Episodes

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...