A concise but comprehensive pocket handbook that provides an accessible and up-to-date introductory overview of this debilitating skin disease. Written by highly recognizable leaders in the field, this book presents essential information on the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management strategies and options for hidradenitis suppurativa, forming an ideal resource to increase awareness of this disease among healthcare professionals.
1 Editor biographies.- 2 Clinical Presentation of Hidradenitis Suppurativa.- 3 Pathophysiology of Hidradenitis Suppurativa.- 4 Diagnostic Workup.- 5 Treatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa.
Alexa Boer Kimball,
MD, MPH, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP), an academic multi-specialty group practice composed of Harvard Medical School (HMS) faculty members at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). A Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Kimballs areas of research include psoriasis and hidradenitis suppurativa.
She has published over 275 papers, is the author of the book 100 Questions and Answers about Psoriasis, which has been translated into Spanish, Greek, and Korean, and editor of Dermatologic Diseases and Cumulative Life Course Impairment. Dr. Kimball is widely recognized for her research on physician workforce economics, quality of life, and outcomes, for which she was awarded the American Skin Association Research Award for Health Policy and Medical Education and the Massachusetts General Hospital Bowditch Prize for increasing quality of care while reducing costs.
Dr. Kimball has served on multiple non-profit boards including the Society for Investigative Dermatology, where she was elected vice president; the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy; and the Hidradenitis Suppuratilí
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