Westmead Dermatology
Striving towards disease-free skin
Dr Shelley Ji Eun Hwang, a former dermatology research fellow at Westmead Hospital (current accredited dermatology registrar at the Skin and Cancer Foundation, Darlinghurst) has been awarded the Eileen Collins Memorial Prize by the Australasian College of Dermatologist (ACD) in the 50th Annual Scientific Meeting for delivering the best paper presentation by a NSW registrar. …
In the 50th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the Australasian College of Dermatologist (ACD), Pablo Fernandez-Peñas chaired a session about Dermatology Hospitalists. The aim was to gather together dermatologists interested in inpatient care. Hospital dermatology has different challenges than office-based dermatology, with more acute, urgent and complex presentations, multiple comorbidities and poli-medication, and the need …
Written by Dr Rose Liu My first month as the new dermatology research fellow has been an absolute blast, and it’s been a pleasure to work with such an amazing team! Introductions were kicked off at a gathering at Professor Fernandez-Penas’ house earlier this month, where I was blown away by a scrumptious seafood paella …
Our new reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM), VivaScope® 1500 have arrived at the Department of Dermatology, Westmead Hospital this week. We are proud to be one of the few institutions in Sydney to have a RCM. The term confocal in RCM refers to the CONjugate relationship between the FOCAL planes in which the tissue sample and …
We have started 2017 in a positive note with another publication from our department accepted in the Australasian Journal of Dermatology. The title of the manuscript to lookout for is: Melanocytic lesion evolution patterns with targeted therapies and immunotherapies for advanced metastatic melanoma: an observational study. Also we have been successful in getting the SMS-FEIT …
Written by Dr Charlotte Thomas Research conducted by our team at the Skin & Cancer Foundation Australia and published in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology suggests that Australian adults continue to experience sunburn. In our study, with over 650 participants, 57% had been sunburned within the previous year alone. We …
Breaking Barriers for People with Psoriasis WSLHD celebrated World Psoriasis Day (29th October 2016) by hosting an educational session for staff and community members. An expert panel included, the head of Westmead Hospital’s Dermatology department, Associate Professor Pablo Fernandez-Penas, Rheumatology consultant, Professor Nicholas Manolios, Clinical Psychologist, Shezi Yousaf and Psoriasis Case Manager, Shabnam Habibvand. The …
Westmead dermatology team has held a multicultural lunch on 15th of November to value and acknowledge cultural diversity that exist in our Department. Each staff members were encouraged to bring a dish that best represent their cultural backgrounds. There were a wide range of savoury food and sweets from multiple backgrounds such as Spanish, Korean, …
Recently Dr Shelley Hwang one of our Research Associates was offered a Registrar position by The Australasian College of Dermatologists. Shelley will commence her new role in 2017. For those of you familiar with the system, this is a great achievement. Well done Shelley!! We wish you even more success for the future.
Hope.Action.Change At Westmead Hospital, we will be having our World Psoriasis Day celebration as we have been doing since year 2010. This time will be on the 27th of October at 6 pm. The World Psoriasis Day theme for 2016 is: Breaking barriers for People with Psoriasis FIGHT prejucide, stigmatization and discrimination RAISE awareness, understanding …
