Episodes

Dr Mark Kirchhof joins Kerri Purdy for this lively and informative conversation about how best to diagnose and treat hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic, systemic condition where an overactive immune system contributes to inflammation below the surface of the skin. Our Resident questions this episode come from Dr Krystina Cleminson, at Dalhousie University and Dr Panteha Eshtiaghi of the University of Toronto. Dr. Mark Kirchhof is the Division Head of Dermatology in the Faculty of Medicin...

Dr Mark Kirchhof joins Kerri Purdy for this lively and informative conversation about how best to diagnose and treat hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic, systemic condition where an overactive immune system contributes to inflammation below the surface of the skin. Our Resident questions this episode come from Dr Krystina Cleminson, at Dalhousie University and Dr Panteha Eshtiaghi of the University of Toronto. Dr. Mark Kirchhof is the Division Head of Dermatology in the Faculty of Medicin...

Dr Mark Kirchhof joins Kerri Purdy for this lively and informative conversation about how best to diagnose and treat hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic, systemic condition where an overactive immune system contributes to inflammation below the surface of the skin. Our Resident questions this episode come from Dr Krystina Cleminson, at Dalhousie University and Dr Panteha Eshtiaghi of the University of Toronto. Dr. Mark Kirchhof is the Division Head of Dermatology in the Faculty of Medicin...

Dr Geeta Yadav joins Kerri for this fun and informative discussion on the lessons she learned in opening her successful practice, Skin Science Dermatology, in Toronto. The questions they get into include; the reasons for going into practice, choosing to do it alone versus with a group, the advantages of first doing an elective or being an associate in a practice, how to choose your space, why getting your staff hires right is so critical, buying equipment and supplies, billing, record keeping an...

Dr Geeta Yadav joins Kerri for this fun and informative discussion on the lessons she learned in opening her successful practice, Skin Science Dermatology, in Toronto. The questions they get into include; the reasons for going into practice, choosing to do it alone versus with a group, the advantages of first doing an elective or being an associate in a practice, how to choose your space, why getting your staff hires right is so critical, buying equipment and supplies, billing, record keeping an...

Dr Geeta Yadav joins Kerri for this fun and informative discussion on the lessons she learned in opening her successful practice, Skin Science Dermatology, in Toronto. The questions they get into include; the reasons for going into practice, choosing to do it alone versus with a group, the advantages of first doing an elective or being an associate in a practice, how to choose your space, why getting your staff hires right is so critical, buying equipment and supplies, billing, record keeping an...

Dr Julia Carroll of Compass Dermatology in Toronto joins Kerri for this fun and interesting episode on opening and managing an aesthetics practice. Among the questions they dive into include how to incorporate aesthetics into a practice, how to choose what aspects of aesthetics to focus on and what courses, references or books Dr Carroll recommends to learn more about aesthetics beyond what is offered in dermatology programs. Dr Carroll also gives advice on social media and media appearances, ba...

Dr Julia Carroll of Compass Dermatology in Toronto joins Kerri for this fun and interesting episode on opening and managing an aesthetics practice. Among the questions they dive into include how to incorporate aesthetics into a practice, how to choose what aspects of aesthetics to focus on and what courses, references or books Dr Carroll recommends to learn more about aesthetics beyond what is offered in dermatology programs. Dr Carroll also gives advice on social media and media appearances, ba...

Dr Julia Carroll of Compass Dermatology in Toronto joins Kerri for this fun and interesting episode on opening and managing an aesthetics practice. Among the questions they dive into include how to incorporate aesthetics into a practice, how to choose what aspects of aesthetics to focus on and what courses, references or books Dr Carroll recommends to learn more about aesthetics beyond what is offered in dermatology programs. Dr Carroll also gives advice on social media and media appearances, ba...

May is Sun Awareness month and to mark the occasion we are thrilled to welcome UBC's Dr Sunil Kalia to the podcast to take questions about all things related to sun safety, awareness and what the CDA has planned for this month. And because it's a special episode, we'll be mixing things up a bit by taking questions from both Derm Residents and the general public. It's a lot of fun. Dr Kalia is an associate professor of dermatology at the University of British Columbia and chairman of the sun aw...

May is Sun Awareness month and to mark the occasion we are thrilled to welcome UBC's Dr Sunil Kalia to the podcast to take questions about all things related to sun safety, awareness and what the CDA has planned for this month. And because it's a special episode, we'll be mixing things up a bit by taking questions from both Derm Residents and the general public. It's a lot of fun. Dr Kalia is an associate professor of dermatology at the University of British Columbia and chairman of the sun aw...

May is Sun Awareness month and to mark the occasion we are thrilled to welcome UBC's Dr Sunil Kalia to the podcast to take questions about all things related to sun safety, awareness and what the CDA has planned for this month. And because it's a special episode, we'll be mixing things up a bit by taking questions from both Derm Residents and the general public. It's a lot of fun. Dr Kalia is an associate professor of dermatology at the University of British Columbia and chairman of the sun aw...

Dermalogues is thrilled to be back for our fourth season! And this year, Dr Kerri Purdy is shaking things up a little with a series of cross-specialty conversations. We start off with Dr Lori Connors, who is an Allergist and Immunologist at Dalhousie University, where she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine. She splits her time between community and academic practice and is very involved in Resident education at Dal. She is also the outgoing CPD Chair for the Canadian Societ...

We're continuing our series of cross speciality conversations, and thrilled to have Rheumatologist Dr Kam Shojania as our guest to discuss all things Derm and Rheum. Kerri and Dr. Shojania dive into topics including psoriatic disease, scleroderma and the lupus/germinomatous spectrum. Dr Shojania is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia. He is also Chief of Rheumatology at Vancouver General Hospital and Medical Director of the Mary Pack Arthritis Program. And he works with ...

We're thrilled to have Dr Rachel Asiniwasis on the podcast, as we take a short break from our cross-specialty series. Dr Asiniwasis joins us to discuss Indigenous health and dermatology. She is First Nations of Plains Cree and Saulteux descent, and a double board certified dermatologist working on Treaty 4 territory in Regina, Saskatchewan. She also carries out in-person and telehealth dermatology clinics for remote, northern and First Nations communities across Saskatchewan. Kerri and Rachel di...

Kerri is thrilled to be joined by oncologist Robyn MacFarlane for this fascinating cross-specialty conversation on the overlapping worlds of derm, oncology and melanoma. Robyn is an associate professor in the division of medical oncology at Dalhousie University. Her clinical interests are genital, urinary and melanoma cancer. She co-chairs the bi-annual Atlantic Melanoma Meeting. Our Residents questions this episode come from: Dr Saima Ali at the University of British Columbia, Dr Sarah Alsukai...

Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti is Kerri's guest for this fascinating deep dive into questions about the cross-over worlds of Derm and Infectious Diseases. Together they discuss skin infections, infectious diseases as they relate to some of the newer medications and then some pandemic and epidemic topics like Monkeypox. It's a great conversation with lots of amazing pearls, and for his part, Dr Chakrabarti says he's thrilled to be discussing something other than COVID for the first time in a few years! D...

Dr. Simon Frank is Kerri's guest for this final episode of season 4, completing our series of cross specialty conversations with a fascinating discussion about plastic surgery. Together Kerri and Simon get into some of the many areas of specialty overlap between derm and plastics. This includes skin cancers, HS, and aesthetics. Dr. Frank is an Assistant Professor and Program Director of Plastic Surgery at the University of Ottawa. In practice his focus is on breast reconstruction, microvascular...

Welcome to Dermalogues Season 5! This season Kerri is taking a deep dive into complex medical dermatology, talking to leading dermatologists about how they diagnose and treat complex cases and conditions. And Kerri's first guest is Onco-Dermatologist Dr Maxwell Sauder discussing Cutaneous Toxicities, for a smart, fun and thoughtful conversation, filled with clinical pearls for all our Residents listening. This episode was recorded in person at the CDA Conference in Toronto, Dr Maxwell Sauder i...

The University of Calgary's Dr Regine Mydlarski is Kerri's guest for this fascinating, pearl filled conversation about immunobullous as we continue our season long deep dive into complex cases and conditions with leading dermatologists. This conversation is the second of three conversations recorded in person as part of the CDA annual conference in Toronto in June this year. Dr Mydlarski is an Associate Professor and Section Chief of Dermatology at the Cumming School of Medicine at the Universi...

We're trying something fun and new on Dermalogues this episode. It's our very first segment of "Derm Detectives." Think of it as the CDA's version of a true crime podcast. In it, dermatology residents present our two Derm Detectives, Dr Kerri Purdy and Dr Mark Kirchhof, with complex cases they've worked on. Will the Derm Detectives solve the case? Our residents in this episode are Dr Sam Armstrong and Dr Mike MacGillivary, both at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Dr Mark Kirchhof is the Divisi...

Kerri's preferred name for this episode is Neutrophilic Stuff, because it covers such a wide range of things from Sweet syndrome to pyoderma gangrenosum, erythema nodosum, leukocytoclastic vasculitis, neutrophilic urticaria and more! As part of our Season 5 deep dive into complicated medical dermatology, Kerri is joined for this pearl filled episode by Dr Alexandra Mereniuk. Dr. Mereniuk is an Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of Montreal. She is co-founder and co-director o...

Complicated Medical Dermatology

Welcome to our second segment of "Derm Detectives" on Dermalogues, the CDA's version of a true crime podcast! Joining us today are two derm residents, Dr Janis Chang and Dr Mina Boshra. They will each present a complex dermatology case they've been involved with to see if they can stump our Derm Detectives, Dr Kerri Purdy and Dr Mark Kirchhof. Dr Chang is a PGY-4 dermatology resident at the University of Ottawa, and Co-Chair of the CDA Residents and Fellows Society. She has an interest in comp...