Volume 53 - Issue 2 - February 2013

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor
University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

david L. kaplan, MD––Series Editor: Dr Kaplan is clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri Kansas City Schoolof Medicine and at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He practices adult and pediatric dermatology in Overland Park, Kan.

Dermclinic
A Photo Quiz to Hone Dermatologic Skills 

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor
University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

David L. Kaplan, MD––Series Editor: Dr Kaplan is clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He practices adult and pediatric dermatology in Overland Park, Kan.

Dermclinic
A Photo Quiz To Hone Dermatologic Skills 

SONIA ARUNABH TALWAR, MD
North Shore University Hospital, Plainview, NY

RAVALI BANDARU, MD,
KAYLAN CHRISTIANER,
and NOAH KONDAMUDI, MD
The Brooklyn Hospital Center, NY
Weill Cornell Medical College, Manhattan, NY

SUNIL DACHA, MD and MANJARI DEVIDI, MD
Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL

JOE R. MONROE, PA-C, MPAS
Warren Clinic, Tulsa, OK

SAM MESHKINFAM, DO, MICHAEL HAUPERT, DO, MBA, and JAMES DWORKIN, PhD
Detroit Medical Center

JANET POULIK, MD and FARAH TABASSUM, MD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan

RICARDO ZEGARRA-LINARES, MD and ERIC MCGRATH, MD
Wayne State University

Dr Meshkinfam is a fellow, Dr Haupert is an assistant professor, and Dr Dworkin is a professor in the department of pediatric otolaryngology at Detroit Medical Center. Dr Poulik is an associate professor and Dr Tabassum is a fellow in the department of pediatric pathology at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit.

Dr Zegarra-Linares is a fellow in pediatric infectious diseases and Dr McGrath is assistant professor of pediatrics in the division of infectious diseases in the Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.

Disclosure: This publication was not financially supported by any institution.

ID Alert
An Unusual Clinical Presentation 

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor
University of South Alabama

Dr Rutecki is professor of medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile. He is also a member of the editorial board of CONSULTANT.

Dr Rutecki reports that he has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

 Top Papers Of The Month
Articles You Don't Want To Miss 
 

CYNTHIA HERRICK, MD and KIM A. CARMICHAEL, MD—Series Editor
Washington University

Dr Herrick is a fellow in the department of internal medicine, division of endocrinology, metabolism, and lipid research at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri.

kim a. carmichael, MD––Series Editor:Dr Carmichael is associate professor of medicine, department of internal medicine, division of endocrinology, metabolism, and lipid research at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri. Dr Carmichael discloses that he is on the speaker’s bureau for Merck and Amylin/Bristol-Myers Squibb that may be relevant to the content of this manuscript.

Diabetes Q&A
On the Alpha and the Omega of the Beta Cell (and More) 

KIM WATERHOUSE, MD
SSM Health Care,

JOSE DERDOY, MD
Saint Louis University 

DAVID S. BRINK, MD
St LouisMercy Clinic, St Louis

Dr Waterhouse is an allergy/immunology physician at SSM Health Care in St Louis. Dr Derdoy is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Mercy Clinic in St Louis. Dr Brink is associate professor of pathology and pediatrics and director of the residency training program in the department of pathology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in St Louis.

Case In Point
An Intriguing Diagnosis 

MICHAEL MARCHETTI, MD and BARBARA B. WILSON, MD
University of Virginia

Dr Marchetti is a chief resident of dermatology and Dr Wilson is associate professor of dermatology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville.

What's Your Diagnosis?
Sharpen Your Physical Diagnostic Skills

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor
University of South Alabama

Dr Rutecki is professor of medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile. He is also a member of the editorial board of CONSULTANT.

Dr Rutecki reports that he has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Top Papers Of The Month
Articles You Don't Want To Miss 

CAROLYN J. SACHS, MD, MPH and TIFFANY HSIEH, MD
University of California, Los Angeles

Dr Sachs is a clinical professor of medicine at the emergency medicine center of the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center. At the time this article was written, Dr Hsieh was a PGY-4 resident at the same institution; she is now an associate physician with Kaiser Permanente at the Hayward/Fremont Medical Centers in California.

Ronald N. Rubin, MD—Series Editor
Temple University

Ronald N. Rubin, MD—Series Editor: Dr Rubin is professor of medicine at Temple University School of Medicine and chief of clinical hematology in the department of medicine at Temple University Hospital, both in Philadelphia.

What's The "Take Home"?
Pearls From Clinical Cases 

ROBERTO HODARA, MD and ANDRO KACHARAVA, MD, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine

Dr Hodara is a cardiovascular disease fellow in the department of medicine, division of cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr Kacharava is assistant professor in the department of medicine, division of cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine. He is also staff cardiologist and a director of the general cardiology outpatient clinic at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia. The authors have no conflicts of interest to report. No grant, contract, or other source of financial support was used for the creation of this article.

          Focus on Cardiometabolic Risk          

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD
University of South Alabama

Dr Rutecki is professor of medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile. He is also a member of the editorial board of CONSULTANT.

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