Episode 024 | Dr. Nicholas D. Brownstone received a BA degree in Psychology from Cornell University and attended medical school at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson.

He trained for over 3 years as a resident in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery before switching to a career in Dermatology. Dr. Brownstone completed a fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco Department of Dermatology in Psoriasis, Phototherapy and Clinical Research and a fellowship in melanoma at the National Society for Cutaneous Medicine/Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine.

He is currently a Dermatology resident at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and, among other collaborations with dermsquared, hosts Cutaneous Miscellaneous, a fantastic podcast geared towards dermatology residents.
In this episode:🔥 From plastic surgery to dermatology
🔥 Podcasting as a dermatology resident
🔥 From not loving what you do to loving it -- a new lease on life
🔥 The sunk cost fallacy
🔥 Great mentors
🔥 The dermsquared rebrand
🔥 The team dermatologist for the Yankees
🔥 "I just have to go and have my own thing."
🔥 A passion for teaching
🔥 Key merits of different psoriasis biologics
🔥 Remembering Dr. Charles Crutchfield
🔥 Cutaneous Miscellaneous and Derms and Conditions
🔥 Want to contribute? Look for where the need is.
🔥 The hard stuff becomes soft and the soft stuff becomes hard
🔥 Disability insurance
🔥 The post-residency job trap
🔥 Being called in front of the state medical board and a malpractice insurance pearl
🔥 A day without laughter is a wasted day
🔥 Why we love psychodermatology
🔥 Dr. John Koo, a true master clinician
🔥 Secondary negative psychological effects from acne, vitiligo, alopecia, atopic dermatitis, and psoriasis
🔥 The art of communication
🔥 The Koo-Brownstone Staging System for delusions of parasitosis
🔥 Beware of emphathic failure
🔥 How to break in with industry
🔥 "All I want to do is get your life back on track."
🔥 "I'm not going to give up on you if you don't give up on me."
🔥 The morbidity threshold
🔥 LinkedIn as an undervalued resource for dermatologists
🔗 Connect with and learn from Dr. Brownstone
Cutaneous Miscellaneous
Under Your Skin
Dermbusters
Biologics and JAK Inhibitor Charts
Non-steroidal Topicals Chart
LinkedIn
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