Mr. Johnson is a third year undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University. During his student days at Punahou School on Oahu and JHU he has been a scholar and a wrestler. He has first hand experience of the manifold skin infections … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Retirement Comes: A Poem by Shay Bintliff, M.D.
Retirement comes, bringing destinations indeterminate. New fields New hills New roads, Leading I know not where. But go I must. Strange new sensations lurk in my heart. Change is upon me! This fiery feeling, a relentless flame, To move on … Continue reading
Melanoma’s Many Changing Faces
Presented at Hot Spots in Dermatology, Turtle Bay, Kahuku, Hawaii August 22, 2015 Shane Y Morita and Svetomir N Markovic Molecular targets in melanoma: time for ‘ethnic personalization’ Expert Rev. Anticancer Ther. 12(5), 601–608 (2012) Abstract: Worldwide, the incidence of … Continue reading
Dermatology on Mars
PDF of presentation: Dermatology_on_Mars “If any man could arrive at the exterior limit [deepest space],… he would see a world beyond; and if the nature of man could sustain the sight, he would acknowledge that this other world was the … Continue reading
What Every Physician Should Know About Macular Degeneration
by Malcolm Ing The speaker will present facts concerning the challenge of treating macular degeneration. He will discuss the diagnosis of the two main types, dry and wet. Current treatment will be described. The causes and risk factors will be … Continue reading
The CHNA Provisions of ACA (Obama Care)
Dr. Bal’s Presentation: The CHNA Provisions of ACA (Obama Care) “Our zip code is a better predictor of health outcomes than our genetic code”. The CHNA Provisions of the ACA
Herpes Okolealis
Everybody needs some sweet okole. Keola and Kopono Beamer Abstract: Recurrent herpes simplex of the sacrum and buttocks is commonly seen by dermatologists but rarely described in the literature. These patients can be helped by timely administration of acyclovir (famcyclovir … Continue reading
Medicine’s Drift From Patient Care
by George Reizner, M.D. Introduction After 30 years in dermatology, I have the luxury of looking back on the arc of my career and to reflect on the changes witnessed. The following are a few transformative areas that now shape … Continue reading