2025-2026 UTMB Dermatology Department Awards

Best Research by a Completing Dermatology Resident (PGY4): Mary Cavanagh, MD 

UTMB Dermatology Faculty Teaching Award: Brandon Goodwin, MD

 

Community Dermatology Teaching Award: Rebecca Philips, MD

 

 

Congratulations to all!

UTMB Dermatology PGY2 Residents

 The UTMB DIG welcomes you and looks forward to working with you!

UTMB Dermatology Wellness 2026

 

UTMB Dermatology Publishes in Dermatologic Surgery

Congratulations to UTMB dermatology residents PGY2 Drs. Kush Maheshwari and PGY3 Travis Dowdle for their recent publication in the peer-reviewed journal, Dermatologic Surgery. Their coauthors were  Drs. Richard Wagner (Professor Dermatology and Mohs Fellowship Director) and the senior author, Juan Pinto, the current Mohs  fellow. The citation is:

Maheshwari K, Dowdle TS, Wagner RF Jr, Pinto-Cuberos J. Hemorrhagic Failure and Salvage of a Nasolabial Interpolation Flap after Intravenous Thrombolysis. Dermatol Surg. 2026 Jun 23. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000005220. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42328961.

Recent UTMB SOM Graduate Publishes Original Investigation

Congratulations to Madelyn Schmidt, MD, a Class of 2026 UTMB SOM graduate, on the publication of her original investigation, “Postoperative Inflammatory Complications Do Not Increase the Risk of Subsequent Primary Skin Cancer. The article appeared online (ahead of publication) in Advances in Skin & Wound Care. Dr. Schmidt will return to UTMB next July to begin dermatology residency.  Her co-authors were UTMB PGY3 Dermatology Resident Travis Dowdle, MD and UTMB Professor Dermatology and Mohs Fellowship Director, Richard Wagner, MD. The notation for this publication is: 

Schmidt M, Dowdle TS, Wagner RF Jr. Postoperative Inflammatory Complications Do Not Increase the Risk of subsequent Primary Skin Cancer. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2026 Jun 24. doi: 10.1097/ASW.0000000000000499. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42333412.

Five Top Texas Medical Schools Ranked by U.S. News and World Report's 2026-27 Best Global Universities List of 2250 Top Universities

UT Southwestern 119

Baylor 144

UT Houston 324

UTMB 599

Texas Tech 1871

 

Source: USA Today Network https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2026/06/20/best-texas-medical-schools-us-news-world-rankings-2026-ut-southwestern-baylor-ttuhsc/90607004007/

Congratulations Dr. Brent Kelly

Brent C. Kelly, MD, Professor Dermatology has been promoted from Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education to Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education effective July 1, 2026. Congratulations on your promotion!

Learn More About the New World Screwworm

 Dr. Maureen Laroche, MS PhD FRES

Medical Entomologist

Assistant Professor

Friday, June 12, 2026

Health Education Center 3.201

12 pm

 

UTMB MS4 Publishes in Cureus

Congratulations to Luke Hamilton (MS4) for his recent publication, “Dapsone-Induced Systemic Drug Reaction in a Patient with Immunoglobulin Vasculitis” in Cureus. His coauthors are Antonio Jimenez (UTMB Dermatopathology Fellow), Sarah Kesaria (UTMB PGY4), Anthony Linfante (UTMB Assistant Professor). 

Hamilton L, Jimenez A, Kesaria S, Linfante A. Dapsone-induced systemic drug reaction in a patient with immunoglobulin A vasculitis. Cureus. Published online April 2026. doi:10.7759/cureus.106449

UTMB MS4 Publishes in AJDP

Congratulations to Luke Hamilton (MS4) for his recent publication, “Interdigitating Dendritic Cell Sarcoma Arising on the Skin: An Exceedingly Rare Tumor With a Poor Prognosis” in The American Journal of Dermatopathology (AJDP). His coauthors are Antonio Jimenez (UTMB Dermatopathology Fellow), Anthony Linfante (UTMB Assistant Professor), Brent Kelly (UTMB Professor Dermatology), Bernard Gibson (UTMB Assistant Professor), Carlos A. Torres-Cabala (MD Anderson Professor), Jonathan L. Curry (MD Anderson Professor). 

Hamilton L, Jimenez A, Linfante A, Kelly B, Gibson B, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL. Interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma arising on the skin: an exceedingly rare tumor with a poor prognosis. Am J Dermatopathol. Published online February 2026. doi:10.1097/DAD.0000000000003177

Belated Congratulations to Travis Dowdle, MD (PGY3 UTMB Dermatology Resident)

The DIG Blog has just become aware about a Mohs related publication that was published by Dr. Travis Dowdle in the peer-reviewed journal SKIN: Travis S. Dowdle, MD, Ryan S. Koch, MD, Corley Pruneda, MD, Juan M. Pinto-Cuberos, MD, Renat Ahatov, MD, Frank T. Winsett, MD, Richard F. Wagner Jr., MD, Impact of Anatomical Location on Stage Requirements in Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study of 501,209 Cases Using TriNetX (2004-2024), SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine: Vol. 10 No. 1 (2026): January 2026 Issue.   His coauthors include the former, current, and the incoming 2026-2027 Mohs fellow, as well as our two full-time UTMB Mohs Core faculty, Assistant Professor and Fellowship Associate Program Director Frank Winsett, MD and Professor Dermatology and Fellowship Program Director Richard Wagner, MD. SKIN is an open-access online dermatology journal that is indexed Google Scholar and  DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), Scopus, and Portico.