- Congratulates the 2008 WDS Mentorship Awards Program Winners:
- Marianna Blyumin, MD, a resident at the University of Miami
Topic: Balance of Cosmetic, General, and Investigative Dermatology in the Clinical Practice & Academia
Mentor: Doris J. Day, MD, New York Office of Cosmetic, Laser, General & Surgical Dermatology
- Mariah Brown, MD, a resident at University of Colorado-Denver
Topic: Cutaneous Oncology
Mentor: Sumaira Aasi, MD, Department of Dermatology, Yale University
- Jennifer A. Cafardi, MD, a resident at University of Alabama
Topic: HIV Dermatology
Mentor: Toby Maurer, MD, University of California, San Francisco
- Laura Capaldi, MD, a resident at University of Massachusetts
Topic: Pruritus
Mentor: Torello Lotti, MD, University of Florence
- Leslie Castelo-Soccio, MD, PhD, a resident at University of Pennsylvania.
Topic: Pigment Disorders and Lesions/Melanocyte Biology
Mentor: Maria Wei, MD, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco
- Linda Chang, MD, a resident at University of California, San Francisco
Topic: Dermatopahtology
Mentor: Earl J. Glusac, MD, Yale Department of Dermatology, New Haven
- Elizabeth S. Dawson, MD, a chief resident at Oregon Health and Science University
Topic: Pigmentary Disorders
Mentor: Pearl Grimes, MD, The Vitiligo and Pigmentation Institute of Southern California.
- Sara W. Dill, MD, a fellow at Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego
Topic: Pediatric Dermatology- Vascular Lesions
Mentor: Ilona Frieden, MD, University of California, San Francisco
- Jing Feng, MD, a resident at University of Washington
Topic: Hair and Scalp Disorders
Mentor: David Whiting, MD, Baylor Hair Research and Treatment Center, Texas
- Carrie A. Hallett Hall, MD, a resident at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Topic: Complicated and Academic Dermatology
Mentor: William D. James, MD, University of Pennsylvania
- John E. Harris, MD, PhD, a resident at University of Pennsylvania
Topic: Pediatric Vitiligo and Alopecia Areata
Mentor: Nanette B. Silverberg, MD, St. Luke’s- Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York
- Ginette A. Hinds, MD, a resident at Yale University
Topic: Leprology
Mentor: Diana Lockwood, MD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London
- Sherrif Ibrahim, MD, PhD, a resident at University of Rochester
Topic: Cutaneous Oncology
Mentor: Desiree Ratner, MD, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York
- Brett King, MD, PhD, a resident at Yale New Haven Hospital
Topic: Cutaneous Infectious Diseases
Mentor: Aisha Sethi, MD, Kamuzu Central Hospital Dermatology Clinic, Malawi
- Robert Lee, MD, PhD, a clinical-educator fellow at University of Pennsylvania
Topic: Alopecia Clinicopathological Correlations
Mentor: Lynne J. Goldberg, MD, Boston University
- Diana Leu, MD, a resident at McGaw Medical Center – Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Topic: Asian Skin
Mentor: Sherry Shieh, MD, Columbia University
- Rosemarie Liu, MD, a resident at University of Washington-Madison
Topic: Ethnic Skin Considerations in General and Procedural Dermatology
Mentor: Valerie D. Callender, MD, Callender Skin Laser Center, Maryland
- Edit Olasz, MD, PhD, a chief resident at Dept. of Dermatology Medical College of Wisconsin
Topic: Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Prevention and Treatment in Patients with Solid Organ Transplant
Mentor: Eggert Stockfleth, MD, Charite Hospital, Berlin
- Betsy N. Perry, MD, a resident at University of Utah
Topic: Dermatopathology
Mentors: Beth S. Ruben, MD, University of California, San Francisco
- Varee N. Poochareon, MD, a resident at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Topic: Ethnic Skin/Pigmentary Disorders
Mentor: Pearl E. Grimes, MD, Vitiligo and Pigmentation Institute of Southern California.
- Ingrid E. Roseborough, MD, a resident at University of Iowa
Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
Mentor: Ilona Frieden, MD, University of California, San Francisco
- Misha Rosenbach, MD, a resident at University of Pennsylvania
Topic: Inpatient Dermatology
Mentor: Lindy Fox, MD, University of California, San Francisco
- Jennifer Stein, MD, PhD, a chief resident at New York University, School of Medicine
Topic: Pigmented Lesions
Mentor: Jean Bolognia, MD, NYU Pigmented Lesion Clinic, New Haven
- Kristen Stewart, MD, a resident at National Capital Consortium Dermatology, Maryland
Topic: Vulvar Dermatology
Mentor: Libby Edwards, MD, Mid-Charlotte Dermatology, North Carolina
- Michelle Tarbox, MD, a resident at Cleveland Clinic
Topic: Melanocytic Neoplams – Microscopic Mapping of Lesions Correlated with Dermoscopic Features with a Particular Focus on Lentigo Maligna
Mentor: Scott W. Menzies, MD, Sydney Cancer Centre, Australia
- Sarah Taylor, MD, CPT, USA, a chief resident at National Capital Consortium Dermatology
Topic: Complicated Dermatology
Mentor: William James, MD, University of Pennsylvania
- Emily Tierney, MD, a resident at Henry Ford Hospital
Topic: Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery Epidemiology Workforce Research
Mentor: Alexa Kimball, MD, MPH, Clinical Unit for Research Trials in Skin, Harvard Medical School
- Wynnis Tom, MD, a clinical fellow at Rady Children’s Hospital and Univ. of Calif. San Diego
Topic: Genetic Skin Diseases
Mentor: Anna Bruckner, MD, Department of Dermatology, Stanford University, CA
- Thanh-Nga T. Tran, MD, PhD, a resident at Harvard Dermatology Program
Topic: HIV and Tropical Dermatology
Mentors: Minh Van Hoang, MD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam Richard Johnson, MD, Tropical Disease Hospital, Vietnam
- Stephanie Trautman, MD, a resident at Oregon Health and Science University
Topic: Laser Research
Mentor: Andrea Willey & Suzanne Kilmer, MD, Laser & Skin Surgery Medical, Sacramento, CA
- Dakara R. Wright, MD, a resident at Henry Ford Hospital
Topic: Ethnic Hair and Skin: Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia
Mentor: Valerie Callender, MD, Callender Skin Laser Center, Maryland
- Aparche Yang, MD, a resident at University of Miami
Topic: Hair and Nail Disease – Clinical, Dermatoscopic, and Pathologic Correlations
Mentor: Antonella Tosti, MD, University of Bologna, Italy
- Jane Yoo, MD, a resident at University of Washington, Seattle
Topic: Atopic Dermatitis
Mentor: Jon Hanifin, MD, Oregon Health & Science University
- Deborah Zell, MD, a fellow at University of Miami
Topic: Mohs, Telemedicine
Mentor: Daniel Siegel, MD, SUNY Downstate, New York
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2008 Award Recipients (pdf version)