April Armstrong, MD MPH FAAD

UCLA Dermatology welcomes Dr. Carmel Aghdasi to our West LA, Santa Monica, and Westwood practices. She earned her MD with Distinction from UCSF and is completing dermatology residency at Stanford as Chief Resident. Her research focuses on inflammatory skin disease. Welcome! 🙌

UCLA Dermatology welcomes Dr. David Baltazar to our San Luis Obispo location. He completed dermatology residency at HonorHealth Thompson Peak as Chief Resident. His work in inflammatory and complex medical dermatology has been published in JAAD Case Reports and JDD. Welcome!🎉

UCLA Dermatology is pleased to welcome Dr. Jennifer Liu! Dr. Liu will see patients at our Encino, West LA, and Santa Monica practices, bringing strong clinical training and academic leadership in medical dermatology. Please join us in welcoming her to the UCLA Dermatology team!🎉

Meet the newest member of UCLA Dermatology, Dr. Madison Jones! Dr. Jones joins our Pasadena clinic, bringing strong clinical training and research expertise in psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and hidradenitis suppurativa. Please join us in giving her a warm UCLA welcome! 🎉

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Alexander Hou to UCLA Dermatology! Dr. Hou joins our West LA clinic, bringing expertise in atopic and contact dermatitis, national research recognition, and a strong commitment to patient care. Please join us in giving him a warm UCLA welcome! 🎉

We’re excited to welcome Dr. Yasmin Gutierrez to UCLA Dermatology! Dr. Gutierrez will join our Pasadena clinic, bringing strong clinical expertise, leadership, and a commitment to patient-centered, culturally competent care. Please join us in giving her a warm UCLA welcome! 🎉

Congratulations to my incredible research fellows for matching in dermatology! Their hard work, dedication, and resilience have brought them this moment. And I am so proud of these future leaders of dermatology.

Last month, I joined my fellow derms on Capitol Hill to advocate for Medicare physician practice payment reform. This is essential to keep up with inflationary pressure and continue delivering high-quality care. I am grateful for the effort of AADA and our colleagues. #aada

The AAD innovation academy meeting was a success! I was honored to co-chair the Future of Dermatology symposium, where we discussed recent technological innovations. And it was great seeing my derm friends and colleagues!

Let’s uncover the broad spectrum of psoriatic diseases together at the IFPA Conference: The 7th World Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis conference in Stockholm, Sweden. As conference president, I welcome you. #ifpa #ifpa2024

@GrappaO @Dr_AndreRibeiro Congratulations!! Thank you all for your leadership and engagement!

Congratulations to @Dr_AndreRibeiro on his recent elected position of Y-GRAPPA Chair Elect!🎉Andre is from Brazil and is currently a Clinical Research Fellow in the Musculoskeletal Ultrasound/Psoriatic Arthritis Program at Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada.

Wonderful connecting with colleagues and talking the about latest innovations at #winterclinical24. Proud to be a part of the co-Director team and seeing the engagement from everyone at the conference. @dermsquared

@teresadefresa @JAMADerm @DrJohnBarbieri @AdeAdamson @haleynaik @KanadeShinkai Excited for you and look forward to the work ahead with Dr. Shinkai’s leadership.

Thrilled to be starting a @JAMADerm #Editorial #Fellowship this month 👏🙂 Hope to learn from this amazing team of colleagues #dermatology #dermtwitter #pediatricdermatology #WomenInSTEM @DrJohnBarbieri @AdeAdamson @haleynaik @_AprilArmstrong @KanadeShinkai

Many thanks to the Trojan family for the past terrific 8+ years. Grateful for your support and the heartfelt send-off. Look forward to cross-town collaborations. #usc @USCDermatology @KeckMedUSC

Congratulations to ILDS for a successful World Congress of Dermatology meeting in Singapore! #wcd #ilds

@CemreBusraTurk @GrappaO @ProftDr @JosephMerolaMD @LPerezChada Beautiful analogy. Well said!

@AMostaghimi Congratulations, Arash! Very proud of you

Thank you everyone for your kind words. To commemorate I will share the only picture of me where I look younger than I do in the announcement. These awards reflect the collective support from my family, mentors, colleagues, and research team. A world of appreciation 🙏🙏🙏

@leahmcchoward @NPF Thanks for sharing this! Early diagnosis of PsA is so critical to prevent joint damage.

Sadly, you are not alone! Avg time from onset of #PsA symptoms to diagnosis is 33 months (@NPF survey data). NOT OKAY!

I am immensely honored to be appointed as Chief for the Division of Dermatology at UCLA. Excited to work with @IntMedAbel and the UCLA faculty, staff, and trainees soon. @DOM_UCLA

#AAD2023latebreaker was a success! Here are the late breaker moderators from the Saturday morning session. #AAD2023latebreaker was filled with cutting-edge research that will move our field.