DermProducts

The Department of Dermatology incorporates a broad range of clinical services, research, and teaching activities. Clinically the department offers services in the areas of general dermatology, medical dermatology, pediatric dermatology, dermatologic surgery, dermatopathology, cutaneous oncology, and cosmetic and aesthetic dermatology.

The Department’s research activities span a broad range of investigative endeavors. These include basic science efforts in cutaneous biology, immunology, tumor biology, gene therapy, and cutaneous imaging; translational programs in vaccine design, viral and tumor immunotherapy, and cutaneous gene delivery.

Also, clinical investigations of novel therapeutics including the use of immunomodulators and immunotherapies for the treatment of melanoma, psoriasis, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, the development of photodynamic therapies for skin cancers, and the application of bioinformatics to the diagnosis and treatment of skin disease, and the development of preventative and patient education strategies for the prevention of cutaneous neoplasms.