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Department Head

Kara N. Shah, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Dermatology

513-636-4215

kara.shah@cchmc.org

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Kara N. Shah, MD, PhD

Director, Division of Dermatology

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4215

Email: kara.shah@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Atopic dermatitis; psoriasis; genetic skin diseases (genodermatoses); hemangiomas and vascular malformations; neonatal dermatology; cutaneous lymphoma; hair and nail disorders; moles and pigmented lesions

Education and Training

MD: University of Maryland, 1992.

PhD: University of Maryland (Molecular and Cell Biology), 2000.

Residency: Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, 2003; Dermatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2006.

Fellowship: Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Dermatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2006-2007.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2003; American Board of Dermatology, 2006; Subspecialty Board in Pediatric Dermatology, American Board of Dermatology, 2008.

Publications

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Shah KN. The diagnostic and clinical significance of café-au-lait macules. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2010 Oct;57(5):1131-53.

Shah KN. The risk of melanoma and neurocutaneous melanosis associated with congenital melanocytic nevi. Semin Cutan Med Surg. 2010 Sep;29(3):159-64.

Yan AC, Honig PJ, Ming ME, Weber J, Shah KN. The safety and efficacy of pimecrolimus, 1%, cream for the treatment of Netherton syndrome: results from an exploratory study. Arch Dermatol. 2010 Jan;146(1):57-62.

Shah KN, Honig PJ, Yan AC. "Urticaria multiforme": a case series and review of acute annular urticarial hypersensitivity syndromes in children. Pediatrics. 2007 May;119(5):e1177-83.

Shah KN, Yan AC. Low but detectable serum levels of tacrolimus seen with the use of very dilute, extemporaneously compounded formulations of tacrolimus ointment in the treatment of patients with netherton syndrome. Arch Dermatol. 2006 Oct;142(10):1362-3.

Shah KN, Fried RG. Factitial dermatoses in children. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2006 Aug;18(4):403-9.

Yan AC, Smolinski KN. Melanocytic nevi: challenging clinical situations in pediatric dermatology. Adv Dermatol. 2005;21:65-80.

Smolinski KN, Yan AC. Hemangiomas of infancy: clinical and biological characteristics. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2005 Nov-Dec;44(9):747-66.

Smolinski KN, Yan AC. How and when to treat molluscum contagiosum and warts in children. Pediatr Ann. 2005 Mar;34(3):211-21.

Smolinski KN, Shah SS, Honig PJ, Yan AC. Neonatal cutaneous fungal infections. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2005 Aug;17(4):486-93.

Faculty

Donna J. Engels
Coordinator, Division of Dermatology

513-636-2009

donna.engels@cchmc.org

Anne W. Lucky, MD

513-636-4215

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Anne W. Lucky, MD

UC Department of Pediatrics

Volunteer Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4215

Fax: 513-636-5867

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Specialties

All aspects of pediatric dermatology, especially acne

Education and Training

BA: Pembroke College in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1966.

MD: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., 1970.

Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Mass., 1973; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., 1981.

Fellowship: Human Genetics and Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., 1974; Clinical Associate (Endocrinology), Reproduction Research Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., 1976.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1975; Pediatric Endocrinology, 1978; Dermatology, 1981.

Publications

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Hinze CH, Lucky AW, Bove KE, Marsh RA, Bleesing JH, Passo MH. Leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1 presenting with recurrent pyoderma gangrenosum and flaccid scarring. Pediatr Dermatol. 2010 Sep-Oct;27(5):500-3.

Goldschneider K, Lucky AW, Mellerio JE, Palisson F, del Carmen Viñuela Miranda M, Azizkhan RG. Perioperative care of patients with epidermolysis bullosa: proceedings of the 5th international symposium on epidermolysis bullosa, Santiago Chile, December 4-6, 2008.Paediatr Anaesth. 2010 Sep;20(9):797-804.

Abdulla F, Sheth AP, Lucky AW. Hemorrhagic, bullous Henoch Schonlein purpura in a 16-year-old girl with previously undiagnosed dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Pediatr Dermatol. 2010 Mar-Apr;27(2):203-4.

Goldschneider KR, Lucky AW. Pain management in epidermolysis bullosa. Dermatol Clin. 2010 Apr;28(2):273-82, ix. Review.

Lomenick JP, Reifschneider KL, Lucky AW, Adams D, Azizkhan RG, Woo JG, Backeljauw PF. Prevalence of adrenal insufficiency following systemic glucocorticoid therapy in infants with hemangiomas.Arch Dermatol. 2009 Mar;145(3):262-6.

Biro FM, Huang B, Daniels SR, Lucky AW. Pubarche as well as thelarche may be a marker for the onset of puberty.J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2008 Dec;21(6):323-8.

Lucky AW, Koltun W, Thiboutot D, Niknian M, Sampson-Landers C, Korner P, Marr J. A combined oral contraceptive containing 3-mg drospirenone/ 20-microg ethinyl estradiol in the treatment of acne vulgaris: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating lesion counts and participant self-assessment.Cutis. 2008 Aug;82(2):143-50.

Perman M, Sheth P, Lucky AW. Progressive macular hypomelanosis in a 16-year old. Pediatr Dermatol. 2008 Jan-Feb;25(1):63-5.

Gupta J, Grube E, Ericksen MB, Stevenson MD, Lucky AW, Sheth AP, Assa'ad AH, Khurana Hershey GK. Intrinsically defective skin barrier function in children with atopic dermatitis correlates with disease severity. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 Mar;121(3):725-730.e2.

Stehr W, Farrell MK, Lucky AW, Johnson ND, Racadio JM, Azizkhan RG. Non-endoscopic percutaneous gastrostomy placement in children with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Pediatr Surg Int. 2008 Mar;24(3):349-54.