Disparities in Atopic Dermatitis Miniseries: Episode 2: The Influence of Skin of Color in Diagnosing and Managing Patients With Atopic Dermatitis

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This episode will describe the influence of skin color in diagnosing and managing patients with atopic dermatitis.   Disparities in Atopic Dermatitis Miniseries Host: Payel Gupta, MD, FACAAIExpert: Anil Nanda, MD, FACAAIExpert: Andrew Alexis, MD, MPHExpert: Marcella Aquino, MD, FACAAI The miniseries is hosted by Payel Gupta, MD,  a triple board-certified specialist and the Medical Director for Allergy, Asthma, Immunology & ENT at LifeMD.com. She is practicing in New York City and is an assistant clinical professor at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Clinical Instructor at Mount Sinai Medical Center.  She is a volunteer national spokesperson for the American Lung Association and co-host of The Itch Podcast. Joining her are Anil Nanda, MD, who is in private community practice at the Asthma and Allergy Center in Lewisville and Flower Mound, Texas and is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, at the Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; Andrew F. Alexis, MD, MPH, who is the Vice-Chair for Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of Dermatology and Professor of Clinical Dermatology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. He is the former Chair of the Department of Dermatology at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West. Having served as Director of the first-of-its-kind Skin of Color Center for over 15 years, his work has helped to advance patient care, research, and education pertaining to dermatologic disorders that are prevalent in populations with skin of color; and Marcella Aquino, MD, who is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and staff at Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital. Her interests include allergic skin diseases particularly allergic contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, and drug allergy. She has presented on these topics at national meetings and published in textbooks and peer reviewed journals with a focus on contact dermatitis including patch testing, the role of contact dermatitis in atopic dermatitis patients, drug allergy challenges/desensitizations and the use of simulation for the instruction of anaphylaxis/allergic emergencies. Dr. Aquino was awarded an implementation grant by the ACAAI Foundation looking a multi-level contributing factors to racial and ethnic disparities in urban children in asthma and atopic dermatitis. This podcast series is supported by Pfizer.

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