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Description:
This webinar will examine the psychosocial impact of vitiligo and examine how timely, individualized care can improve quality of life and patient outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss common misconceptions and underlying pathogenesis of vitiligo
- Understand the impact of the psychosocial burden of vitiligo on patients
- Explore the importance of setting personalized treatment goals and expectations, tailored to individual patient needs, and recognizing progress through meaningful goal achievement
Faculty
Dr. Mehdi Rashighi is a physician-scientist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. He earned his MD from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran. In 2011, Dr. Rashighi joined Dr. John Harris’s vitiligo research laboratory at UMass Chan Medical School, where he utilized basic and translational research approaches to uncover a critical immune pathway involved in the pathogenesis of vitiligo. This discovery led to the successful off-label use of JAK inhibitors for vitiligo and subsequently informed the design and implementation of clinical trials for these therapies.
Dr. Rashighi established the Connective Tissue Disease Clinic and Research Center following his dermatology residency at UMass. Through this initiative, he advances translational and clinical research to deepen understanding of autoimmune processes in inflammatory skin diseases, emphasizing developing innovative, targeted treatments.
Dr. Erik Domingues, a board-certified Dermatologist, grew up in New Bedford, MA, graduating from New Bedford High School. He then graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth with a degree in Chemistry. He completed medical school at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and an Internal Medicine Internship at St. Vincent Hospital – Worcester Medical Center. He completed his residency in Dermatology at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester. He is also the founder and CEO of Modern Dermatology of Massachusetts in Fall River, MA.
Dr. Domingues is an Assistant Professor in Dermatology at the Department of Dermatology at the UMass Chan Medical School, helping train the next generation of Dermatologists. He volunteers extensively in the Southcoast community, including serving as chairman of the Southcoast Community Foundation Scholarship Committee. He has also previously served on the Southcoast Community Foundation’s board of directors. Since 2009, he has volunteered for the American Academy of Dermatology’s Camp Discovery in Pennsylvania, a camp for children with various skin disorders. He is currently one of the activities co-directors for the Camp that runs every August.
His previous research includes working on an educational intervention developed to enhance the ability and willingness of medical students to examine the skin for melanoma.
He specializes in surgical, cosmetic, and medical Dermatology with a special interest in complex medical dermatology including psoriasis, alopecia areata, eczema, hidradenitis suppurativa and vitiligo. He lectures regionally and nationally on these topics and enjoys seeing difficult to treat cases referred by other practices.
Dr. Joanna Rosen is a licensed clinical psychologist and trauma expert based in Newtown, CT, who specializes in trauma prevention, early response, and recovery. She holds a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology and completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Rosen also serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Yale and is the founder of BETWEEN2EARS® — Advanced Trauma Consultancy.
