Westmead Dermatology
Striving towards disease-free skin
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 …
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 …
The report on our study looking at the optimal delivery of phototherapy education to patients was published this week in the British Journal of Dermatology. Summary: This study aimed to improve the phototherapy safety knowledge of patients starting treatment. We designed a self-directed tablet-based education session, which covered the key phototherapy safety and responsibility messages …
A/Prof. Pablo Fernandez-Peñas was invited to Taiwan and Singapore to review the new concepts in Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS). This is “a chronic, inflammatory, recurrent, debilitating, skin disease that usually presents after puberty with painful deep seated, inflamed lesions in the apocrine gland-bearing areas of the body, most commonly the axilla, inguinal and anogenital region” J …
A/Prof. Pablo Fernandez-Peñas was invited to the GRAPPA 2016 Psoriatic Diseases Asian Summit in Seoul (South Korea). GRAPPA is the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. From its website “GRAPPA is organized exclusively for non-profit, educational, and scientific purposes, specifically to facilitate sharing of information related to psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, …
A/Prof. Pablo Fernandez-Peñas was invited to the 40th Annual Dermatology Conference of the Persatuan Dermatologi Malaysia to talk about “Quality of Life and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Psoriasis”. Patients with psoriasis have to deal with the challenge of rejection and life impairment, and this can be measured using different Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO). Generic instruments that …
A/Prof Pablo Fernandez-Peñas was interviewed regarding sun protection and winter months. This interview appeared in the Manly Daily newspaper. The message is clear: “We can’t feel UV light, and the heat sensation is not related to the amount of UV light”. If you want to read the rest of the interview, you should be able …
A/Prof. Pablo Fernandez-Peñas has just arrived from Hsinchu (Taiwan) and Hong Kong. He was invited to talk about psoriasis, and, in particular, why we have to treat more than the skin, in two IMID (Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases) meetings. Gastroenterologists, Rheumatologists and Dermatologists from East Asia attended these meetings sponsored by Abvvie. Pablo reviewed the …
At the 23rd World Congress of Dermatology, A/Prof Pablo Fernandez-Peñas gave a lecture in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) workshop. A small group of Dermatologists are developing or helping to develop the Dermatology chapter of the new version (11) of the ICD (The Dermatology Topic Advisory Group (TAG)). This WHO project is supported by …
The Chronic Eczema clinic has been developed by Associate Professor Pablo Fernández-Peñas to treat patients struggling with the treatment of eczema. The clinic is open to adults, adolescents and children who are struggling with this condition. This clinic will give patients an opportunity for very comprehensive treatment planning and advice, also involving an educational component …
