Hackney-Norins Society
N e w s l e t t e r o f t h e I n d i a n a U n i v e r s i t y D e p a r t m e n t o f D e r m a t o l o g y & H a c k n e y - N o r i n s S o c i e t y
Winter 2002
Volume 2, Issue 1
Hackney-Norins Society Indiana University
Department of Dermatology 550 N. University Blvd.
Room 3240
Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-274-7744
http://www.iupui.edu/~derm
Editors
Jeffrey B. Travers, M.D., Ph.D.
[email protected] 317-274-7744 317-274-7796 FAX Toni Waggoner
[email protected] 317-274-8900
317-274-9906 FAX
IU Dermatology welcomes your comments and ideas for articles.
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Travers Selected as Chair
Following a nationwide search, Jeffrey B.
Travers, M.D., Ph.D. has been selected as Chair of the Indiana University Department of Dermatology, to begin January 1, 2002. Dr.
Travers has been interim chair of the Depart- ment since April 1, 2001, following Dr. Evan Farmer’s departure to become the Dean and Provost of the Eastern Virginia Medical Center, Norfolk, Virginia. Dr.
Travers will assume the endowed Kampen-Norins Investigatorship.
Please see Spotlight Section of this issue for an in-depth look at Dr.
Travers.
Sixth Annual Cutaneous Biology Course Successful
The Sixth Annual Midwestern Residency’s Cutaneous Biology Course took place at the I.U.P.U.I. Conference Center on November 9-10, 2001. Over 110 residents from various parts of North America (repre- senting 28 programs) were present, which is an impressive turnout given that the events of September 11 separated the conference by less than a month. The objective of this Course is to teach residents the importance of basic science cutaneous biology as it relates to clinical dermatology. This course, founded and organized by Dr.
Stephen Wolverton, has been recognized by the Excellence in Educa- tion Award from the AAD in 1998.
Michael Southall Ph.D., a post-doctoral research fellow working with Dr. Travers will be leaving I.U. to begin a new position as a Senior Scientist at Johnson & Johnson, Inc., New Jersey. Dr. Southall received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1999. Dr. Southall has developed considerable expertise in neurogenic skin inflammation, and will be running his own labora- tory and research program studying the mechanisms of skin inflam- mation. Congratulations to Dr. Southall!
Dermatology Post-Doctoral Fellow to Join Johnson & Johnson
Several photogenic members of the Department of Dermatology were highlighted in the Winter 2002 issue of the Indiana University School of Medicine Journal. As shown in the picture, Dr. Karla Draft and Ms. Jackie Crosby are pictured on the front cover. In addition, the Department’s most photo- graphed member, Dr. Patricia Treadwell, is also pictured on page 4 of the Journal.
Dermatology Featured in I.U. Medicine Journal
The understanding of the diversity of cultures represented by our patients is the topic of a historic conference to be held on Friday April 12, 2002 at the Ruth Lilly Learning Center Auditorium from 7:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Dr.
Patricia Treadwell (Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and Cultural Diversity) is one of the organizers and faculty giving this CME-approved course. The keynote speaker is Robert Like, M.D., M.S., Direc- tor of the Center for Healthy Families and Cul- tural Diversity at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Like is author of numerous articles and books on issues of diversity and health care, and has been involved in the development of guidelines for physicians in the care of culturally diverse populations. For information and to register for this important conference, please contact the Indiana University School of Medicine Division of Continuing Medical Education at (317) 274-8353 or 1-800-622-4989.
Cultural Competence Conference to be Held at I.U. Medical Center
Indiana and Hackney-Norins Society Represented at Up-Coming AAD Meeting
As has been a recurring theme, many members of the Hackney-Norins Society and Indiana Derma- tologists are represented as lecturers at the upcoming American Academy of Dermatology Meeting in New Orleans. The list includes: Evan Farmer, M.D. (Norfolk, VA), will be one of the faculty in the Controversies in Evidence-based Dermatology Forum. Antoinette Hood, M.D. (I.U.Derm) will speak on Intraepidermal Vesicular Dermatitis, in the Basic Dermatopathology
Course; present a case in the Advanced Dermato- pathology Symposium, and direct the Clinicopatho- logical Conference. Ginat Mirowski, D.M.D., M.D.
(I.U. Derm) will be the director of the Oral Medi- cine Symposium, and lecture on Oral Manifesta- tions of Dermatologic Syndromes. Jeffrey B.
Travers, M.D., Ph.D. (I.U. Derm) will be giving a lecture entitled Tacrolimus and Other Topical Immunomodulators, in the Therapy and How Medications Work Symposium. Patricia
Treadwell, M.D. (I.U. Derm) will be a participating faculty in a Life-threatening Pediatric Dermatoses Forum. It appears that Stephen Wolverton, M.D.
(I.U. Derm), will be the busiest, as he will be participating in the Antibiotics Forum, giving a lecture on Monitoring Systemic Therapy: Learning from Literature and Experience in Drug Actions, Reactions and Interactions Symposium, Drug Eruptions and Toxicities in the Internal Medicine Course, and giving two lectures (The Top Ten Ways Dermatologic Drugs Work & How This Knowledge Will Improve Your Clinical Skills, and New Contro- versies in Systemic Drug Delivery) in Therapy and How Medications Work, a Symposium that he is directing. Congratulations to all faculty!
Indiana State News
IDS Spring Meeting ScheduledThe Indiana Dermatological Society Spring Clinical Conference and Meeting will be held at Indiana University Department of Dermatology Outpatient Clinics (UH 3240) on Wednesday, May 8, 2002. The patient viewing will be from 8:30 a.m.
– 10:00 a.m., with the William B. “Joe” Moores Lecture and patient discussions to follow. The IDS
business meeting will be from 12:00- 1:00 p.m. This year’s Moores lecturer is Kenneth Gordon, M.D., Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Northwestern University, Chicago. Dr. Gordon is a noted authority on immunoder- matology, and has been involved in many of the clinical trials of the new wave of bio- logical therapies targeting psoriasis. The title of his lecture will be “Biologic Immunotherapy for Psoriasis: Mechanisms of Action and Clinical Re- sults.” To schedule a patient for the IDS meeting, please contact chief residents Drs. Lady Dy (beeper) or Scott Guenthner (beeper). To add an item for the business meeting, contact IDS Presi- dent Dr. Robert Martin III (765-448-8194).
A special reception for the Victor C. Hackney and Arthur L. Norins Society will be held on Saturday, February 23, 2002 from 6:30 p.m.– 8:00 p.m. at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Oak Alley Room, in New Orleans. For more information, please call 317-278-2136 or (800) 249-4002.
Hackney-Norins Society Reception Planned in New Orleans
Dermatology practitioners who need to take laboratory examination for CLIA purposes, please contact Dr. Travers (317-274-7705) for the forms.
CLIA Test Certificates
Starting as an Assistant Professor here at Indiana University in 1995, Dr. Travers has estab- lished a successful cutaneous biology research laboratory and currently is the nation’s youngest dermatology department chair.
Dr. Travers grew up around 30 miles from the Indiana border in the bustling metropo-
lis of Wapakoneta, Ohio with a popula- tion of about 7000 people. He gradu- ated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the Ohio State University. He went on to medical school at Ohio State, taking a leave of absence to pursue a Ph.D. “I had always wanted to be a physician since childhood”, stated Dr. Travers, then “ while in medical school I got bitten with the ‘research bug’, and decided to try to combine clinical medi- cine and basic science research”
After completing his medical degree, and in- ternship at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Travers then headed for the mountains of Denver, Colorado. He finished his dermatology residency training at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. While a dermatology resident, he pursued his research interests by training in a postdoctoral fellowship program at National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine in Denver, CO with Dr.
Robert Murphy, a world famous lipid biochemist and mass spectrometrist.
Dr. Travers had the opportunity to return to the Midwest. After being recruited by Dr. Evan
Farmer, former chair of IU Department of Derma- tology, he loaded up the family and headed for
Jeff Travers, M.D., Ph.D.
Written by Chief Residents Drs. Lady Dy and Scott Guenthner
Every issue of the Hackney-Norins Newsletter highlights an individual faculty member. This issue’s spotlight is on Jeffrey B. Travers, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Dermatology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Kampen-Norins Investigator and Chair of Dermatology.
Indiana, Indianapolis that is…cornfields and basketball. That family includes his wife of 19 years, Joan (originally from Evansville, IN), his three children Justine (age 15), Jared (13), Jef- frey (11) and the dog Shiloh (36 ‘dog years’).
Dr. Travers’ area of research is skin inflamma- tion, and he works closely with Dr. Dan Spandau in the Department. Dr.
Travers has been involved in the train- ing of fellows and visiting scientists including Drs. Silvio and Mariangela Marques from Brazil, who are currently Chairs of the Departments of Dermatol- ogy and Pathology (respectively) at University of San Paulo (Botucatu), Brazil. Other fellows include Dr.
Michael Southall (see article on page one) and Dr. Lady C. Dy. Dr. Travers has received numerous awards includ- ing the Dermatology Foundation Career Development Award and the NIH Mentored Clini- cal Scientist Award (K08). His laboratory in the H.B Wells Center for Pediatric Research (Riley Hospital) is currently funded by two NIH grants.
He has more than 40 publications. Dr. Travers stated “I am excited about the future of the Department of Dermatology. We have top-notch faculty, residents, facilities, and a strong level of commitment from the University, but, more im- portantly, from the community. Three important future goals include expanding the clinical, edu- cational and research aspects of the program—I see us in the next ten years as the premier dermatology department in the Midwest, and, one of the best in the country.”
Indiana University Department of Dermatology Conferences
Note: Grand rounds are every Wednesday, with patient viewing from 7:30-8:00 a.m., with discussions from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. All are encouraged to attend these CME approved conferences, held in the Dermatology Department, University Hospital Outpatient Center, Suite 3240. For questions, or to schedule a patient, please call Dr. Jeffrey Travers at 317-274-7705 (Pager 212-6536; email [email protected]).
The following are special lectures to be held from 9-10:00 a.m. following Grand Rounds.
February 6 “Interesting Cases from the NIH” Nicholas Talanin, M.D., Ph.D. (Dermatology Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD).
February 13 "Biologically Active Oxidized Lipids" Gopal Marathe, Ph.D. (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT) February 20 “Reaction Patterns” Stephen Wolverton, M.D.
March 14 (Thurs.7:30am Regenstrief Lecture) “Derm Surgery Mock Boards Review” Brian Williams, M.D.
March 20 “Clinical-Pathological Correlations” Robert Hurwitz, M.D.
April 10 “Epidermal Stem Cells” Jackie Bichenbach, Ph.D. (University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA) Please consult our website for current schedule. (http://www.iupui.edu/~derm)
Indiana University
Department of Dermatology 550 N. University Blvd.
Room 3240
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Dr. William B. "Joe" Moores (Professor of Pathology
& Dermatology, IU) for the outstanding job in leading the dermatopathology teaching program at IU. Expect to see more of Dr. Moore's accomplish- ments in upcoming issues of this newsletter.
Dr. Tsu-Yi Chuang (Professor of Dermatology), who has decided to remain in Indianapolis instead of leaving for Seattle, WA. Dr. Chuang will be an associate for Dermatology, Inc. We are all glad to keep you here!!!
Dr. Charles Lewis (Professor of Derma- tology, I.U. Derm) for reaching his 65th birthday on December 19, 2001. He does not appear to be slowing down!
Drs. Pat Logan (Volunteer Associate Clinical Professor; Indianapolis, IN) for his recent (Febru- ary, 2002) medical mission to Honduras. Dr.
Logan wishes to thank the many who donated money and samples for this medical mission.
Dr. Ginat Mirowski (Assistant Professor of Derma- tology and Oral Medicine in the School of Den- tistry) for being invited to participate in the AAD Young Leader’s Conference, held January 11-13, 2002 in sunny Santa Barbara, CA.
“Kudos” to:
Cathie McGlynn (seated) and colleagues at her farewell party. From left to right, Nancy Coppaway, Dr. Jeff Travers, Sharon Nester, Cathie Hutcherson, and Dr.
Stephen Wolverton
Dr. Joan Tamburro (Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology) for being invited to lecture on “Excit- ing Cases in Pediatric Dermatology” at the recent (October 23, 2001) annual meeting American Osteopathic College of Dermatology, San Diego, CA Dr. Pat Treadwell (Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Assistant Dean) was a faculty at the International Congress of Pediatric Dermatology in Cancun, Mexico in October, 2001. She was also a faculty member of the AAP Practical Pediatrics Course in Bermuda, in November, 2001.
Congratulations to Cathie McGlynn, the Dermatol- ogy Departmental Administrator for 20 years, on her promotion to the Administrative Director of the new Center for Bioethics. Best of luck in your new position!
