Dermatology Research

The Imperatives for Sustaining Academic Dermatology

Academic medicine, and dermatology in particular, is facing a critical inflection point, one that mirrors the broader social and political landscape. As financial pressures intensify, institutions across the country are seeking ways to continue to fulfill their missions in research, education, and clinical care. At Johns Hopkins University, we have undergone multiple rounds of deliberations…

Several dermatologists observing a colleague perform surgery.

Melanonychia and the Study of Nail Diseases

For 35 years, Judith Domínguez-Cherit, MD, has worked as a dermatologist and assistant professor of dermatology at the Dr. Manuel Gea González General Hospital, the same practice her father, the distinguished dermatologist Luciano Domínguez-Soto, started in 1977. “When I was young, my father took me with him to the hospital,” she said. “I became interested…