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4 | Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
current class, which began in August 2019, has campus. We now offer Mohs at 3 locations:
15 students. This program led by Dr. Jie Li is the the Medical Campus, South Miami and Coral
first of its kind in the United States and consists Gables. Our Mohs team of Drs. Keyvan Nouri,
of an intense curriculum covering basic and Jennifer Tang, and Alyx Rosen Aigen, have the
clinical science related to dermatology and skin critical mass to advance great care, education
biology. and clinical oriented research. As part of
a NIH grant, we are studying DNA Repair
In addition to Drs. Steve Mandy and Rube Mechanisms in Common Skin Cancers. Dr.
Pardo and their clinical staff joining our team, Bedogni continues her NIH funded research
our recent MD, PhD graduate Dr. Rivka Stone on ‘Notch pathway’ related cancers including
joined our faculty. Dr. Stone was immediately melanoma. Dr. Nichols and alumnus/voluntary
awarded NIH funding for her work and faculty Dr. Tim Ioannides also continue work
published a landmark paper that found reversal on human papilloma vaccine to prevent and
of fibrotic phenotype seen in venous leg treat skin cancer. Dr. Nouri continues his work
ulcers by application of an engineered skin. with lasers and imaging devices.
Dr. Stone joins other new members of our
faculty Physician-Scientist Dr. Gil Yosipovitch, Launch of intensive mentorship initiative,
Scientists Drs. Ralf Paus, Tasuku Akiyama, which we coined the Frost Dermatology
Barbara Bedogni, Hideki Mochizuki, Leigh Excellence in Mentorship program where all
Nattkemper and Ivan Jozic and Clinician faculty and residents are engaged in formal
Scholars/Clinical Researchers Drs. Alyx Rosen mentorship process aimed to creating an even
Aigen, Fernanda Schmidt, Katlein Franca, more impactful Department and professional
Natalia Jaimes, Hadar Lev-Tov, Andrea Maderal, development for its members.
Brian Morrison, Anna Nichols, and Jennifer
Tang. Seventeen new faculty have joined We conceived and launched pilot programs
since I became chair in March 2016, as have called The Future Initiative to stimulate
three full time clinicians UM alumni Drs. Peter innovation in clinical care, research and
Wendschuh, Steve Mandy and Rube Pardo education. This forward thinking work for
and three part time physicians UM alumni Drs. faculty and trainees helps prepare and create
Laura Scott, Tim Wu and Carol Lattouf. As our the future of our specialty.
Department continues to grow on the medical
campus and beyond, we continue to actively Seminal observations by members of our
recruit talented faculty and clinicians.
faculty include Dr. Gil Yosipovitch’s team
developing fundamental understanding of the
Ongoing evolution of our cutaneous oncology itch associated with Bullous Pemphigoid and
efforts, of Frankel Family Division of Venous (Stasis) Dermatitis. New faculty member
Melanocytic Tumors continuing to advance Dr. Ivan Jozic has 2 seminal publications in
care and science with Drs. Barbara Bedogni, Molecular Medicine and Journal of Clinical
George Elgart, Shasa Hu, Natalia Jaimes, Anna Investigation Insights regarding the role of
Nichols, Keyvan Nouri, Alyx Rosen Aigen, and a novel protein Caveolin-1 role in regulating
Jennifer Tang. Also, our Mohs unit relocated to healing. Dr. Tasuku Akiyama reported in the
the Professional Arts Building on the Medical Journal of Neuroscience that the amygdala
