Department of Dermatology of Emory University School of Medicine

Congratulations to Leslie Lawley for recently receiving the 2020 Emory University School of Medicine Hidden Gem Award! Faculty members who receive this award are nominated by their departments in recognition of their outstanding, but often unnoticed or unrecognized, contributions to Emory and beyond. As quoted by Dr. Swerlick: ... "Dr. Leslie Lawley is a quiet leader within the Department of Dermatology, Emory School of Medicine, and nationally with involvement in the Society for Pediatric Dermatology (SPD) and the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA). She is the Chief of Pediatric Dermatology and directs the Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship Program at Emory. She has tirelessly advocated for the children that are served by Pediatric Dermatology. Dr. Lawley serves on the Emory SOM FCAP and uses this position and expertise to advise her colleagues within the Department on optimal strategies for academic promotion. She is a leader at the national level, serving as the Treasurer of PeDRA and the Nominations Committee of the SPD since 2017." For a full list of the 2020 Hidden Gem Award Winners, please visit https://2020recweek.mystrikingly.com/blog/hidden-gems

The first COVID-19 vaccine was administered at Emory Healthcare today - Thanks to everyone, including Emory researchers and healthcare professionals and vaccine trial volunteers, who helped make this amazing accomplishment possible! Further details https://links.emory.edu/5Z

Please check out the latest publication from the Department of Dermatology in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology: "Regulation of Skin Lightening Agents in the United States and Implications for Public Health." Yuangao Liu, BS; Loren D. Krueger, MD; and Harrison P. Nguyen, MD, MBA, DTM&H... https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(20)33151-0/fulltext

To hear about how the AAD is addressing issues pertinent to young physicians, please join Travis Blalock and other members of the AAD leadership this evening for the next "Advancing Dermatology Forum: A Conversation with Young Physicians". Tonight's forum will start at 8 pm (EST). Please register at www.aad.org/member/membership/yp-forum

Around this time of the year, our residents usually host their annual Phonathon - calls made to alumni and friends of Dermatology to reconnect and ask for their continued support of our residency training program. Considering all that has gone on in 2020, our residents wanted to reach out to simply thank all for their generosity in recent years and to express their gratitude over the phone. Last weekend, the first Annual Thankathon was held - a small group of residents ga...thered in a socially distance manner to make these calls. We want to thank you all for your continued generosity. Monies raised over the years have gone to support resident research, global health endeavors, national preceptorships, provision of textbooks and other learning supplies and more. Your generosity has positively influenced countless graduates over the last 10+ years. We cannot thank you enough.

It is Medical Assistants Recognition Week! We all want to thank our MAs and let them know how much we appreciate all they do for our patients and physicians within the Dermatology Clinic - THANK YOU!!

Congratulations to Kiesha Wiggins, Medical Assistant in Dermatology, who received the 2020 Service Hero Reward! The Patient Experience Team asked leaders across the Physician Group Practice to nominate team members from their sections who go above and beyond every day for their patients and co-workers. We chose Kiesha because she is hard-working, reliable, and committed to making sure our patients have the best experience here at Dermatology.

The official group photo of our first year residents with special thanks to Latrice Hogue! From left to right: Latrice Hogue, Supriya Immaneni, Marissa Baranowski, Kathleen Spitz, Jeffrey Bubley, Nicole Salame, and Osama Hashmi

Ron Feldman, MD, PhD, recently received a R01 Award from NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases for his project entitled: "Improving Clinical Trial Recruitment and Outcome Measures in Bullous Pemphigoid." Congratulations Dr. Feldman!

And the Celebration continues...

The Dermatology Clinic gathered earlier this week to help celebrate Bessie's 30 Years of Service with Emory Healthcare/Emory University!

Bessie Coffen, Medical Secretary for the Dermatology Clinic is celebrating a major milestone today - 30th Years of Service with Emory Healthcare/Emory University! For the past 22 years, Bessie has been caring for and serving the patients, providers, and staff of the Dermatology Clinic. Bessie is always willing to lend a hand, offer a kind word or brighten the room with a huge smile. We are very fortunate to have Bessie as a member of our team.... Please help us in sending congratulations to Bessie!

Congratulations to Emory Dermatology Alumni, Brian Raphael, for being inducted into Central New York's 40 Under Forty Class of 2020! The "40 under Forty Award" recognizes 40 people under the age of 40 who have excelled in the workplace and in the community. Dr. Raphael currently practices at Empire Dermatology which he founded in 2016 in East Syracuse, NY.

And here is to our first year dermatology residents! From the left to right: Latrice Hogue, Supriya Immaneni, Marissa Baranowski, Kathleen Spitz, Jeffrey Bubley, Nicole Salame, and Osama Hashmi

To all Dermatology Residency Applicants - Join us for our next Virtual Open House which will be held on Tuesday, September 29th from 8:00 to 9:30 pm EST! To attend, please register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dSqfWatCRNKw6DNFc7wkJw... Questions or topic suggestions? Please submit to our panelists: https://bit.ly/AskEmoryDerm

Congratulations to Mary Spraker for being named to Atlanta Top Doctors list for 2020! In addition, we would like to congratulate the following alumni and/or adjunct faculty members of Dermatology! Harold Brody... Gregory Cox Zakiya Pressley Rice Janice Warner Jamie Weisman Jonathon Weiss For a complete listing of all of the doctors selected this year, please visit https://www.atlantamagazine.com/top-doctors/

Please see the recent publication in JAAD entitled "Instagram for Dermatology Education" by Jared Chen, Jerad Gardner, Suephy Chen and Josette McMichael: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1binwhQtRJdr6