Editors



Current Editors: Jane Onyemachi and Madelyn Schmidt

(Please email editors if there is blog-worthy news that you would like to see shared)

Past Editors: Fareen Momin, Andrea Francis, Renat Ahatov, Michael Phan, Elise Weisert, Michael Ryan, Keith Wagner, Tim Allen, Kristyna Gleghorn, Dung Mac, Alex Acosta, William Tausend, Sheila Jalalat, Rebecca Philips, Chelsea Altinger, Lindsey Hunter, Alison Wiesenthal, Leslie Scroggins, Mara Dacso, Ashley Group, Fadi Constantine, Emily Fridlington, Joslyn Witherspoon, Tasneem Poonawalla.

Monday, November 21, 2022

UTMB MS4 Publishes in The Journal of Asthma and Allergy and The International Journal of Dermatology

Congratulations to UTMB MS4 Shayan Owji for his recent publications: “Management of Atopic Dermatitis: Clinical Utility of Ruxolitinib” in the peer-reviewed journal, The Journal of Asthma and Allergy (October 2022); and “Use of dynamic optical coherence tomography in a corticosteroid vasoconstrictor assay: a pilot study” in the peer-reviewed dermatology journal, The International Journal of Dermatology (November 2022).

Pstamp Out Psoriasis Fundraising Event & Bingo

Organization: National Psoriasis Foundation of Houston

Volunteers: 
Psoriasis Chair: Robyn Okereke-planned and coordinated event since summer with NPF, was also the bingo caller for event on stage, helped walk around and main seller of fundraising wine for night
DIG members (left to right): 
Oshione Jimoh- helped walk around and fundraiser wine
Mehdi Sheikh- helped with wine fundraiser 
Sebastian Certuche- helped on stage to give attendees prizes
McGovern medical student recruited by Robyn (male on left side of pic with glasses: Jeffrey mayo jr- helped to check guest in 




Thursday, November 17, 2022

UTMB MS4 Publishes in SKIN

Congratulations to UTMB MS4 Gregory Ugoh for his recent case report, “A Case of Pseudoverrucous Papules and Nodules in an Adult with Spinal Dysraphism” in the peer-reviewed dermatology journal, SKIN: The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine (November 2022). His UTMB co-authors were PGY3 dermatology resident Dr. Carolyn Crain and dermatology and dermatopathology faculty Dr. Brandon Goodwin. The article is available online at https://jofskin.org/index.php/skin/article/view/1686

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Register - 11/17/22 DIGA Webinar: Residency Interviews

DIGA will be hosting a Residency Interview Webinar November 17 at 3pm CST/ 4pm EST/ 1pm PST.  Dr. Robert Brodell of UMMC will speak about how to prepare for Behavioral and Scenario based residency interviews.

Submit any questions that you have using the form below. Questions will be compiled and may be used to guide discussion during the webinar.The zoom link will be released later this week and emailed directly to those whose register! Make sure that you are subscribed to our listserv or follow us on social media for updates!Form: https://forms.gle/4JAzokF4iz52h117A**We are planning to record this webinar and post the recording on our podcast**



Sunday, November 13, 2022

St. Vincent's Health Fair

The Dermatology Interest Group hosted a booth at the annual St. Vincent's Health Fair on Saturday, November 12th. The health fair is a community-wide event focused on providing health screening opportunities, health resources, and health education to the underserved population of Galveston. The booth provided participants with free skincare items as well as educational materials on sun protection, sunscreen usage, and spotting skin cancers. Thank you to those who participated!

Pictured (from left to right): Sebastian Certuche (MS1), Sonia Patel (MS1), Fareen Momin (MS3), Melissa Marchan (MS2), Maggie Fitzgibbon (MS3), Michael Adki (MS2)