Written by Dr. Kiran Motaparthi In June we said farewell to another group of accomplished residents from UF Dermatology, and in July, we welcomed a bright new group of junior residents. Congratulations to our four recent graduates: (pictured left to right) Elizabeth Bisbee, MD, Anand Desai, MD, Reesa…
Welcome to our new fellows: (left to right) Karl Hoegler, MD – Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology Fellow; Elaine Kunzler, MD and Basil Patel, MD – Dermatopathology Fellows; and Anita Arthur, MD – Interdisciplinary Dermatitis Fellow Dr. Hoegler completed medical school at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, his…
Dr. Michael Lavery joined the faculty at the University of Florida Department of Dermatology in July 2022. Dr Lavery obtained his medical degree from Queen’s University Belfast School of Medicine in Ireland, where he subsequently completed an Internal Medicine Residency. As his passion for dermatology grew, he then went…
Dr. Hooey completed her residency at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her most memorable moment of her residency was the relationships that she was able to form with her co-residents and faculty. It truly felt like a family. Leah then completed her fellowship at The University of…
We have an active Clinical Trials Unit (CTU), with a broad range of sponsored trials from skin cancer treatment to inflammatory skin disease (e.g. atopic dermatitis, itch, prurigo nodularis) as well as investigator-initiated studies. We are part of nationwide registry studies to investigate the effects of psoriasis medications (Dr. Montanez)…
Written by Drs. Stephanie Carstens and Abel Torres The UF Department of Dermatology has a bustling outpatient practice located just off Gate Parkway in Jacksonville. The Jacksonville practice started in 2015 and has grown rapidly over the past 5 years. Initially located near downtown off of Emerson Street, the…
Written by Dr. Abel Torres Beginning in 2019, our Pediatric Dermatology services expanded to serve patients at the Jacksonville (Deerwood) clinic, in addition to Gainesville. In Gainesville, we piloted a new pediatric dermatology continuity clinic with our residents, which has been well-received and a lot of fun! 2020 marked a…
