tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:28:15 +0000AlumniofficersWelcomeThe University of Texas Medical Branch Dermatology Interest Group (UTMB DIG) is a resource for medical students interested in Dermatology as well as for dermatologists and residents.http://digutmb.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Lindsey Hunter)Blogger813125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-3214289159183472046Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:16:00 +00002012-01-26T12:28:15.797-06:00Join us for the next UTMB Dermatology Interest Group meeting! We will talk about upcoming events and make plans for the semester.When: Monday, January 30th at 5:30 PMWhere: 4.112 McCullough, Dermatology Conference RoomWe look forward to seeing you there!http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2012/01/next-dig-meeting-monday-january-30th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-6931990775757454236Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:41:00 +00002012-01-24T14:44:27.042-06:00The January 2012 issue of the American Board of Dermatology News contains information about the pass rates for two recent certification tests that they administer (page 3). 419 candidates took the dermatology examination in 2011, and the pass rate was 89.7%. 34 dermatologists took the dermatopathology certification exam, and all of them passed it in 2011. However, for the 57 pathologists taking http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2012/01/american-board-of-dermatology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-6217138620150137635Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:30:00 +00002012-01-19T20:33:15.796-06:00Dr. Dan McCoy, a former UTMB dermatology resident who completed our program in 1997, is on the cover of the January 2012 (Volume 108, Number 1) issue of Texas Medicine. He is also featured in an article, “Social media connects physicians and patients,” by Crystal Conde (pages 14-20). He practices dermatology in Dallas, and publishes a blog, DocDano.com, for patients.http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2012/01/former-utmb-dermatology-resident.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-7854087943337224472Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:17:00 +00002012-01-18T19:18:31.484-06:00There has been recent concern, especially in view of recent health reforms, about the future job market for dermatologists. The January 2012 (Volume 33, Number 1) issue of Dermatology Times investigated this issue in their front page article, Supply & Demand: ‘Chronic’ Shortage of Derms Leaves Some Areas Underserved (pages 1, 16, and 20). In 2009, the average starting salary for dermatology was http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-is-job-market-for-dermatologists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-1905225197376359965Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:33:00 +00002012-01-17T21:22:56.493-06:00Dermatology Online Journal’s lead article in the January 2012 issue presents research from the University of California Davis (Sacramento) indicating that dermatology applicants who list greater numbers of “in preparation” or “submitted” manuscripts on their ERAS dermatology applications gain a significant advantage in the match, even though only 16.3% of these articles are ever published. http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2012/01/misrepresentation-on-dermatology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chelsea Altinger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-8234603846135556111Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:27:00 +00002012-01-17T06:28:30.525-06:00Congratulations to UTMB DIG President, Rebecca Philips (MS4), for her publication in the January 2012 issue of the Dermatology Online Journal (Philips RC, Motaparthi K, Krishnan B, Hsu S. HIV photodermatitis presenting with widespread vitiligo-like depigmentation. Dermatology Online Journal 2012; 18(1):6). Her co-authors for this case report were Dr. Kiran Motaparthi (BCM Dermatology, PGY-4), Dr.http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2012/01/utmb-ms4-rebecca-philips-publishes-case.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chelsea Altinger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-9185998423184712239Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:45:00 +00002012-01-13T06:52:10.395-06:00Congratulations to former UTMB DIG member, Dr. Douglas Heiner for the peer-reviewed publication related to his 2010 Dermatology Honors Research Program at UTMB. His co-authors are MS4 UTMB DIG member Donnie Warren, UTMB faculty Tatsuo Uchida (Office of Biostatistics) and Dr. Richard Wagner (Dermatology). The citation for this study is: Heiner DJ, Warren DB, Uchida T, Wagner RF Jr. Preventing http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2012/01/douglas-heiner-md-publishes-utmb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chelsea Altinger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-4249478903314215316Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:44:00 +00002012-01-09T21:45:12.266-06:00According to an article in the January 2012 issue of Dermatology World (“What does the future of our specialty look like?”, page 33), American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) President Dr. Ronald Moy predicts that in the future, there will be fewer dermatologists due to decreased Medicare funding for Graduate Medical Education.http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2012/01/aad-president-predicts-future-decrease.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-3181727957938486558Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:24:00 +00002012-01-05T14:26:55.101-06:00The issue of structured vs unstructured interviews for dermatology residency has received a lot of attention recently. A recent study from Canada that compared the results of these two types of interviews for 30 Emergency Medicine residency applicants has provided some answers (Blouin D, Day AG, Pavlov A. Comparative reliability of structured versus unstructured interviews in the admission http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2012/01/are-structured-interviews-for-residency.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-1412952212065949209Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:19:00 +00002012-01-02T14:28:17.590-06:00Join UTMB Dermatology faculty and residents for Dermatology/Medicine Night at St. Vincent's Clinic!When: This Tuesday, January 3rd, 4:30-8PMWhere: St. Vincent's House, 2817 Post Office Street, Galveston, Texas 77550St. Vincent's House offers a UTMB student-run free health clinic serving Galveston. UTMB Dermatology residents and faculty can be found volunteering at the St. Vincent's Clinic each http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2012/01/dermatology-night-at-st-vincents-clinic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-7407932999423564052Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:08:00 +00002011-12-26T15:17:27.905-06:00Although still the exception, some dermatology faculty ask applicants difficult questions at interviews for residency. How many of us are still able to do calculus? One interviewer on the trail is well known for asking this type of question. Others like to see how quickly applicants can reassemble a pen. Another program asks that applicants teach staff something new, and gets a performance reporthttp://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/12/difficult-questions-at-dermatology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chelsea Altinger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-1593990213352561558Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:08:00 +00002011-12-14T16:09:01.639-06:00Click here to see the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Ff9HcIP5A&feature=youtu.be.http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/12/utmb-dermatology-residency-alum-andy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-1569754355074840852Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:17:00 +00002011-12-10T20:19:31.028-06:00Good news for students interested in dermatology and the impact of written and visual media on public perceptions of skin diseases. Dr. Richard Wagner’s newest course, Skin Diseases in Novels/Films, is available as an elective (DERU-4017) starting this Monday, December 12th (Period 13). There is currently a maximum enrollment of 3 elective students each Period. This class meets with the selectivehttp://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/12/elective-version-of-novelsfilm-class.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-3978784814247878833Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:31:00 +00002011-12-08T23:03:36.286-06:00We had a great DIG meeting on Tuesday and were excited to welcome several new first and second year medical students to our group!Thank you to the UTMB Dermatology residents for providing a very informative Q&A panel at the meeting. The residents covered many topics, including their reasons for going into Dermatology, a description of the field and what they do during a typical day, types of http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/12/dig-meeting-recap-12611.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-3149022027943567240Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:18:00 +00002011-12-06T20:20:06.845-06:00Dr. Sharon Raimer, the UTMB Department of Dermatology Chair, is one of 23 UTMB physicians recently named Texas Super Doctors® by Texas Monthly magazine. Congratulations, Dr. Raimer!Click here to see the ad featured in the December 2011 issue of Texas Monthly magazine.http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/12/dr-raimer-receives-texas-super-doctor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-7419746943271279898Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:28:00 +00002011-12-05T21:37:30.357-06:00Our next Dermatology Interest Group meeting is tomorrow!Tuesday, December 6th at 5PM4.112 McCullough, Dermatology Conference RoomWe will be having a Q&A panel with some of the UTMB Dermatology residents.See you then!http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/12/reminder-dig-meeting-tomorrow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-7694053646246506841Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:36:00 +00002011-12-02T08:39:35.833-06:00Zaemon fans were thrilled to learn that Zaemon (UTMB's Dr. Brent Kelly, far left of the photo) was recently inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. Zaemon released two cd's and was a key club band in the live music scene in Baton Rouge during the early 90's. Watch for upcoming concerts starring Zaemon and other Hall of Fame bands.http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/12/zaemon-inducted-into-louisiana-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chelsea Altinger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-3709685589026466920Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:34:00 +00002011-11-29T18:52:46.728-06:00Join us for the next UTMB Dermatology Interest Group meeting!When: Tuesday, December 6th at 5PMWhere: 4.112 McCullough, Dermatology Conference RoomWe are excited to have a panel of UTMB Dermatology residents to answer questions about getting involved in Dermatology and what it's like being a Dermatology resident. We will also discuss upcoming DIG events.We look forward to seeing you at the http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/11/next-utmb-dig-meeting-on-12611.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-4756473270228328312Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:56:00 +00002011-11-28T19:58:39.540-06:00Congratulations to Dr. Brandon Goodwin, a 2011 medical graduate of the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, and a current PGY1 (Preliminary Medicine) at Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Goodwin will begin dermatology residency at UTMB in July 2012. UTMB Dermatology’s proposal for a permanent resident complement increase from 9 to 10 was approved by the Dermatology Residency http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/11/dr-brandon-goodwin-accepts-utmb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-2977869310143792638Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:59:00 +00002011-11-21T08:00:31.158-06:00Medical students who have taken Dr. Richard Wagner's film class (DERU-4051 or DERU-4007) gain exposure to a broad spectrum of common and uncommon skin diseases. Most students taking this course have not seen patients with many of the skin diseases studied in this class. A previous film class student recently wrote Dr. Wagner with the following comment:"I just thought you would like to hear that Ihttp://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/11/film-class-helps-utmb-ms4-diagnose.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Chelsea Altinger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-641098908591226474Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:31:00 +00002011-11-17T22:39:35.056-06:00UTMB MS4 Donnie Warren presented his research about ultraviolet radiation hand injury prevention at UTMB's 15th Forum on Aging Poster Session. His UTMB coauthors were MS4 Ryan Riahi, MS3 Jason Hobbs, Dr. Daniel Freedman (Office of Biostatistics), and Dr. Richard Wagner (UTMB Department of Dermatology). Their poster was titled, “Preventing ultraviolet radiation hand injury: hand cancer awareness http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/11/utmb-ms4-donnie-warren-presents.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-287498223594900925Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:23:00 +00002011-11-16T22:24:07.892-06:00Drs. Julie Fridlington and Dayna Diven, two former UTMB medical students and dermatology residents (Dr. Diven was also UTMB Dermatology Faculty before becoming the UT Southwestern (Austin) Dermatology Program Director), have published a case report in the November 2011 issue of Dermatology Online Journal (Fridlington JL, Tripple JW, Reichenberg JS, Hall CS, Diven DG. Acute methotrexate toxicity http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/11/two-former-utmb-dermatology-medical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-7989114932098790226Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:08:00 +00002011-11-16T22:19:34.966-06:00The UTMB DIG has learned that Dr. Julie Jackson, a current Chief Dermatology Resident at UCLA (and Dermatopathology Fellow there during the next academic year), has published the results of her UTMB Dermatology Honors Research Thesis. Her research was published in the November 15, 2011 Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (“JAAD”) online. The print version will be published at a later http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/11/dr-julie-jackson-publishes-utmb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-6873274391814261837Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:28:00 +00002011-11-14T17:29:23.798-06:00Several of our DIG members are presenting their epidemiologic research poster at the Annual UTMB Geriatrics Conference this week (Warren D, Riahi R, Hobbs J, Freedman D, Wagner R. Preventing ultraviolet radiation hand injury: hand cancer awareness and protective behaviors). This research is part of UTMB MS4 Donnie Warren’s dermatology honors research program. The meeting is being held from 5 pm http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/11/dig-members-present-dermatology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539910.post-7721663800829311633Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:37:00 +00002011-11-05T10:38:57.374-05:00Dr. Ashley Group, a PGY4 dermatology resident at UTMB, has been awarded an educational grant by the Dermatology Foundation to attend their annual Clinical Symposia (“Advances in Dermatology”). The meeting will be held in Naples, Florida during February 2012. Congratulations, Dr. Group!http://digutmb.blogspot.com/2011/11/utmb-dermatology-resident-invited-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca Philips)