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OUR GROUP OF 2008 AWARD WINNERS
2008 recipients are pictured with Mentorship Committee Chair, Marianne O'Donoghue, MD (center)
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2007 WDS Mentorship Awards Program Winners2006 WDS Mentorship Awards Program Winners2005 WDS Mentorship Awards Program Winners2004 WDS Mentorship Awards Program Winners2003 WDS Mentorship Awards Program Winners2002 WDS Mentorship Awards Program WinnersThe following Mentorship grants were awarded for 2008:
  1. Marianna Blyumin, MD, a resident at the University of Miami
    Topic: Balance of Cosmetic, General, and Investigative Dermatology in the Clinical Practice & Academia
    Mentor: Doris J. Day, MD, New York Office of Cosmetic, Laser, General & Surgical Dermatology
  2. Mariah Brown, MD, a resident at University of Colorado-Denver.
    Topic: Cutaneous Oncology
    Mentor: Sumaira Aasi, MD, Department of Dermatology, Yale University
  3. Jennifer A. Cafardi, MD, a resident at University of Alabama.
    Topic: HIV Dermatology
    Mentor: Toby Maurer, MD, University of California, San Francisco
  4. Laura Capaldi, MD, a resident at University of Massachusetts.
    Topic: Pruritus
    Mentor: Torello Lotti, MD, University of Florence
  5. Leslie Castelo-Soccio, MD, PhD, a resident at University of Pennsylvania.
    Topic: Pigment Disorders and Lesions/Melanocyte Biology
    Mentor: Maria Wei, MD, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco
  6. Linda Chang, MD, a resident at University of California, San Francisco.
    Topic: Dermatopahtology
    Mentor: Earl J. Glusac, MD, Yale Department of Dermatology, New Haven
  7. Elizabeth S. Dawson, MD, a chief resident at Oregon Health and Science University.
    Topic: Pigmentary Disorders
    Mentor: Pearl Grimes, MD, The Vitiligo and Pigmentation Institute of Southern California.
  8. Sara W. Dill, MD, a fellow at Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego.
    Topic: Pediatric Dermatology- Vascular Lesions

    Mentor: Ilona Frieden, MD, University of California, San Francisco
  9. Jing Feng, MD, a resident at University of Washington.
    Topic: Hair and Scalp Disorders
    Mentor: David Whiting, MD, Baylor Hair Research and Treatment Center, Texas
  10. Carrie A. Hallett Hall, MD, a resident at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
    Topic: Complicated and Academic Dermatology
    Mentor: William D. James, MD, University of Pennsylvania
  11. John E. Harris, MD, PhD, a resident at University of Pennsylvania.
    Topic: Pediatric Vitiligo and Alopecia Areata
    Mentor: Nanette B. Silverberg, MD, St. Luke’s- Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York
  12. Ginette A. Hinds, MD, a resident at Yale University.
    Topic: Leprology
    Mentor: Diana Lockwood, MD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London
  13. Sherrif Ibrahim, MD, PhD, a resident at University of Rochester.
    Topic: Cutaneous Oncology
    Mentor: Desiree Ratner, MD, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York
  14. Brett King, MD, PhD, a resident at Yale New Haven Hospital.
    Topic: Cutaneous Infectious Diseases
    Mentor: Aisha Sethi, MD, Kamuzu Central Hospital Dermatology Clinic, Malawi
  15. Robert Lee, MD, PhD, a clinical-educator fellow at University of Pennsylvania.
    Topic: Alopecia Clinicopathological Correlations
    Mentor: Lynne J. Goldberg, MD, Boston University
  16. Diana Leu, MD, a resident at McGaw Medical Center – Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
    Topic: Asian Skin
    Mentor: Sherry Shieh, MD, Columbia University
  17. Rosemarie Liu, MD, a resident at University of Washington-Madison.
    Topic: Ethnic Skin Considerations in General and Procedural Dermatology
    Mentor: Valerie D. Callender, MD, Callender Skin Laser Center, Maryland
  18. Edit Olasz, MD, PhD, a chief resident at Dept. of Dermatology Medical College of Wisconsin.
    Topic: Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Prevention and Treatment in Patients with Solid Organ Transplant
    Mentor: Eggert Stockfleth, MD, Charite Hospital, Berlin
  19. Betsy N. Perry, MD, a resident at University of Utah.
    Topic: Dermatopathology
    Mentors: Beth S. Ruben, MD, University of California, San Francisco
  20. Varee N. Poochareon, MD, a resident at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
    Topic: Ethnic Skin/Pigmentary Disorders
    Mentor: Pearl E. Grimes, MD, Vitiligo and Pigmentation Institute of Southern California.
  21. Ingrid E. Roseborough, MD, a resident at University of Iowa.
    Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
    Mentor: Ilona Frieden, MD, University of California, San Francisco
  22. Misha Rosenbach, MD, a resident at University of Pennsylvania.
    Topic: Inpatient Dermatology
    Mentor: Lindy Fox, MD, University of California, San Francisco
  23. Jennifer Stein, MD, PhD, a chief resident at New York University, School of Medicine.
    Topic: Pigmented Lesions
    Mentor: Jean Bolognia, MD, NYU Pigmented Lesion Clinic, New Haven
  24. Kristen Stewart, MD, a resident at National Capital Consortium Dermatology, Maryland.
    Topic: Vulvar Dermatology
    Mentor: Libby Edwards, MD, Mid-Charlotte Dermatology, North Carolina
  25. Michelle Tarbox, MD, a resident at Cleveland Clinic.
    Topic: Melanocytic Neoplams – Microscopic Mapping of Lesions Correlated with Dermoscopic Features with a Particular Focus on Lentigo Maligna
    Mentor: Scott W. Menzies, MD, Sydney Cancer Centre, Australia
  26. Sarah Taylor, MD, CPT, USA, a chief resident at National Capital Consortium Dermatology.
    Topic: Complicated Dermatology
    Mentor: William James, MD, University of Pennsylvania
  27. Emily Tierney, MD, a resident at Henry Ford Hospital.
    Topic: Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery Epidemiology Workforce Research
    Mentor: Alexa Kimball, MD, MPH, Clinical Unit for Research Trials in Skin, Harvard Medical School
  28. Wynnis Tom, MD, a clinical fellow at Rady Children’s Hospital and Univ. of Calif. San Diego.
    Topic: Genetic Skin Diseases
    Mentor: Anna Bruckner, MD, Department of Dermatology, Stanford University, CA
  29. Thanh-Nga T. Tran, MD, PhD, a resident at Harvard Dermatology Program.
    Topic: HIV and Tropical Dermatology
    Mentors: Minh Van Hoang, MD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam Richard Johnson, MD, Tropical Disease Hospital, Vietnam
  30. Stephanie Trautman, MD, a resident at Oregon Health and Science University.
    Topic: Laser Research
    Mentor: Andrea Willey & Suzanne Kilmer, MD, Laser & Skin Surgery Medical, Sacramento, CA
  31. Dakara R. Wright, MD, a resident at Henry Ford Hospital.
    Topic: Ethnic Hair and Skin: Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia
    Mentor: Valerie Callender, MD, Callender Skin Laser Center, Maryland
  32. Aparche Yang, MD, a resident at University of Miami.
    Topic: Hair and Nail Disease – Clinical, Dermatoscopic, and Pathologic Correlations
    Mentor: Antonella Tosti, MD, University of Bologna, Italy
  33. Jane Yoo, MD, a resident at University of Washington, Seattle.
    Topic: Atopic Dermatitis
    Mentor: Jon Hanifin, MD, Oregon Health & Science University
  34. Deborah Zell, MD, a fellow at University of Miami.
    Topic: Mohs, Telemedicine
    Mentor: Daniel Siegel, MD, SUNY Downstate, New York


This grant program generously sponsored by: Dermik Laboratories




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