Consultant dermatologist Tanya Bleiker talks to Helen Jones about how she has developed her career by seizing every opportunity that come way

<p>Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an uncommon neutrophilic dermatosis characterized by painful skin ulcers. It associated with various systemic diseases but rarely orthopedic conditions. We report a case of pyogenic in 40-year-old male, that occurred association lower limb fracture. This patient suffered laceration over the ankle which was sutured initially and fracture managed conservative...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the migration patterns of dermatologists from residency training to eventual clinical practice to assess whether certain programs or regions were more likely to populate their own areas with graduates. DESIGN Analysis of existing data from the American Academy of Dermatology's membership database. SETTING The United States and Puerto Rico. PARTICIPANTS Graduates of U...

IMPORTANCE Access to dermatologists remains a nationwide challenge. Optimizing referrals to a dermatologist may reduce patient wait times. OBJECTIVE To model the effect of algorithm-based acne treatment by primary care clinicians on referral patterns and costs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Overall, 253 referrals from primary care clinicians to dermatologists for acne from January 2014 ...