Residency Program

Current Residents

• Severine Chavel, MD Co-Chief Resident - 3rd Year
• Kavita Mariwalla, MD Co-Chief Resident - 3rd Year
• Keith Choate, MD, PhD - 3rd Year
• Oscar Colegio, MD, PhD - 3rd Year
• Ginette Hinds, MD - 2nd Year
• Brett King, MD, PhD - 2nd Year
• Eleanor Knopp, MD - 2nd Year
• Frank Samarin, MD - 2nd Year
• Jasmine Ahmadi, MD - 1st Year
• Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD - 1st Year
• Arash Koochek, MD, MPH - 1st Year
• Marcus McFerren, MD, PhD - 1st Year

Fellows:

• Min Deng, PhD
• Jinah Kim, MD
• Jason Neustadter, MD
• Shaojie Weng, MD

Publications:

Ahmadi J, Antaya R. Successful Peritoneal Dialysis in a Patient with RecessiveDystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Pediatric Dermatology 2007;24, 589–590.

Chavel SM, Taraszka KS, Schaffer JV, Lazova R, Schechner JS. Calciphylaxis associated with acute, reversible renal failure in the setting of alcoholic cirrhosis. J Am Acad Dermatol 2004;50:S125-8.

Choate KA, Medalie DA, Morgan JR, and Khavari PA. Corrective gene delivery in the human skin disease lamellar ichthyosis. Nature Medicine. 1996 Nov; 2(11) Cover and 1263-1267.

Choate KA, Kinsella T, Williams M, Nolan G, and Khavari PA. Transglutaminase 1 delivery to lamellar ichthyosis keratinocytes. Human Gene Therapy. 1996 Dec; 7:2247-2253.

Choate KA and Khavari PA. Sustainability of keratinocyte gene transfer and cell survival in vivo. Human Gene Therapy. 1997 May 20; 8: 895-901.

Choate KA, Williams ML, Elias PM, and Khavari PA. Keratinocyte transglutaminase in harlequin ichthyosis. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 1998 Feb; 38(2 Pt 2):325-9.

Choate KA, Kahle KT, Wilson FH, Nelson-Williams C, Lifton RP. WNK1, a kinase mutated in inherited hypertension with hyperkalemia, localizes to diverse Cl- -transporting epithelia. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2003 Jan 21;100(2):663-8.

Choi J, Foss F. Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma: Biologic Targets for Therapy. Curr Hematol Malig Rep. 2007 Oct;2(4): 272-277.

Choi J, Foss F. Efficacy of Low Dose Clofarabine in Refractory Precursor T- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Yale J Biol Med. 2006 Dec;79(3-4):169-72

Choi J, Walker J, Talbert-Stagle K, Wright P, Pober JS, Alexander L. Endothelial cells promote HIV replication in nondividing memory T cells via Nef-, Vpr-, and T-cell receptor-dependent activation of NFAT. J Virol. 2005 Sept;79(17):11194-204

Choi J, Walker J, Boichuk S, Kirkiles-Smith N, Torpey N, Pober JS, Alexander L . Human endothelial cells enhance human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication in CD4+ T cells in a Nef-dependent manner in vitro and in vivo. J Virol. 2005 Jan;79(1):264-76.

Choi J, Enis DR, Koh KP, Shiao SL, Pober JS. T lymphocyte-endothelial cell interactions. Annu Rev Immunol. 2004;22:683-709.

Colegio OR, McNiff JM, Antaya RJ. Nevoid acanthosis nigricans with subtle melanocytic hyperplasia. J Am Acad Dermatol; In press.

Colegio OR, Van Itallie CM, Rahner C, Anderson JM. Extracellular domains of claudins determine paracellular charge selectivity and resistance but not tight junction fibril architecture. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2003 Jun; 284(6):C1346-54.

Colegio OR, Van Itallie CM, McCrea HJ, Rahner C, Anderson JM. Claudins create charge-selective channels in the paracellular pathway between epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2002 Jul; 283(1):C142-C147.

Colegio OR, Griffin TJ 4th, Grindley ND, Galan JE. In vitro transposition system for efficient generation of random mutants of Campylobacter jejuni. J Bacteriol 2001 Apr; 183(7):2384-8.

Hinds G, Thomas VD. Hair and nail manifestations of systemic malignancy. Dermatol Clin. 2008 Jan;26(1):59-68.

Knopp E, Watsky K. Eyelid dermatitis: A case report of contact allergy to 3-dimethylaminopropylamine and review of the literature. Accepted for publication in Dermatitis.

Knopp E, Cowper S. Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: early recognition and treatment. Accepted for publication in Seminars in Dialysis.

Mariwalla K, Aasi SZ, Glusac EJ, Leffell DJ. Mohs Histopathology Concordance. In submission.

Mariwalla K, Dover JS. The use of lasers for decorative tattoo removal. Skin Therapy Lett. 2006;11(5):8-11.

Mariwalla K, Rohrer TE. Use of lasers and light-based therapy for treatment of acne vulgaris. Lasers Surg Med. 2005;37(5):333-42.

Mariwalla K, Dover JS. The use of lasers in the pediatric population. Skin Therapy Lett. 2005;10(8):7-9.

Mariwalla K, Langhan M, Welch K, Kaplan D. Cutaneous myiasis associated with scalp psoriasis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2007;57(2 Suppl):S51-2.

Presentations:

Chavel S, McNiff J. 61-year-old-man with an eccrine syringofibroadenoma on the left shin. American Academy of Dermatology, 2008 Annual Meeting, Gross and Microscopic Dermatology Symposium, San Antonio, TX.

Koochek, Arash; Suh, Kwang S.; Crutchley, John M. Dumont, Rebecca A.; Yuspa, Stuart H.: The subcellular localization of CLIC4, a proapoptotic chloride channel protein, is altered in mouse and human tumors. Late- breaking abstract
poster presentation at 2005 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

Chavel S, Cowper S, Girardi M. Traitement de la Dermopathie Fibrosante Néphrogénique par photophérèse extracorporelle: résultats chez trois patients. Journées Dermatologiques de Paris,, December 2006.

Choate KA, Carroll C, Stone P, Leffell DJ. Successful treatment of extensive lentigo maligna melanoma using Q-switched ruby laser. Gross and Microscopic Symposium: 2007 American Academy of Dermatology Meeting. Washington, D.C.

Hinds G, Heald P. 2007. Disseminate and Recurrent Infundibulofolliculitis; Response to Topical Steroids. Poster presentation, L’Oreal Ethnic Skin and Hair Symposium, Miami, FL USA.

King B, Thomas V. Primary Cutaneous Coccidioidomycosis in a Filipino Man. Gross and Microscopic Symposium: 2008 American Academy of Dermatology. San Antonio, TX.

Koochek A, Suh KS, Crutchley JM, Dumont RA, Yuspa SH: CLIC4, a proapoptotic chloride channel protein, has potential as a novel molecular target for tumor therapy. Poster presentation at 2005 Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting.

Koochek A, Suh KS, Crutchley JM, Dumont RA, Yuspa SH: CLIC4, a proapoptotic chloride channel protein, has potential as a novel molecular target for tumor therapy. Poster presentation at 2005 Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting

Koochek A, Suh KS, Crutchley JM, Dumont RA, Yuspa SH: CLIC4, a proapoptotic chloride channel protein has potential as a novel molecular target for tumor therapy. Poster presentation at 2005 National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research Fellows and Young Investigators Annual Retreat.

Koochek A, Suh KS, Crutchley JM, Dumont RA, Yuspa SH: CLIC4, a proapoptotic chloride channel protein has potential as a novel molecular target for tumor therapy. Poster presentation following NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series, 2005.

Mariwalla K. Mohs histopathology concordance. Oral presentation at the Mohs Micrographic Surgery Meeting, Naples, FL, 2007.