JCMS: Author Interviews & Editor's Choice with Dr Kirk Barber (Listen and earn CME credit)

Medico-legal complaints against physicians are a significant source of anxiety and could be associated with defensive medical practices that may correlate with poor patient outcomes. Little is known about patient concerns brought to regulatory bodies and courts against dermatologists in Canada. The article discussed here aims to correct that.

Dr. Mohannad Abu-Hilal is a dermatologist and assistant professor in the department of medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton.

Ray Zahab is a Canadian Explorer, ultra distance runner and Founder of non-profit impossible2Possible. A recent recipient of the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada, Ray is an Explorer in Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. In 2015 Canadian Geographic recognized Ray as one of Canada’s Top Explorers. In 2024, Ray was awarded the Sir Christopher Ondaatje Medal for Exploration, from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. He has ran 17,000+ km across the world’s deserts, and unsupported expeditions in some of the coldest places on the planet.

Dr. Marlene Dytoc is a clinical professor at the University of Alberta and the director of several specialty dermatology clinics including psychodermatology.

Dr. Joseph Lam is an Investigator and Pediatric Dermatologist with the BC Children's Hospital. He’s also a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Dermatology and the Department of Pediatrics at UBC.

Dr. Mark Kirchhof is the Division Head of Dermatology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital. And he is the president of the CDA.

Dr. Ivan Litvonov is an Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Dermatology for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University. And he’s an associate editor at the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery.

Dr. Christopher Chew is a dermatologist at the Skin Health Institute in Melbourne, Australia. He is also a lecturer and program coordinator at Monash University Medical School, where he is pursuing a PhD studying vitiligo and melanocyte biology.

Dr. Ron Vender is founder and director of Dermatrials Research Incorporated and Venderm Innovations in Psoriasis. He’s a Dermatologist and an associate clinical professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

Dr. Dominique Hanna is a dermatologist and associate professor at the University of Sherbrooke. She’s also a past president of The Association of Dermatology Specialists of Quebec. And she has been a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Dermatology Association, where she has been actively involved in expert committees including on Telehealth.

Dr. Reetesh Bose is a dermatologist at the Ottawa Hospital and lecturer on the faculty of the University of Ottawa. In 2021, he founded Canada’s first skin of color dermatology clinic at the Ottawa Hospital.

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Your host Kirk Barber is thrilled to welcome Dr Melinda Gooderham back to the podcast for a fascinating conversation about her article on Psoriasis in the November-December issue of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled: “Baseline Characteristics of Canadian Patients in the Psoriasis Longitudinal Assessment and Registry - PSOLAR" Her co-authors on this article are: Robert Bissonnette, Sunil Kalia, Kim A Papp, Lyn C Guenther, Wayne P Gulliver, Vincent Ho, Neil H Shear, Ron Vender, Robert Gniadecki, Vimal H Prajapati, Irina Turchin, Wayne Langholff, Kim Parnell, Scott D Simpson, Nastaran Abbarin, Omair Lakhani and Raed Alhusayen. Dr Melinda Gooderham is Medical Director at the SKiN Centre for Dermatology in Peterborough, Ontario and an Assistant Professor at Queen's University. She also works as a Consultant Physician at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Incyte Biosciences Canada, available through the CDA Corporate Supporter Program. Dr Barber and his guests do not receive any financial reimbursement for the production of the podcast. For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy. To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa. Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.

Kirk is happy to welcome Dr Feras Al Ghazawi to the podcast for a fascinating discussion on Photodnyamic Therapy, based on the article he co-authored in the January-February edition of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. It's titled: “A Review of the Dermatologic Clinical Applications of Topical Photodynamic Therapy." He’s an Assistant Professor in the division of dermatology at the University of Ottawa Medical school. He’s also a Clinician Investigator and a double board certified Dermatologist at the Ottawa Hospital. His co-authors for this article are: Owen Dan Luo, MD, Reetesh Bose, Mohammed A. Bawazir and Thusanth Thuraisingam. This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Incyte Biosciences Canada, available through the CDA Corporate Supporter Program. Dr Barber and his guests do not receive any financial reimbursement for the production of the podcast. For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy. To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa. Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.

Dr Perla Lansang, Dermatologist at the University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Health Centres and The Toronto Hospital for Sick Children

In some provinces in Canada, there are no Pediatric Dermatologists.

"I think it's important to ask the patient, 'Are you comfortable with the injection and are you having any discomfort from it?'" Dr Ron Vender is back on the podcast, joining Kirk to discuss his July/August article in the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled: "A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Injection Site Reactions in Randomized-Controlled Trials of Biologic Injections." There are a lot of great clinical pearls in this discussion, and Kirk says he enjoyed the time, expertise and insights Dr Vender brought to this common problem, or not so common problem, as their conversation reveals. Dr. Ron Vender is the founder and director of Dermatrials Research Incorporated and Venderm Innovations in Psoriasis. He is a Dermatologist based in Hamilton, Ontario. His co-authors on this article are Patrick J Kim and Rafael Paolo Lansang. For more great CDA podcasts check out Dermalogues, our Residents podcast hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy. Available wherever you listen. To learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa. Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.

Kirk is very happy to have Dr Raed Alhusayen back on the podcast to discuss the fascinating article about melanoma surveillance he co-authored in the September-October issue of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery: "Surveillance After a Previous Cutaneous Melanoma Diagnosis: A Scoping Review of Melanoma Follow-Up Guidelines." There are a lot of great pearls to be found in this interview. The article is open access on the JCMS website. His co-authors are: Leah Johnston, Samantha Starkey, Ilya Mukovozov, Lynne Robertson and Teresa Petrella. Dr Raed Alhusayen is a Clinician Investigator and Assistant Professor in the Division of Dermatology at the University of Toronto. He is also an Associate Scientist at the Odette Cancer Research Program, Staff Dermatologist at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Women's College Hospital in Toronto. For more great CDA podcasts, check out Dermalogues, our residents podcast, hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy and available wherever you listen. And to learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa. Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.

Kirk is thrilled to welcome Dr Vincent Richer back to the podcast to talk about a vitally important issue, in an episode Kirk describes as "a real treat." The two of them discuss the fascinating article Dr Richer co-authored in the September/October issue of the JCMS titled: “Preventing Eye Injuries From Light and Laser-Based Dermatologic Procedures: A Practical Review.” The article is open access on the JCMS website. Dr Richer's co-author is UBC's Dr Caitlyn Glover. Dr. Vincent Richer is a medical and cosmetic Dermatologist at Pacific Derm in Vancouver and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Department of Dermatology and Skin Science at the University of British Columbia. For more great CDA podcasts, check out Dermalogues, our residents podcast, hosted by Dr Kerri Purdy - available wherever you listen. And to learn more about the work of the Canadian Dermatology Association, please visit our website at dermatology.ca JCMS Author Interviews is produced by the CDA and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa. Our theme music was composed by Lee Rosevere.