Page 32 - 2019 UM Dermatology Annual Letter - Pages 121819

32 | Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery

DR. MARJANA TOMIC-CANIC

Received William H. Eaglstein MD Endowed Chair in Wound Healing

Received three new NIH grants all form NIDDK, one of which is to establish
Biomarker Analyses Unit of the Diabetic Foot Consortium

Appointed as standing member of the NIH Study Section ACTS

Section Editor of Journal of Investigative Dermatology and on editorial board for
Experimental Dermatology

DR. ANTONELLA TOSTI

Fredric Brandt Professor, Acclaimed Hair, Nail and Contact Dermatitis Expert
and serves as Editor in Chief for Skin Appendage Disorders started weekly clinic
dedicated to International patients

Elected President of the American Hair Research Society (AHRS and the
International Society of Trichoscopy

President of the 2nd World Congress of Trichoscopy that will take place in Sorrento,
Italy in 2020

DR. PETER WENDSCHUH

Alumnus who joined our Department in 2018

Helped establish UM Frost: South Miami Dermatology practice

DR. GIL YOSIPOVITCH

Published two landmark itch translational papers on mechanisms of itch in Bullous
Pemphigoid and stasis dermatitis

Directs the Miami Itch Center and continues the Miami Eczema School

Ig Nobel Peace Award for the work on pleasurably of scratching an itch

Director of the National Eczema Scientific Board

ADVANCED PRACTITIONER

YESENIA (YESSIE) SEBASTIA, APRN

In 2015, we added Yesenia (Yessie) Sebastia, APRN to our team. Her practice has
grown substantially. Yessie is an energetic, talented and experienced Dermatology
ARNP and she had an important role in patient care and training residents to work
closely with other members of the health care delivery team.