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Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

Knowing a Little Math is a Good Thing
Chief Medical Editor Message
08/12/2020
No doubt the economy has seen better days. COVID-19 has eviscerated it. Job losses are popping up all over, along with temporary furloughs for those lucky enough to stay employed. The government is doing its best to...
No doubt the economy has seen better days. COVID-19 has eviscerated it. Job losses are popping up all over, along with temporary furloughs for those lucky enough to stay employed. The government is doing its best to...
No...
08/12/2020
The Dermatologist
The Best Health Care System
Chief Medical Editor Message
07/15/2020
This month, we have a letter by Lili Brillstein, MPH, that describes the benefits of value-based health care and highlights potential issues with an earlier article by Dr Bobby Buka that favored fee-for-service...
This month, we have a letter by Lili Brillstein, MPH, that describes the benefits of value-based health care and highlights potential issues with an earlier article by Dr Bobby Buka that favored fee-for-service...
This...
07/15/2020
The Dermatologist
A Little Reticence May Not be a Bad Thing…
Chief Medical Editor Message
06/11/2020
I get to review a lot of dermatology articles. One of my pet peeves is when an investigator finds a higher risk of something and concludes that we ought to screen for it more aggressively without considering the...
I get to review a lot of dermatology articles. One of my pet peeves is when an investigator finds a higher risk of something and concludes that we ought to screen for it more aggressively without considering the...
I get...
06/11/2020
The Dermatologist
Is it a Great Time to be an Administrator?
Chief Medical Editor Message
05/13/2020
I think I have the best job in the world. I see some patients, supervise research fellows, and get to sit around to read and write, often in my backyard “office” if it is a nice day. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
I think I have the best job in the world. I see some patients, supervise research fellows, and get to sit around to read and write, often in my backyard “office” if it is a nice day. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
I...
05/13/2020
The Dermatologist
The Challenge of Our Generation
Chief Medical Editor Message
04/14/2020
Up until now, I’ve been blessed to live in the greatest time in human history. Born in the late 1950s, I lived through a period with nothing like the plagues and wars of the past. Born too late to go to Vietnam and...
Up until now, I’ve been blessed to live in the greatest time in human history. Born in the late 1950s, I lived through a period with nothing like the plagues and wars of the past. Born too late to go to Vietnam and...
Up...
04/14/2020
The Dermatologist
Keeping Up With Technology
Chief Medical Editor Message
02/13/2020
We’re in the midst of a home renovation. We only needed kitchen drawers that would open and close, so we gutted the entire kitchen and are remodeling about half the house. It’s exciting and dusty. Along with new...
We’re in the midst of a home renovation. We only needed kitchen drawers that would open and close, so we gutted the entire kitchen and are remodeling about half the house. It’s exciting and dusty. Along with new...
We’re...
02/13/2020
The Dermatologist
Teenagers
Chief Medical Editor Message
01/14/2020
I know this may be hard to believe, but teenagers aren’t always 100% perfectly compliant with our treatment recommendations. Shocking! Teenagers may be horribly bothered by their skin disease. They may be bullied...
I know this may be hard to believe, but teenagers aren’t always 100% perfectly compliant with our treatment recommendations. Shocking! Teenagers may be horribly bothered by their skin disease. They may be bullied...
I...
01/14/2020
The Dermatologist
Chief Medical Editor Message
11/12/2019
There’s so much new out there, and this issue covers what’s new in social media (page 38), acne (page 50), and hyperhidrosis (page 42). It reminds me of an unsolicited email I received containing information about an exciting new treatment.
There’s so much new out there, and this issue covers what’s new in social media (page 38), acne (page 50), and hyperhidrosis (page 42). It reminds me of an unsolicited email I received containing information about an exciting new treatment.
There’s so much new out there,...
11/12/2019
The Dermatologist
Chief Medical Editor Message
10/18/2019
Farina’s observation sums up a critical point. Outliers are publicized and noticed; the everyday normal is often ignored. A quote (mis)ascribed to Mark Twain says it well too: “If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read...
Farina’s observation sums up a critical point. Outliers are publicized and noticed; the everyday normal is often ignored. A quote (mis)ascribed to Mark Twain says it well too: “If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read...
Farina’s observation sums up a...
10/18/2019
The Dermatologist
Chief Medical Editor Message
09/18/2019
I was born in the 1950s. In my youth, we put a man on the moon. As a young adult, I transitioned from using a slide rule to using a calculator to using a computer.
I was born in the 1950s. In my youth, we put a man on the moon. As a young adult, I transitioned from using a slide rule to using a calculator to using a computer.
I was born in the 1950s. In my...
09/18/2019
The Dermatologist