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The podcast currently has 94 episodes available.
Dr. Philippe Lefrançois returns to the podcast for another fascinating conversation about Artificial Intelligence and Dermatology. He and Kirk dive into a lively talk around his latest AI article in the JCMS titled: “The State of Artificial Intelligence in Skin Cancer Publications.“
Dr Lefrançois is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, McGill University. He is also attending physician at the Jewish General Hospital, division of dermatology and carries out research in cutaneous oncology at the Lady Davis Institute. His co-authors in this article are Maxine Joly-Chevrier, Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen, Laurence Liang and Michael Lesko-Krleza.
This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Incyte Biosciences Canada, available through the CDA Corporate Supporter Program.
Dr Barber and his guests do not receive any financial reimbursement for the production of the podcast.For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy.
To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca
JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.
Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.
"It's rare, it's fascinating, it has unique manifestations. We decided to see what's new about PRP."
Kirk is thrilled to have Dr Abu-Hilal back on the podcast for this fascinating discussion about the article he co-authored in the “March\April 2024 ” issue of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery: “Updates on Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris - A Scoping Review."
Dr Abu Hilal is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Dermatology Division at McMaster University in Hamilton. He is also the Head of the Dermatology Service at Hamilton Health Sciences Centre.
His co-authors on this article are Dr Ted Zhou and Dr Abdullah Al Muqrin.
This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Incyte Biosciences Canada, available through the CDA Corporate Supporter Program.
Dr Barber and his guests do not receive any financial reimbursement for the production of the podcast.
For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy.
To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca
JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.
Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.
Your host Kirk Barber is thrilled to welcome Dr Melinda Gooderham back to the podcast for a fascinating conversation about her article on Psoriasis in the November-December issue of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled:
“Baseline Characteristics of Canadian Patients in the Psoriasis Longitudinal Assessment and Registry - PSOLAR"
Her co-authors on this article are: Robert Bissonnette, Sunil Kalia, Kim A Papp, Lyn C Guenther, Wayne P Gulliver, Vincent Ho, Neil H Shear, Ron Vender, Robert Gniadecki, Vimal H Prajapati, Irina Turchin, Wayne Langholff, Kim Parnell, Scott D Simpson, Nastaran Abbarin, Omair Lakhani and Raed Alhusayen.
Dr Melinda Gooderham is Medical Director at the SKiN Centre for Dermatology in Peterborough, Ontario and an Assistant Professor at Queen's University. She also works as a Consultant Physician at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre
This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Incyte Biosciences Canada, available through the CDA Corporate Supporter Program.
Dr Barber and his guests do not receive any financial reimbursement for the production of the podcast.
For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy.
To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca
JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.
Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.
Kirk is happy to welcome Dr Feras Al Ghazawi to the podcast for a fascinating discussion on Photodnyamic Therapy, based on the article he co-authored in the January-February edition of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery.
It's titled: “A Review of the Dermatologic Clinical Applications of Topical Photodynamic Therapy."
He’s an Assistant Professor in the division of dermatology at the University of Ottawa Medical school.
He’s also a Clinician Investigator and a double board certified Dermatologist at the Ottawa Hospital.
His co-authors for this article are: Owen Dan Luo, MD,
Reetesh Bose, Mohammed A. Bawazir and Thusanth Thuraisingam.
This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Incyte Biosciences Canada, available through the CDA Corporate Supporter Program.
Dr Barber and his guests do not receive any financial reimbursement for the production of the podcast.
For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy.
To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca
JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.
Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.
"We have such good treatments today for kids who are suffering from pediatric psoriasis and other inflammatory conditions. And honestly I think the drugs we have now, the biologics in particular, are safer than some of the drugs we used in the past, and definitely more effective."
This week on the podcast, Kirk is thrilled to welcome the University of Toronto's Dr Perla Lansang to for a fascinating discussion about the article she co-authored in the January-February 2024 edition of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. It's titled: A Practical Guide to Using Biologics in Pediatric Dermatology.
Dr Lansang's co-authors are Annie George, Rafael Paolo Lansang, and Melinda Gooderham.
Perla Lansang is an associate professor in dermatology at the University of Toronto. Also, based at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and the Hospital for Sick Children, she has a special interest in pediatric and adolescent dermatology.
This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Incyte Biosciences Canada, available through the CDA Corporate Supporter Program.
Dr Barber and his guests do not receive any financial reimbursement for the production of the podcast.
For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy.
To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca
JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.
Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.
"In the past ten years only seven dermatology trained individuals pursued fellowship training in pediatric dermatology and only five of those people are still in Canada."
Dr Elena Pope joins Kirk Barber for a conversation about her article in the November-December issue of the JCMS: “Pediatric Dermatology in Canada: A Broad Review of Population Needs, Workforce and Training With Proposed Solutions.”
It is a fascinating and important conversation about an article that Kirk describes as a call to action to fix the crisis in pediatric dermatology.
Dr Elena Pope is the Division Head of Paediatric Dermatology, at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children and she is a professor of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto medical school. She is also the Chair of the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance.
Her co-authors are Irene Lara-Corrales, Wingfield Rehmus, Michele Ramien, Shanna Spring, Catherine McCuaig, Loretta Fiorillo, Cathryn Sibbald and James Bergman.
This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Incyte Biosciences Canada, available through the CDA Corporate Supporter Program.
Dr Barber and his guests do not receive any financial reimbursement for the production of the podcast.
For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy.
Available wherever you listen.
To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca
JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.
Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.
"I think it's important to ask the patient, 'Are you comfortable with the injection and are you having any discomfort from it?'"
Dr Ron Vender is back on the podcast, joining Kirk to discuss his July/August article in the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled:
"A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Injection Site Reactions in Randomized-Controlled Trials of Biologic Injections."
There are a lot of great clinical pearls in this discussion, and Kirk says he enjoyed the time, expertise and insights Dr Vender brought to this common problem, or not so common problem, as their conversation reveals.
Dr. Ron Vender is the founder and director of Dermatrials Research Incorporated and Venderm Innovations in Psoriasis. He is a Dermatologist based in Hamilton, Ontario.
His co-authors on this article are Patrick J Kim and Rafael Paolo Lansang.
For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy. Available wherever you listen.
To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca
JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.
Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.
Kirk is very happy to have Dr Raed Alhusayen back on the podcast to discuss the fascinating article about melanoma surveillance he co-authored in the September-October issue of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery: "Surveillance After a Previous Cutaneous Melanoma Diagnosis: A Scoping Review of Melanoma Follow-Up Guidelines."
There are a lot of great pearls to be found in this interview.
The article is open access on the JCMS website.
His co-authors are: Leah Johnston, Samantha Starkey, Ilya Mukovozov, Lynne Robertson and Teresa Petrella.
Dr Raed Alhusayen is a Clinician Investigator and Assistant Professor in the Division of Dermatology at the University of Toronto. He is also an Associate Scientist at the Odette Cancer Research Program, Staff Dermatologist at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Women's College Hospital in Toronto.
For more great CDA podcasts, check out Dermalogues, our residents podcast, hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy and available wherever you listen.
And to learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca
JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.
Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.
Kirk is thrilled to welcome Dr Vincent Richer back to the podcast to talk about a vitally important issue, in an episode Kirk describes as "a real treat."
The two of them discuss the fascinating article Dr Richer co-authored in the September/October issue of the JCMS titled: “Preventing Eye Injuries From Light and Laser-Based Dermatologic Procedures: A Practical Review.”
The article is open access on the JCMS website.
Dr Richer's co-author is UBC's Dr Caitlyn Glover.
Dr. Vincent Richer is a medical and cosmetic Dermatologist at Pacific Derm in Vancouver and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Department of Dermatology and Skin Science at the University of British Columbia.
For more great CDA podcasts, check out Dermalogues, our residents podcast, hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy - available wherever you listen.
And to learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca
JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.
Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.
Kirk is thrilled to have Dr Steven Feldman back on the podcast for a fascinating and wide ranging conversation on Papular Dermatitis, or as it's more broadly known, Itchy Red Bump disease.
The conversation is based on the letter Dr Feldman published in the July/August 2023 issue of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled: Characterizing the Treatment of Papular Dermatitis: A Retrospective Chart Review.
His co authors are Rachel E. Tao, Mallory L. Zaino, Katherine R. Salisbury and Joseph L. Jorizzo
Dr Feldman is a Professor of Dermatology, Pathology and Public Health Sciences at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. And he’s a dermatologist and skin pathologist at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Be sure to check out his 2021 episode on JCMS Author Interviews. A lively discussion on projecting empathy in a virtual medicine age.
For more great CDA podcasts, check out Dermalogues, our residents podcast, hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy - available wherever you listen to podcasts.
And to learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca
JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa.
Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.
The podcast currently has 94 episodes available.