University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Department of Dermatology
Faculty
Janet A. Fairley, MD
Strauss Professor & Head
Richard Caplan, MD
Emeritus Professor
Nicole Candelario-Gonzalez, MD
Associate
Heather Ciliberto, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of Pediatric Dermatology
John S. Strauss, MD
John S. Strauss, MD., 88, Professor Emeritus, died
peacefully in July 2014. John was Chair of
Dermatology at Iowa from 1978-1998 where he
mentored many academicians and served as leader of
numerous professional organizations. John’s
commitment to his patients, family and the field of
dermatology continue to inspire those who knew
him. John remained an active member of the
department until his retirement in 2000. In addition,
John and his wife Susan have been generous longtime patrons of medicine and the arts in Iowa City.
George J. Giudice, PhD
Professor
Iowa Dermatological Society Fall Meeting
Paula Giudici, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Hillary Johnson, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Vincent Liu, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Medical Student Clerkship Director
Kathi C. Madison, MD
Professor
Kelly Messingham, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Thomas Ray, MD
Emeritus Professor
John Selby, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mary S. Stone, MD
Professor, Clinic Director
Residency Program Director
Brian L. Swick, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Marta J. VanBeek MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor
Kari Wanat, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Volume 9, Winter 2014/2015
Dermatology Residents at the Fall IDS meeting on Sept.
5, 2014 (above). Back row: Reid Masters, Krishna Mutgi, Nicolas Bontumasi, Tyler Quest, Pooja Chitgopeker,
Matthew Landherr and Grant Ghahramani. Front row:
Melissa Jay, Anthony Little, Elizabeth Vanderah, Megan
Noe, and Nahid Vidal. Molly Moye and Amanda Tschetter are not pictured. Attendees of the IDS fall meeting
enjoyed the Nomland/Carney Memorial Lecture given by
Dr. Milan Anadkat, MD, Washington University School
of Medicine and the Strauss Honorary Lecture given by
Ian Maher, MD, St. Louis University School of Medicine. Pictured middle right: Dr. Richard Caplan spoke
about the history of the IDS. Drs Robert Godwin and
Janet Fairley at the IDS pre-game tailgate hosted by Dr.
Fairley (lower right). Go Hawks!
University of Iowa Department of Dermatology
New Dermatology Faculty
John Selby, MD, PhD, joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in July 2014. Born and
raised in Quincy, Illinois, John earned his PhD in mechanical engineering (2007) and MD
(2010) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Following a preliminary year
of internal medicine training at the University of Illinois, he completed his dermatology
residency at the University of Iowa, serving as chief resident from 2013-2014. John’s research interests include keratinocyte mechanobiology in the context of blistering skin diseases and chronic wounds. His clinical interests include immunobullous disease, lichen
planus, psoriasis, drug-associated exanthems, and contact dermatitis. He has been married
to his wife Jennifer- a civil engineer at Foth Infrastructure & Environment - since 2001.
Together, they are the proud parents of Emma, Patrick, and Will, ages 11, 8, and 4. The
Selby family loves to watch Big Ten sporting events, and they have enjoyed rooting for the
Hawkeyes since moving to Iowa City…except when they play the Fighting Illini!
Hillary Johnson, MD, PhD, grew up in Ottumwa, Iowa, and attended the University of
Iowa in 1992, graduating with highest honors in microbiology. She received her medical
degree and doctorate in immunology at Washington University in St Louis. She completed her preliminary internal medicine year at the Harvard medical school-affiliated Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and her dermatology training at New York University. She continued her training in Mohs surgery for 2 years at Columbia University working with Desiree Ratner. Hillary briefly served on staff at the Brooklyn VA hospital and
performed private practice Mohs surgery in New Jersey. For a number of years, she
served as the Director of Mohs Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and as a Mohs
fellowship site director in conjunction with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in
New York City. In 2014, Hillary transitioned to the University of Iowa as a Clinical Associate Professor, where she joined Marta Van Beek, MD, in the Mohs surgery unit.
Nicole Candelario-Gonzalez, MD, joined faculty an Associate in October 2014. She
was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and attended the University of Puerto
Rico, graduating summa cum laude in biology. She received her medical degree from
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, graduating summa cum laude. After a
transitional year in San Juan City Hospital, she completed her dermatology training at
the University of Puerto Rico. Nicole moved to Iowa with her husband, who is
completing a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Iowa Hospitals
and Clinics. Her areas of interest include medical dermatology and dermatopathology
and she is seeing patients at both UIHC and the Iowa River Landing locations. She will
start a dermatopathology fellowship with Dr. Clay Cockerell at UT Southwestern in July
2015.
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University of Iowa Department of Dermatology
July 2014 — Meet our new residents!
Teambuilding at the
Resident Retreat!
New dermatology residents (pictured left to right). Nicolas Bontumasi was born and
raised in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan where he majored in Biology and met his wife, Taylor. He then went to the Washington University in St. Louis for medical school. His wife was previously an elementary school
teacher who now cares for their 18 month old son, Noah. Matthew Landherr was
born in Iowa City and raised in Marion, IA. He has strong family ties, being the middle of 7 children and a proud uncle to 8 (and counting) nieces and nephews. He majored in Biology and Spanish at Iowa State University and then completed medical
school and the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Matt enjoys watching
and participating in sports and spending time with family and friends. Pooja Chitgopeker was born in England and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, where she attended
the University of Auckland Medical School, a 6 year program following high school.
Pooja met her husband Vikram, who is from Chicago, during her last year of medical
school while he was on a business trip to Auckland. They live downtown with their
little Maltese, Avicii. Anthony Little was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, where he earned his BS in Biological
Sciences and Chemistry and MS in healthcare Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University. He attended
medical school at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Anthony enjoys lifting weights, and spending time with
his wife, Danielle, and his 8 month old son, Ty. Tyler Quest was born and raised in Wyoming and attended the
University of Wyoming, later moving to Seattle for medical school at the University of Washington. He most enjoys
spending time with family, his dogs, and his fiancé Jai, who is currently finishing her masters degree in International
Security at the University of Denver. In October, the residents enjoyed their annual retreat where they participated
in team building activities at the Iowa Challenge Course at the UI Recreational Fields (pictured above right).
Departing Residents
Graduating Class – June 2014 (pictured left to right)
John Selby remains on the faculty at Iowa where he is focused
on developing clinical and research endeavours. Kanya Ferguson continues at Iowa as the Procedural Dermatology Fellow under the direction of Dr. Marta VanBeek. Ronda Farah
is a general dermatologist specializing in medical, surgical and
cosmetic dermatology at Fairview Maple Grove Medical Center and the University of Minnesota Medical Center East Bank
campus. Ashlynne Clark is completing her surgery fellowship at Dermatology Professionals of Rhode Island in East
Greenwich.
Selected UIHC Dermatology publications
Messingham KN, Holahan HM, Frydman AS, Fullenkamp C, Srikantha R, Fairley JA. Human Eosinophils Express the High Affinity IgE Receptor, FcERI, in Bullous Pemphigoid. PLoS One. 2014 Sep 25;9(9):e107725.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone0107725. eCollection 2014.
YuKK, Crew AB, Messingham KA, Fairley JA, Woodley DT. Omalizumab therapy for bullous pemphigoid. J
AM Acad Dermatol. 2014 Sep;71(3):468-74. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.04.053 Epub 2014 June 20.
Kelchen MN, Holdren GO, Farley MJ, Zimmerman MB, Fairley JA, Brogden NK. Optimization of Impedance
Spectroscopy Techniques for Measuring Cutaneous Micropore Formation after Microneedle Treatment in an
Elderly Population. Pharm Res. 31:3478-86, 2014
Tschetter AJ, Liu V, Wanat KA. Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa presenting as a solitary blue toe. J Am Acad
Dermatol 2014 Aug;71(3):e95–e97.
Zarkoob H, Bodduluri S, Ponnaluri SV, Selby JC, Sander EA. Substrate stiffness affects keratinocyte colony formation, Cell Mol Bioeng. 2014 September.
Boysen NC, Stone MS. Eosinophil-rich granulomatous panniculitis caused by exenatide injection. J Cutan
Pathol. 2014 Jan;41(1):63-5.
Wilson TC, Stone MS, Swick BL. Histiocytoid Sweet syndrome with haloed myeloid cells masquerading as a
cryptococcal infection. Am J Dermatopathol. 2014 Mar;36(3):264-9.
Moye MS, Clark AH, Legler AA, Milhem MM, VanBeek MJ. Intralesional Methotrexate for Treatment of Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinomas in a Patient Taking Vemurafenib for Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma, J
Clin Oncol. 2014 May.
Wanat KA, Castelo-Soccio L, Rubin AI, Treat JR, Shah KN. Recurrent Stevens-Johnson Syndrome secondary to
mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Cutis. 2014 Apr;93(4):E7-8.PMID: 24818190
Grant-Kels JM, VanBeek MJ. The ethical implications of "more than one way to skin a cat": increasing use of
radiation therapy to treat nonmelanoma skin cancers by dermatologists, J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014 May;70
(5):945-7. PMID:24742838
Johnson-Jahangir H. Patient safety training in dermatology: A longitudinal needs assessment, J Am Acad Dermatol. In press.
Notable events in 2014
Research and Visiting Professorships at Iowa. Pictured left: dermatology research at the Society for Investigative
Dermatology held in Albuquerque, NM in May. L to R: Janet Fairley, MD, Megan Noe, MD, Heather Holahan
(Doris Duke Fellow) and Kelly Messingham, PhD. Pictured right: Naomi Lawrence, MD, visited the University of
Iowa as part of the ASDS Visiting Professorship where she provided education on evaluation of the aging face, the
basic science of fat/liposuction and supervised hands on patient evaluation. Residents are pictured with Dr.
Lawrence, L to R: Melissa Jay, Anthony Little, Grant Ghahramani, Naomi Lawrence, Nahid Vidal, Amanda
Tschetter, Pooja Chitgopeker, Krishna Mutgi and Elizabeth Vanderah. Additionally, Dr. Karolyn (Kari) Wanat
(not pictured) was recognized for her contributions to medical education at the University of Iowa Carver College
of Medicine Education Celebration Day.
University of Iowa Department of Dermatology Newsletter
University of Iowa
Department of Dermatology
200 Hawkins Drive
20025 PFP
Iowa City, IA 52246
Phone 319-384-6012
Dermatology Residents and Faculty participated in a skin cancer
screening for Courage Ridge. Pictured L to R: Megan Noe, Margaret
Moye, John Selby, Elizabeth Vanderah, Kanya Ferguson, Karolyn
Wanat and Nahid Vidal.
Clinical research: For more information regarding current projects contact the clinical trials coordinator (Julie
McKillip) at 319-353-6439 or visit the Dermatology Research homepage at: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/
med/dermatology/research index.html
Important Dates in 2015!
IDS Alumni Reunion: Saturday, March 21, 2015, 6-8 pm, San Francisco, CA
IDS Spring Meeting: April 10 & 11, 2015 Urmila Sahai Seminar Room, MERF
IDS Fall Meeting: September 11 & 12, 2015 Urmila Sahai Seminar Room, MERF
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