{"id":18,"date":"2017-05-22T14:12:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T18:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dermatologynews\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T19:56:10","slug":"incoming-and-departing-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dermatologynews\/incoming-and-departing-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty, Residents and Trainees"},"content":{"rendered":"
Welcome, New Dermatology Faculty!<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n

H<\/strong>ye Jin (Leah) Chung, MD<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor of Dermatology<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On August 1 Dr. Leah Chung joined our faculty as an Assistant Professor of Dermatology.\u00a0 Dr. Chung received her M.D. degree from the Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea in 2001 and her M.M.S. degree from the Yonsei University Graduate School of Medicine in Seoul, Korea in 2005.\u00a0 She further completed an internship year (2001-02), dermatology residency (2002-06) and a one-year dermatology fellowship (2006-07) all at the Yonsei University College of Medicine.\u00a0 In 2007, after arriving in the United States, she completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in dermatology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA (2007-10), and a one-year internship in medicine at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA (2010-11).\u00a0 She returned to Thomas Jefferson University to complete a dermatology residency (2011-14).\u00a0 In 2014 she came to the Boston University School of Medicine to complete a fellowship in dermatopathology.\u00a0 Dr. Chung will be signing out cases in the Skin Pathology Lab and also seeing patients in our dermatology clinics.\u00a0 She has a specialty interest in the treatment of complex acne cases, scar (acne scar, burn scar, postoperative scar prevention, etc), cosmetic dermatology, and disease conditions in ethnic skin.<\/p>\n

Jean McGee, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor of Dermatology<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"McGee\"<\/p>\n

On August 15, Dr. Jean McGee joined our faculty as an Assistant Professor of Dermatology.\u00a0 Dr. McGee received her A.B. degree in Biological Sciences and M.S. degree in Nutritional Biochemistry from Cornell University in 2003 and 2006, respectively. \u00a0She then completed her Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology from Princeton University in 2010 and her M.D. degree from Rutgers University in 2012.\u00a0 She recently graduated from her dermatology residency program at BUSM (June 2016), where she was named Assistant Chief Resident in her second year (2014-15) and Chief Resident in her third year (2015-16).\u00a0 Dr. McGee will split her time between her research lab, where she will serve as the Director of the Laboratory for Translational Epigenetic Research focused on the development of epigenetic therapies for skin diseases, and her clinical practice.\u00a0 She has a specialty interest in rosacea, cosmetic dermatology, and ethnic skin.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Deborah Lang, PhD<\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor of Dermatology<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lang\"<\/p>\n

On October 1 Dr. Deborah Lang joined our faculty as an Associate Professor of Dermatology.\u00a0 Dr. Lang received her Ph.D. degree from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1998 as an Oslinker Fellow in Molecular Pathobiology, with a thesis focused on transcription factors, cancer biology, and cellular biology. \u00a0In 2004 she completed an American Heart Association post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, with a focus on melanocyte developmental biology, stem cells, and transcriptional regulation.\u00a0 After serving as Research Associate at the University of Pennsylvania, Deborah accepted a position as Instructor at the University of Chicago in 2005 and was promoted to an Assistant Professor in 2008.\u00a0 In Chicago, the lab made impactful findings in melanocyte stem cells and cancer research. \u00a0\u00a0Dr. Lang will continue basic science research on the molecular and cellular biology of melanoma.\u00a0 The main focus of the laboratory is on transcriptional regulators that are essential for normal melanocyte development, and how these factors are dysregulated in the promotion of melanoma.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Thomas Ruenger, MD, PhD<\/strong>
\nProfessor of Dermatology<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On November 1, Dr. Thomas Ruenger again joined our faculty as a Professor of Dermatology. \u00a0Dr. Ruenger received his MD degree from Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel, Germany in 1985. \u00a0After a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD from 1986 \u2013 1989, he completed his dermatology residency training at the Julius Maximilian University in W\u00fcrzburg, Germany in 1992 and a fellowship in allergology in 1994. \u00a0In 1995, he was recruited to the Georg-August University in G\u00f6ttingen, Germany to serve as Vice-Chair of the Dermatology Department. \u00a0In 1999, he was recruited to our department, where he served in many leadership roles until his recruitment to Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence as Chair of the Dermatology Department in 2014. \u00a0Dr. Ruenger is an internationally recognized expert in photobiology and photodermatology and is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Ruenger\u2019s areas of special expertise are photodermatology, phototherapy, PDT, psoriasis, vitiligo, complex medical dermatology, cutaneous oncology, and occupational dermatology\/patch testing. \u00a0He will see patients in our general dermatology clinics, will oversee the phototherapy unit, and serve as the director inpatient dermatology consult service with covering inpatient and ER daytime consult service three days a week.<\/p>\n

Farewell to our graduating residents and trainees!<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n
Third Year Residents<\/h5>\n
\"Y.
Y. Claire Chang, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ellinor
Ellinor Quay, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Shalini
Shalini Reddy, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Babu
Babu Singh, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Aubrey
Aubrey Wagenseller, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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International Trainees<\/h5>\n
\"Shatha
Shatha El-Hajjaj, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ali
Ali Al-Haseni, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jonathan
Jonathan Ho, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sonia
Sonia Lather, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ruamporn
Ruamporn Ngammongkolrat, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Stephanie
Stephanie Smith, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pedro
Pedro Zancanaro, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Asma
Asma Akhlaq, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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