SKINIPEDIA - Skin Encyclopedia: Acne, Treatment & Diagnosis

Diagnosis and Treatment of Acne, Part 5 - REFERRAL

STEVEN FELDMAN, M.D., PH.D., RACHEL E. CARECCIA, M.D., KELLY L. BARHAM, M.D., and JOHN HANCOX, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Referral also may be required because of treatment complications or for correction of scarring. In the future, treatment with blue or blue-red lasers may be readily available, and referral to the facilities that have these lasers may benefit patients with acne that does not improve with standard treatments.

The Authors

STEVEN FELDMAN, M.D., PH.D., is professor of dermatology, pathology, and public health sciences at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C. Dr. Feldman received his medical and doctoral degrees from Duke University, Durham, N.C. He completed a residency in dermatology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a residency in dermatopathology at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

RACHEL E. CARECCIA, M.D., is a second-year dermatology resident at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Dr. Careccia is a graduate of the University of Miami (Fla.) School of Medicine.

KELLY L. BARHAM, M.D., is completing an internal medicine internship at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro, N.C. She received her medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

JOHN HANCOX, M.D., is a second-year dermatology resident at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Dr. Hancox is a graduate of West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown.

Address correspondence to Steven Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston- Salem, NC 27157-1071

The authors indicate that they do not have any conflicts of interest. Sources of funding: Dr. Feldman has received grant support from Roche Dermatology and is a speaker on the use of Roche’s acitretin (Soriatane) in the treatment of psoriasis. He notes that he has not received funds for publishing articles on, or in promotion of, isotretinoin. Dr. Feldman also has received grant support from Galderma Laboratories, manufacturer of adapalene (Differin), and from Ortho
Dermatological, manufacturer of tretinoin (Retin-A).

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