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The postgraduate department of  Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy is a pioneer and leading center in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir

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Dermatology office Room no 124.Ground floor opposite ward 5SMHS hospital. Srinagar

Research/Publications

The faculty of the department over the years has edited several textbooks and also authored book chapters in various standard textbooks and also been involved in editorial engagements in various reputed pubmed indexed national journals. Lots of research projects are being carried out on a regular basis in the department and around 400 research publications have been published so far in various indexed journals including some high impact pub-med journals.

However the salient publications of the current faculty in  the last few years are as follows:

  • Hassan I, Rasool F, Akhtar S, Kamili A, Rather P, Kanth R, Bhat Y, Rather S, Mubashir S, Yaseen A, Bashir S. Contact dermatitis caused by tulips: identification of contact sensitizers in tulip workers of Kashmir Valley in North India. Contact Dermatitis. 2018 Jan;78(1):64-69.
  • Hassan I, Kamili A, Rasool F, Nehvi F, Rather P, Yasmin S, Pampori RA, Jabeen Y, Yaseen A, Bashir S, Naaz S. Contact dermatitis in saffron workers: clinical profile and identification of contact sensitizers in a saffron-cultivating area of Kashmir Valley of North India. Dermatitis. 2015 May-Jun;26(3):136-41.
  • Bhat YJ, Rehman F, Hassan I, Krishan K, Daing A, Yaseen A, et al. Fractional laser resurfacing for acne scars: Our experience at tertiary care hospital of North India. J Cutan Aesthet Surg 2023;16:42-8.
  • Bhat YJ, Zeerak S, Rasool F, Akhtar S, Hassan I, Yaseen A. Management of pre-malignant and malignant non-melanoma skin cancers: a study from a tertiary care hospital of North India. J Cutan Aesthet Surg 2022;15:118-23.
  • Errichetti E, Pietkiewicz P, Bhat YJ, Salwowska N, Szlązak P, Stinco G. Diagnostic accuracy of ultraviolet-induced fluorescence dermoscopy in non-neoplastic dermatoses (general dermatology): A multicentric retrospective comparative study. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol.2024;00:1–12.
  • Rather S, Wani M, Shah FY, Bashir S, Yaseen A, Giri FA, Sharma R, Zeerak S, Jabeen Y, Hassan I, Dogra D, Rishi R. Clinical and epidemiological study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in two tertiary care hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir: An emerging disease in North India. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Feb;103:138-145.
  • RatherS , Keen A, Sajad P. Serum Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Chronic Urticaria and its Association with Disease Activity: A Case Control Study. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2018;9(3):170-174.
  • Rather S, Shah FY, Akhtar S et al (2022). Scenario of Leprosy and Pattern ofDisability in Post-elimination Era: A Seven Year Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital of Kashmir Valley. Indian J Lepr. 94: 49-61.
  • Jeelani S, Ahmed QM, Lanker AM, Hassan I, Jeelani N, Fazili T. Histopathological examination of nail clippings using PAS staining (HPE-PAS): gold standard in diagnosis of Onychomycosis. Mycoses. 2015 Jan;58(1):27-32.
  • Sultan J, QM Ahmad, TS Sultan. Antigliadin antibodies in psoriasis. Australasian Journal of Dermatology. 2010;51(4):238-242.
  • Rehman F, Krishan K, Latif I, Sudan E, Sultan J, Hassan I. Intra-individual Right-Left Comparative Study of Combined Therapy of Intramatricial Triamcinolone and Platelet-Rich Plasma vs.Intramatricial Triamcinolone only in Lichen Planus -Associated Nail Dystrophy. J CutanAesthet Surg. 2021.
  • Hassan I Akhtar S, Zeerak S, Rasool F, Rather PA, Bhat YJ, Latif I, Rather S, Mubashir S, Jeelani S, Devi R, Bashir Y, Nabi N, Batool S, Aleem S. Clinicoepidemiological and Patch Test Profile of Patients Attending the Contact Dermatitis Clinic of a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India: A 7-Year Retrospective Study. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2019 Nov 1;10(6):669-675

The list of all the publications by the department  is as under: