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California Bard C. Cosman, MD Specialty: Surgery Office #1
VA San Diego Healthcare
3350 La Jolla Village Drive #112E
San Diego, CA 92161-0002
Tel: (858) 642-3320 Office #2
UCSD Medical Group
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103
Tel: (858) 822-6277
Email: micruz@ucsd.edu
web: http://surgery.ucsd.edu Treatments Offered:
Excision & Subsequent
Wound Care Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 12 years
Sees approximately 20 HS patients per year
Michelle T. Pelle, MD Specialty: Dermatology
MedDerm Associates
4065 Third Ave., Suite 102
San Diego, CA 92103
Tel: (619) 542-0013
email: frontoffice@medderm.net
web: http://www.medderm.net Treatments Offered:
Antibiotics, Intralesional Kenalog Injection
Thalidomide, Biologic Agents
Incision & Drainage Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 9 years
Sees approximately 30 HS patients per year
Michigan Hope K. Haefner, MD
Angela S. Kueck, MD Specialties: Gyneclogical Surgery, Gynecology
University of Michigan Hospitals
Women's Hospital, L4000
Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology
1500 E. Medical Center Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Tel: (734) 763-6295
web: http://www.med.umich.edu/obgyn/vulva/links.htm
http://www.med.umich.edu/obgyn/resdir/protocols/hidradenitis/index.htm Treatments Offered:
Stage 3 radical vulvectomy w/ split thickness skin grafts Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 6 years
Sees approximately 4 HS patients per year
New Hampshire Lynette J. Margesson, MD, FRCPC Specialties: Dermatology, Vulvar Disease Office #1
721 Chestnut Street
Manchester, NH 03104
Tel: (603) 668-0858 Office #2
Dartmouth Medical Center
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1 Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756
Tel: (603) 653-9312 Treatments Offered:
Full Medical Treatment with Intralesional Therapy
Local Marsupialization Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 32 years
Sees approximately 15 HS patients per year
New York Noah Simeon Scheinfeld, MD Specialty: Dermatology
150 West 55th Street
New York NY 10019
(212) 991-6490
fax (646) 349-2493
Email: scheinfeld@earthlink.net Treatments Offered:
Antibiotics, Intralesional Kenalog Injection
Thalidomide, Biologic Agents
Incision and Drainage
Local Marsupialization Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 7 years
Sees approximately 40 HS patients per year
Pennsylvania David R. Adams, MD, PharmD Specialty: Dermatology Office #1
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
500 University Avenue
Hershey, PA 17033-8050
Tel: (717) 531-8307 Office #2
Veterans Administration Medical Center
1700 South Lincoln Ave.
Lebanon, PA 17042
Tel: (717) 228-6117 Treatments Offered:
Any Available Medical Treatments
Intralesional Corticosteroid Injection
Incision and Drainage Clinical Trial: Etanercept Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 9 years
Sees approximately 25 HS patients per year
Utah Robin M. Berger, MD Specialty: Dermatology
640 East 700 South, Suite 1
Santa Clara, UT 84770
Tel: (435) 673-SKIN (7546)
Email: frontoffice@robinbergermd.com Treatments Offered:
All medical, including Dutasteride
Botox, Enbrel
Incision and Drainage
Surgery Referral, Superficial Liposuction of Axillae Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 10 years
Sees approximately 4 HS patients per year
Australia Dr. Helen Saunders Specialty: Dermatology
Dermatology Outpatient Clinic
St. Vincent's Health, Melbourne
PO Box 2900, Fitzroy, VIC, 3065
NOTE: A referral letter from your GP is Required.
Treatments Offered:
Most Medical Treatments Available
Plastic Surgery Referral when Appropriate Clinical Trial: Planning Future Clinical Trial of Infliximab Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 2 years
Sees approximately 25 HS patients per year
Canada Jerry K.L. Tan, MD Specialty: Dermatology
2224 Walker Rd., Suite 100
Windsor, Ontario N8W 5L7, Canada
Tel: (519) 971-8874
Web: http://www.healthimage.ca Treatments Offered:
Topical and Oral Antibiotics, Oral Retinoids
Intralesional Steroid Injections, Excision Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 18 years
Sees approximately 6-8 HS patients per year
Denmark Gregor Jemec , MD, DMSc Specialty: Dermatology
University of Copenhagen
Roskilde Hospital
DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark
Tel: +45 47322100 France Thierry Baubet, MD Specialty: Psychiatry
Hopital Avicenne
Dept. of Psychopathologie
125 rue de Stalingrad
Bobigny Cedex F-93009 France
Tel: +33 1 48 95 54 74
email: thierry.baubet@avc.aphp.fr Treatments Offered: Psychiatric Evaluation and Treatment Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 5 years
Sees approximately 5 HS patients per year
Germany Dr. Med. Falk G. Bechara Specialties: Dermatology
Klinik f. Dermatologie u. Allergologie
Ruhr-Universitat Bochum
Gundrunstr. 56, 44791 Bochum, Germany
Tel.: +49 0234 509 1
email: f.bechara@derma.de Treatments Offered:
Antibiotics, Antiseptics, Isotretinoin, Infliximab
Excision, Secondary Wound Healing, Local Flaps, Skin Grafting
Wide Surgical Excision - Plastic Surgery & Skin Grafts Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for approximately 5 years
Sees approximately 50 HS patients per year
Dr. Med. Markus H. Krause Specialties: Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery
OA in der Abt. Dermatochirurgie
Klinik fur Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Mitte
Schumannstraße 20/21, 10117 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 450518059
email: markus.krause@charite.de
web: http://www.acne-inversa-charite.de Treatments Offered:
Systemic Antibiotics, Retinoids, Anti-Androgens, TNFa Antagonists
Local Antiseptics
Wide Surgical Excision - Plastic Surgery & Skin Grafts Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for approximately 11 years
Sees approximately 100 HS patients per year
Prof. Dr. Rainer Rompel, MD Specialties: Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery
Dept. of Dermatology
Klinikum Kassel
Monchebergstr. 41-43
34125 Kassel Germany
Tel: +49 561 980 3051
email: hautklinik@klinikum-kassel.de
web: http://www.klinikum-kassel.de/index.php?parent=3018 Treatments Offered:
Radical Surgical Excision
Plastic Reconstruction Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 17 years
Sees approximately 120 HS patients per year
Prof. Christos C. Zouboulis, MD Specialties: Dermatology
Dessau Medical Center
Dept. of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology
Auenweg 38
Dessau 06847 Germany
Tel: +49 340 501 4000
email: ramona.engelmann@klinikum-dessau.de
web: http://www.klinikum-dessau.de/klinikenundinstitute/hautklinikundimmunologischesz.html Treatments Offered:
All proper medications, including Biologics
All proper surgical techniques Research:
Coordination of the BMBF-supported project:
"Molecular Etiology of Hidradenitis Suppurativa" (2006-2009) Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 15 years
Sees approximately 60 HS patients per year
Greece Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, MD, PhD ATTIKON University Hospital
4th Dept. of Internal Medicine
Athens 124 62 Greece
Tel: 00302105831994 Clinical Trial: Entanercept Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 5+ years
Sees many HS patients per year
Netherlands Willem I. van der Meijden, MD, PhD Specialties: Dermatology, Gynecology
Erasmus MC
CA Rotterdam
Dr. Molewaterplein 40
Tel: 010 463 58 86
Fax: 010 463 25 86
email: w.i.vandermeijden@erasmusmc.nl
web:
http://www.erasmusmc.nl Treatments Offered:
Surgery, TNFa Antagonists
Treatment Statistics:
Has treated HS for 10+ years
Sees 20-30 HS patients per year
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