Westmead Dermatology Striving towards disease-free skin
The Skin Hospital, a branch of the Skin and Cancer Foundation Australia, is the biggest provider of Mohs surgery in Australia. This is a very specialised technique to treat skin cancer that minimised the removal of healthy skin and increases the chances of complete clearance. At the Skin and Cancer Foundation Australia we are interesting …
Written by Dr Shelley Ji Eun Hwang Recently, we have successfully held ‘Melanoma Monday in May’ education forum for the general public at Westmead hospital auditorium on 23rd of May. This forum was aimed at educating patients and their families from the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma. The first speaker was Professor Mann (geneticist) who …
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 …
Written by Dr Cathy Zhao My name is Cathy and I am a new research fellow at the department this year. The research team, consisting of Professor Pablo Fernandez-Penas, Dr Shelley Hwang (research fellow), Dr Marina Ali (research unit manager) and Ms Rupal Patel (clinical trials Admin officer) has been such a pleasure to work …
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, …
Written by Dr Shelley Ji Eun Hwang We will be holding “Melanoma Monday in May” education session at Westmead auditorium on 23rd of May 2016. The session aims to increase the awareness of melanoma to the general public and to educate on the preventative measures, diagnosis and treatment options. Informative talks will be provided by …
The 21st Annual Lorne Proteomics Symposium, organized by the Australasian Proteomics Society, was held between February 4th – 7th 2016 at the Mantra hotel and conference centre in Lorne, Victoria. The Symposium which was attended by more than a hundred scientists and researchers presented the latest developments in proteomics technologies and tools for the interpretation …
The JAAD has recently published our paper describing the cutaneous immune-related adverse events (irAE) that appear with anti-PD1 monoclonal antibodies (pembrolizumab or nivolumab). These molecules do not create the dramatic changes in melanoma metastasis that BRAF inhibitors show, but it seems to create more sustained responses. Moreover, they are the most effective treatment for patients …
The 11th EADO Congress and 8th World Meeting of Interdisciplinary Melanoma/Skin Cancer Center was held from 28 to 31st of Oct 2015 in Marseille, France. I was fortunate to attend the conference in the beautiful city of Marseille and enjoy a very informative scientific program. The following 3 posters were presented from our team: 1. …
Prof Diona Damian and Prof Gary Halliday have been working for many years on the effects of nicotinamide in skin cancer, from basic research to clinical studies. This publication is one of the latest outcomes of their work, and Westmead Dermatology is honoured to have been part of this study. Bonita, Pablo, Gaya and Nira …
