University of Kansas Medical Center

Daniel J. Aires MD JD, Stiefel Professor, Division Director

Education:

• Bachelor of Arts in Economics: Harvard College
• Juris Doctor: Harvard Law School
• Doctor of Medicine: Yale University School of Medicine

Residency/Fellowship:

• Medicine Internship Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
• Dermatology Residency Univeristy of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
• Research Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Dermatology Research/Papers:

• Over 20 articles dealing with a wide variety of skin diseases

Honors:

• John Harvard Scholar
• Harvard College Scholar
• BA magna cum laude

Current Research Activities:

• Impact on aging of dietary restriction and plant polyphenols
• Transcriptional profiling of aging in photo-protected skin
• Hyaluronan-encased cancer chemotherapy
• Transcriptional profiling of psoriatic involved and uninvolved skin
• Impact of optimism on psoriasis

National Organizations

• American Academy of Dermatology (Advisory Board Member)
• American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
• Society of Investigative Dermatology
• Kansas Dermatology Society (President 2008-10)
• Kansas City Dermatology Society
• Member (inactive), California Bar

Areas of Interest

• Aging skin, Aesthetic Dermatology, Skin cancer, CTCL, Psoriasis
  

 

Thelda Kestenbaum M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine

Education:

• Bachelor of Science: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
• Doctor of Medicine: University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Board Certified in Dermatology and Dermatopathology

Residency/Fellowship:

• Medicine Internship at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Dermatology Residency at University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee

Dermatology Research/Papers:

• Written and co-authored articles on a variety of dermatology topics.
• Published book chapters on hair diseases, nail diseases and OCD in dermatology.
• Directed forums and spoken at the annual AAD meeting on dermatoses of pregnancy. 
• Directed and continues to direct forums on psychodermatology at the annual AAD meeting.
• Speaks on OCD in dermatology at the AAD, APMNA (American Psychocutaneous Medicine of North America) and in Spain (at the EDDaP meeting in Zaragoza, Spain on March 17, 2011)

Honors:

• Regents Scholarship
• 1998 Student Voice Award for Teaching

Major Research Interests

• Hair and Nail diseases
• Psychodermatology (especially OCD in Dermatology).
• Dermatoses of pregnancy

National Organizations

• American Academy of Dermatology
• Kansas City Dermatology Society
• Kansas Dermatological Society
• Missouri Dermatological Society
• Has served on the Advisory Council, American Academy of Dermatology
• Has served on the Committee on History of Dermatology, American Academy of Dermatology
• Psychocutaneous Task Force, American Academy of Dermatology

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Dermatopathology Division

Garth Fraga, MD

Education

• Bachelor of Arts: Swarthmore College
• Doctor of Medicine: University of Chicago

Residency/Fellowship

• Pathology Residency, University of Kansas Medical Center
• Credentialing year (surgical pathology): University of Virginia
• Dermatopathology Fellowship: University of Virginia

Dermatology Research/Papers

• More than10 articles and book chapters

Honors

• B.A. with distinction (Swarthmore College 1985)
• Chief Resident (University of Kansas 1997-1998)

Current Research

• Keratoacanthoma
• Utilization studies in dermatopathology
• Pigmented lesions and ex vivo dermoscopy

Organizations

• American Society of Dermatopathology
• Kansas City Dermatological Society
• Kansas City Society of Pathologists

Areas of Interest:

• Cutaneous epithelial neoplasms
• Cutaneous melanocytic neoplasms
• Cost-benefit analysis in dermatopathology and dermatology

 

Kansas City Veterans Administration Dermatology Clinic

 

James Scherbenske, MD

Education

• Bachelor of Science: Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK
• Doctor of Medicine: University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, 1984

Residency/Training

• Transitional year, Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, 1985
• Dermatology Residency: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 1989
• Major, Medical Corps, June 1990
• Brigade Surgeon HHC 1st Brigade, Fort Carson, Colorado 1989-1992
• Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Oct 1990 to May 1991

Honors

• Finalist in 1987 Westwood Resident Program for paper, “Acute pseudomonas infection of the external ear (malignant external otitis).”
• Awarded a British association of Dermatology Fellowship to the British Association of Dermatologists meeting in Cambridge, England, July 1989
• Has reviewed for Archives of Dermatology and Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology

Research and interests

• Melanoma
• Over 15 articles dealing with a wide variety of skin diseases

National Organizations

• American Academy of Dermatology

 

Children's Mercy Hospital Dermatology Clinics

 

Amy Nopper, MD

Education

• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO

Residency/Fellowship

• Pediatrics: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
• Dermatology: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
• Pediatric Dermatology: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
• Pediatric Dermatology: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Certifications

• Pediatrics: 1993
• Dermatology: 1997
• Pediatric Dermatology: 2004
• Recertification Dermatology: 2007

Specialty Interests

• Vascular Birthmarks
• Laser Therapy
• Adverse Drug Reactions
• Genetic Skin Disorders

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Kimberly A. Horii, MD

 

Education

• University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Residency/Fellowship

• Pediatrics: Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
• Dermatology: Stanford University School of Medicine

Certifications:

• Pediatrics 1999, 2006
• Dermatology 2002
• Pediatric Dermatology 2008

Specialty Interests

• Hemangiomas of Infancy (member of the Hemangioma Investigator Group)
• Acquired Vascular lesions
• Anticonvulsant Hypersensitivity Syndrome
• Alopecia areata
• Xeroderma Pigmentosa
  

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Allison M. Swanson, MD

Education

• University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO

Residency/Fellowship:

• Pediatrics: University of Missouri-Columbia Children’s Hospital, Columbia, MO
• Dermatology: University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
• Pediatric Dermatology: Rady Children’s Hospital, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA

Certifications:

• Dermatology: 2008

Specialty Interests

• Surgical and Laser Management of Congenital Melanocytic Nevi
• Birthmarks
• Vascular Anomalies

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Brandon Newell, MD

Education

• Kansas State University, B.S. in Biology
• University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS

Residency/Fellowship:

• Pediatrics: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
• Pediatric Dermatology: Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO

Certifications:

• Pediatrics

Specialty Interests

• Hemangiomas of Infancy (member of the Hemangioma Investigator Group)
• Acquired Vascular lesions
• Anticonvulsant Hypersensitivity Syndrome
• Alopecia areata
• Xeroderma Pigmentosa

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Kristi Canty, MD

Education

• University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY

Residency/Fellowship

• Pediatrics: Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
• Pediatrics: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
• Dermatology: University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS
• Pediatric Dermatology: University of Colorado, The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO

Certifications

• Pediatrics: 2006
• Dermatology: 2010

Specialty Interests

• Surgical and Laser Management of Congenital Melanocytic Nevi
• Birthmarks
• Vascular Anomalies

 

MOHS SURGEONS

 

Mark A. Cohen, MD

 

Education

• Doctor of Medicine: University of Kansas School of Medicine

Residency/Fellowship:

• Dermatology: University of Miami Department of Dermatology
• Mohs micrographic surgery fellowship

Honors

• Outstanding resident in surgery award

Organizations

• American College of Mohs Surgery
• American Academy of Dermatology

Areas of Interest

• Mohs micrographic surgery
  

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Joseph Gadzia, MD

Education

• Bachelor of Science: Zoology, North Carolina State University
• Doctor of Medicine: University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Residency/Fellowship

• Medical Center of Delaware, Department of Internal Medicine
• Dermatology: University of Kansas School of Medicine

Honors

• Medical Center of Delaware, second place-best resident research paper for “A Current Review of Acne Vulgaris”
• University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Southeastern Medical Association Award North Carolina State University, Deans List (8 semesters)
• Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
• Alpha Epsilon Delta National Honor Society
• Everett Brown Scholarship

Organizations

• North Carolina Medical Student Association
• American Academy of Dermatology

Areas of Interest

• Dermatologic Surgery