polyphenols.”

Mahmoud A. Ghannoum, M.Sc., PhD spoke for the American Society for Microbiology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia on December 11, 2000. His topic was “Role of the Modern Mycology Laboratory in the New Millennium.”

Clinical Trials

Upcoming trials for children with atopic dermatitis, and adults with bullous pemphigoid are expected in the near future.

Contact Zsa Zsa Porter at 216.844.5899 to schedule a screening evaluation or Dr. Neil Korman at 216.844.3622 with any questions.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

UHC and UHDA MeetingsTuesdays, 5:30 p.m. -3508 Lakeside Hospital

Dermatology Conference RoomJan. 16, Feb. 27, March 20, April 17, May 22, June 26, July 17, August 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, Dec. 18

Research Division Faculty MeetingsThursdays, 4:00 p.m.

BRB 5th floor Conference RoomJan. 25, Mar. 29, May 17

Dermatopathology ConferenceWednesdays, 7:45 a.m. 3508 Lakeside

Dermatology Conference Room

Please send news to Ellen Miles.Email: emm5@po.cwru.edu Telephone: (216) 844-7814 Fax: (216) 844-8993

Wednesday Morning Speakers, 8:15am Lakeside Dermatology Conference Room

01/03-Steven Goldman, MD-“Surgical Facial Anatomy”

01/10-Willard Steck, MD-“Elastosis Perforans Serpiginosa”

01/17-Nathaniel Robin, MD-“Medical Genetics”

01/24-Joe Molter-“Medical Photography”01/31-TBA-“Bacteriology”

Skin Diseases Research CenterDepartment of DermatologyCase Western Reserve UniversityUniversity Hospitals of Cleveland11100 Euclid AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44106-5028

Save the Dates

AAD annual meeting: March 2-7, 2001SID annual meeting: May 9-12, 2001

SDRC Speakers Series 2000-2001Sponsored by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Dermatology Grand Rounds & Lecture Series 2nd and 4th Thursdays7:45 am Grand Rounds: patient viewing-3100 Bolwell Center

8:15 am Grand Rounds: patient discussions-3508 Lakeside Hospital9:45-10:45am Speaker-3508 Lakeside Hospital

(Unless otherwise noted)

Date Speaker Topic Notes9/28/00 Martin Weinstock, M.D.

Professor, Dept. of DermatologyBrown UniversityChair, American Cancer Society Skin Cancer Advisory Group

“Sunscreens and Melanoma” Lead Grand Rounds

10/12/00 Mahmoud Ghannoum, M.Sc., Ph.D.Professor, Dept. of DermatologyDirector, Center for Medical MycologyCase Western Reserve University

“The New, Exciting Area of Biofilms”

10/26/00 Eliot Mostow, M.D.Assistant Clinical Professor, Case Western Reserve University

“New Treatments in Wound Care”

11/09/00 David Woodley, M.D.Professor, Department of MedicineLAC/USC Medical Center

“Autoimmunity to Type VII Collagen”

12/14/00 Edward Maytin, M.D., Ph.D.Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Dermatology.Cleveland Clinic Foundation

“Studying the Skin, Through Thick and Thin: Transcriptional Control of Epidermal Differentiation”

1/11/01 Kathleen Green, Ph.DProfessor, Departments of Pathology & DermatologyNorthwestern University

“Making and Breaking Desmosomes: Lessons for Human Disease”

1/25/01 Hasan Mukhtar, Ph.D.Professor, Department of DermatologyCase Western Reserve University

“Light for Life and Death-It All Matters How It Falls: Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology”

2/08/01 Anthony Oro, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor of DermatologyStanford University Medical Center

“Insights into the Pathogenesis of Basal Cell Carcinomas”

2/22/01 Jere Guin, M.D.Professor Emeritus of DermatologyUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

“Eyelid Dermatitis”

3/22/01 Jinming Gao, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical EngineeringCase Western Reserve University

“Targeted and Controlled Release Drug Delivery”

4/12/01 TBA4/26/01 Stuart Levitz, M.D.

Professor of Medicine and MicrobiologyBoston University School of Medicine

“Macrophage interactions with Cryptococcus neoformans: A journey from toll-like receptors to acidic phagosomes”

5/24/01 TBA6/14/01 TBA6/28/01 TBA

As of 12/8/2000

Category 1 Continuing Education Credits will be awarded.

“The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.”