Westmead Dermatology Striving towards disease-free skin
On October 6, 2018 a Dermatology Skills Workshop was organized at Westmead Clinical School, an introductory and practical event about Dermatology for medical students. The workshop featured 3 stations about dermoscopy, skin biopsies and histopathology/cultures. Dr Linda Chan (Research Fellow), Dr Rose Liu (Research Fellow) and Dr Peru Urigoitia Ugalde (Dermatologist & Oncodermatology Fellow) from …
Recently, Ali Azimi had the privilege to attend the 22nd International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC2018), in Florence, Italy. “The IMSC is the largest international conference on mass spectrometry and allied topics with a history of more than fifty years. The venue of the conference which was held from 25-31 August 2018 was the historic “Fortezza …
At Westmead Hospital, we will be having our World Psoriasis Day Community Forum as we have been doing since 2010. This time will be on the 25th of October at 6:00 pm (with some food available from 5:30 pm). The World Psoriasis Day theme for 2018 is “Treat Psoriasis Seriously, Our Lives Depend On It” …
Today, with more than 40 cancer immunotherapy indications and over 2,000 clinical trials, immunotherapy has become all but cemented in the future oncological treatment. It is therefore of upmost importance that clinicians are able to recognise and manage cutaneous toxicities – the most common immune related adverse event. We would like to invite dermatologists, medical …
We are pleased to announce that our paper investigating the suitability of non-invasively collected (tape-stripped) stratum corneum samples from the patients with actinic keratosis for downstream proteomic investigation has been published in the Journal of Proteomics Clinical Application. Our paper is one more step in the development of new diagnosis techniques for actinic keratosis using …
Instagram and Snapchat users have positive attitudes about tanning and more frequently tanned intentionally within the last year. Lisa Abbot and our team at Skin & Cancer Foundation Australia has studied the relationship between Social Media, Selfies and Tanning. Younger Australians and females feel more attractive when tanned and tanned intentionally in the last year. …
Prof Pablo Fernandez-Peñas has participated in the Australasian Melanoma Conference 2018 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre with 2 talks, one about the cutaneous effects of anti-melanoma therapies and another on the efficacy and side effects of hedgehog inhibitors in basal cell carcinoma. These are exciting time for Oncodermatology, with new therapies for important …
The Centre for Translational Skin Research & the Department of Dermatology at Westmead Hospital are pleased to announce the ONCADERM educational program has won the 2018 PRIME “Excellence in Education” award. The ONCADERM program is a project developed by our oncodermatology experts, oncology nurses from around Australia, and Vivacity Health sponsored by Merck. The main …
Westmead Dermatology is working to develop a better way to follow up patients with lymphomas of the skin. Cutaneous Lymphomas (CTCL, Mycosis Fungoides) are rare skin cancers with a variable clinical presentation including patches, plaques and nodules on the skin that mimics common diseases such as eczema and psoriasis. Cutaneous lymphomas are diagnosed and monitored …
I started in this role in 2014 and this week I will be sadly saying goodbye to the wonderful teams I have worked with both at The Skin Hospital and The Department of Dermatology at Westmead Hospital. My time as Research Unit Manager has been very enjoyable and one through which I have gained invaluable …
