DIG Updates

A one-stop place for new information, updates, and opportunities about Dermatology at UT Health San Antonio and beyond. We HIGHLY encourage all students to submit updates about their accomplishments related to dermatology (research publications, presentations, projects, honors, etc.). You can submit your updates on the bottom of the “resource” page.

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December 2023

December 2023

American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) 2024 Annual Conference

 

Save the date for the upcoming 2024 AAD Annual Meeting!

The meeting will be held from March 8–12, 2024, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA!

Early-bird registration will end on January 31, 2024, at 12 PM(CT).

Click here for more information.

American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)Abstract & Poster Submissions

 

With the AAD 2024 Annual conference nearing in the Spring, we wanted to highlight some accepted abstracts from UT Health SA’s medical students below:

Medical Student Posters:

  • Inclusion of Race/Ethnicity in Scalp Seborrheic Dermatitis Shampoo Treatment Trials: A Systematic Review

    • Victoria Ayodele BA, Ayomide Akinsooto MS, Lauren M. Sadowsky MD, Kajal Singhal BSA, Jennifer Krejci MD

  • National Utilization of the Emergency Department for Dermatological Conditions

    • Irene Vivancos Koopman, BA; Travis Kotzur, BS; Chad Hivnor, MD, FAAD

  • Enhancing Dermatology Care: Bridging Wound Care Knowledge

    • Bahar Momin BBA, Anaya Shah BS, Jiwon Park BS, Atreyu Balasundram BS, Pavela Bambekova MD, John C. Browning MD

  • Same-Site Transdifferentiation of Basal Cell Carcinoma to Squamous Cell Carcinoma as a Mechanism of Vismodegib Treatment Resistance: Our Experience with Two Cases Requiring Multimodal Therapy

    • Brooke A. Burgess, MD, Rebecca J. Wang, BSA, and Joshua L. Owen, MD, PhD

  • Biopsy Rates in Skin of Color Patients with Atopic Dermatitis: A National Sample Case-Control Study

    • Yousef Salem, Zaryab Alam, Irene Vivancos Koopman, Travis Kotzur, Pavela Bambekova, Chad Hivnor

  • Trips Through the Skin: Reviewing Cutaneous Drug Reactions to Psychedelics and Hallucinogens

    • Minhaj Rahman, Yousef Salem, Aamir Hussain

  • Pumping Up Dermatologic Drug Reformulation: A Novel Phase II/III Clinical Trial of Topically Reformulated Proton-Pump-Inhibitor Esomeprazole for Prevention and Treatment of Radiation Dermatitis in Breast Cancer

    • Aaron Cheng, B.A., B.S.; Pavela G Bambekova, M.D.; Joshua L Owen, M.D., Ph.D.; Yohannes Ghebre, Ph.D.; Mark Bonnen, M.D.; Timothy Wagner, M.D., M.B.A.; Shraddha Dalwadi, M.D., M.B.A.

  • Sun Safety Behaviors in Patients in Substance Use Disorder Recovery

    • Park Jiwon, Borkar I, Alfaro Moses, Gilson R.

  • Analyzing Post-COVID Patient Demographic at Dermatology Free Clinic.

    • Park Jiwon, Balasundaram A, Nguyen T, Shah A, Momin B, Browning J.

  • A Needs Assessment for Addressing Radiation-induced Dermatologic Side Effects in Breast Cancer Patients.

    • Park Jiwon, Veluri S, Anderson C, Asper J, Walsh M, Bonnen M, Ramirez C, Dalwadi S

DIG’s 2nd Meeting: Research in Dermatology

 

DIG will be hosting a research Q&A discussing how we each approached getting research since it's not a one-size-fits-all process. The meeting will be held this coming Wednesday, December 6th at 6:00 pm!