Dermatology in Rural Settings. Organizational, Clinical, and Socioeconomic Perspectives

1) Access to Dermatology in Rural America:  Statistical Measures and Epidemiology (Eliot Mostow, MD, (Professor, Department of Dermatology, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio and Clinical Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio)  emostow@neomed.edu  and Jennifer A Stein, MD (Associate Professor of Dermatology, New York University Langone Hospitals) jas231@med.nyu.edu

2) A Comparison of rural, suburban and urban dermatology  (Laurel L. Wessman MD (PGY3, Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities  wessm018@umn.edu&nbs

 

3) Economics of rural dermatology practice  (Taylor Sisson, MBA, DHA, Departmental Business Manager, Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS)  wsisson@umc.edu

4) Government and private efforts to incentivize rural practice (low interest loans, grants, etc) (Josh Ortega, MD, PGY-2 Rural Track Dermatology Resident, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS)  jortego93@gmail.com

 

5) Rural dermatology residency slots: priming the pump  (Abel Torres, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL) abelt@aol.com

6) Training family practice residents in a rural dermatology clinic (Janet Ricks, DO Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS)    jricks2@umc.edu

7) Training medical students in a rural dermatology clinic  (Ross Pearlman, MD, PGY-3 Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS)  rpearlman@umc.edu

8) Political action in rural dermatology (Elizabeth Kiracofe, MD, Private Practice, Chicago, IL)  kiracofe@aol.com

 

Establishing Rural Dermatology Practices
9) Academic rural dermatology offices  (Amy Flischel, MD, Associate Professor of Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS aflischel@gmail.com  and Stephen E. Helms, MD, Professor of Dermatology,  University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS  shelms@umc.edu

10) Private practice rural dermatology offices  (Ira Dan Harber, MD, PGY-4, Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center)  iharber@umc.edu

Philanthropic Approaches to Rural Dermatology Care

11) Free rural clinics:  city folk making a difference in rural America (Leslie Partridge, NP, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS) lahoward2@umc.edu

12) Dermatologic care on the Indian Reservations (Lucinda Liu Kohn, MD,  Dermatology Assistant Professor, Dermatology,  University of Colorado, Aurora, CO)   lucinda.kohn@cuanschutz.edu

 

Utilizing technology to provide rural dermatology services
13) Project Echo: improving rural dermatology through digital primary care education (Karen Edison, MD, Professor of Dermatology and Director of Missouri Telehealth Network, University of Missouri Health System, Columbia Missouri) edisonk@health.missouri.edu 
14) Delivering “store and forward” teledermatology to rural primary care practices: an efficient approach to provision of rural skin care (Chelsea Mockbee, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS) CSMockbee@umc.edu

15) Overcoming barriers to implementation of teledermatology  (Robert T. Brodell, MD  Tenured Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Instructor in Dermatology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry rbrodell@umc.edu    

 

16) Health services research in rural dermatology (Vinayak Nahar, MD PhD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS)  vnahar@umc.edu

17) Dermatology research:  Stirring the scientific pot on an island distant from the “mother ship” (Richard Summers, MD, Associate Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS)  rsummers@umc.edu

 

18) Rural dermatology private practice: a life worth living  (Adam Byrd, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS)  acbyrd@umc.edu

19) Attracting dermatologists to rural America: Making a difference one rural practice at a time (Cindy Firkins-Smith, MD, CEO, Carris Health, Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota)   Cindy.Smith@carrishealth.com

 

This book addresses the maldistribution of health care between people in dense cities and more rural areas. This proactive resource provides solutions that will motivate dermatologists to make a difference, including free rural clinics and incentives to attract dermatologists to the aforementioned areas. 

Comprehensive yet concise, the book encompasses not only the logistics of the healthcare issues, including location, incentive, and set up of facility but includes insight into the effectiveness of teledermatology, a practice more commonly utilized due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Additionally, chapters examine the relationship between economic viability and quality of care, as well as government incentives and political action to mitigate this issue.

Unique and timely, Dermatology in Rural Settings is an invaluable resource for dermatologists, resident dermatologists, and academic physicians interested in rural and urban health.​

Robert T. Brodell, MD