Editors



Current Editors: Madelyn Schmidt and Alekhya Gurram

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

Past Editors: Jane Onyemachi, 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.

Friday, August 15, 2025

UTMB Dermatology Participating in ERAS Signaling

UTMB Dermatology is participating in ERAS Signaling for the upcoming 2026 NRMP. It is recommended that applicants with a strong interest in a dermatology residency at UTMB (including internal applicants and visiting rotators) submit a gold signal.

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

UTMB Students, Resident, and Faculty Publish Research in JAAD

Congratulations to students Katherine Benandi (MS3) and Andrew Spires (MS3) for their original article published in JAAD titled, “Systemic risk profiles of topical ruxolitinib and oral Janus kinase inhibitors in patients with atopic dermatitis: a retrospective cohort study from the TriNetX network” Their co-authors are Dr. Alyssa Hansen (PGY-3) and Dr. Anthony Linfante (assistant professor).

 

Link:                                                                                                                                                                    

authors.elsevier.com

Saturday, August 09, 2025

2025-2026 First General DIG Meeting

The Dermatology Interest Group will be having its first general meeting for the 2025-2026 academic year on Monday, August 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM. This meeting is open to any students interested in learning more about dermatology and the general application process! Dr. Wagner, our program director and DIG advisor, will be joining us to answer questions and share insights.





Teams Link to the Meeting:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzkzMWY1OTgtYTdmZS00OTNkLThmODAtYzg0MDRlZGQxODRh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%227bef256d-85db-4526-a72d-31aea2546852%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22291485ba-dfe1-4a1f-87ec-de13d44f4008%22%7d 


Meeting ID: 288 901 995 711 9

Passcode: f6sL6Ak7


Monday, August 04, 2025

Research Project Design Planning

The best dermatology research should have a reliable research design to optimize research success. UTMB medical students with a dermatology research idea are urged to first contact the 2025-2026 Chief Dermatology Resident for Medical Student Research, PGY4 Mary Cavanagh, MD with their research idea so that she can contact faculty with appropriate topic interest and expertise to collaborate with students to develop an appropriate study design to answer their research question(s).