David B. Pharis, M.D.
Certifications: 10/2000: Board
Certified by the American Board of Dermatology
Appointments: 7/2001 – present: Assistant Clinical Professor, Emory
University Department of Dermatology
Hospital Privileges:Northside
Hospital (Atlanta, GA) – courtesy staff
Barrow
Community Hospital (Winder, GA) – active staff
Veterans
Affairs Medical Center (Atlanta, GA) – active staff
Health South
Ambulatory Surgery Center (Atlanta, GA) – active staff
Education: Fellowship: 7/2000-6/2001 Mohs Micrographic and Dermatologic
Surgery
Fellowship
directors: John A. Zitelli, M.D./David
G. Brodland, M.D.
Shadyside
Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Residency: 7/1997-6/2000
Department
of Dermatology Emory University School
of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Chief Resident
5/1999-4/2000
Internship: 7/1996-6/1997
Department
of Internal Medicine
Baylor
College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals
Houston, TX
Medical School: 8/1992-6/1996
Baylor
College of Medicine
Houston, TX
M.D.
with Highest Honor
Undergraduate: 8/1988-5/1992
Purdue
University
West Lafayette,
IN
B.S.
with Distinction in Biology
Academic Residency:
Honors: Chief
Resident, Emory University Department of Dermatology
Donald C. Abele, M.D. Award for outstanding
resident presentation. Georgia Society
of Dermatologists annual meeting. Sea
Island, GA. June 1998.
Medical School:
Debakey Scholar
Award (highest academic honor awarded at Baylor)
Graduated with
Highest Honors
Elected
as a junior to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
Highest
Honors in Basic Sciences Award
Debra
Chester Kalter Award for Outstanding Student Research in Dermatology
Kenneth
L. Burdon Award for Excellence in Microbiology
Harris
Busch Award in Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Alfred
M. Cinnamon Scholarship
William,
James Silas, and Leo Baines Crump Scholarship
Undergraduate:
Phi
Beta Kappa
Honors
research degree in Biology
Golden
Key National Honor Society
National
Dean's List Honorary
Alpha
Epsilon Delta Pre-Medical Honor Society
Professional Fellow of the American Academy
of Dermatology
Organizations: Allied Health Care/Patient Advocate
Liaison Committee: 3/2000-2004
Associate of the American College
of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology
Fellow of the American Society for
Dermatologic Surgery Membership recruitment and retention committee:
11/2000-2003
Fellow of the
Atlanta Dermatological Association
Member of the
American Medical Association
State Licensure: Georgia Medical License: 045108
Pennsylvania
Medical License: MD-070575-L
Publications:
Pharis DB, Zitelli JA. The management of the regional lymph nodes
in cancer. Submitted for publication to
Dermatol Surgery 2/2002.
Papadapoulos DJ, Pharis DB, Munavalli
GS, Trinei F, Hantzakos AG. Nasalis
myocutaneous island pedicle flap with bi-level undermining for repair of
lateral nasal defects. Dermatol Surg 2002;28:190-194.
Pharis DB, Zitelli JA. Mohs micrographic surgery for melanoma.
Skin Cancer Foundation Journal 2001;19:30.
Pharis DB, Zitelli JA. Sunburn, trauma and the timing of biopsies
of melanocytic nevi. Dermatol Surgery
2001;27(9):835-6.
Pharis DB, Cerenko D, Caughman
SW. Sweet’s syndrome in a patient with
idiopathic progressive bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. J Am Acad Dermatol 2000;42:932-5.
Pharis DB, Papadapoulos DJ. Superiorly based nasolabial interpolation
flap for repair of nasal tip defects. Dermatol Surg 2000;26:19-24.
Pharis DB, McCall CO, Spraker MK. Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma in a child
with the Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.
In: Williams CM, editor. Mini consults in dermatology volume VI
(CD-ROM). Schaumburg (IL): American
Academy of Dermatology; 1999.
Pharis DB, Teller C, Wolf JE, Jr. Cutaneous manifestations of sports
participation. J Am Acad Dermatol 1997;36:448-59.
Presentations:
Pharis DB, Spraker MK. ““Sting” as the cause of treatment failure
in atopic dermatitis: an under diagnosed and easily remedied problem.” Emory Dermatology Day. Atlanta, GA. April 2000.
Pharis DB, McCall CO, Spraker MK. “Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma in a child
with the Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.”
American Academy of Dermatology Gross and Microscopic Dermatology
symposium. New Orleans, LA. March 1999.
Pharis DB. “The Actinic Keratosis Revisited.” Emory University Department of Dermatology Grand Rounds. Atlanta, GA. June 1998.
Pharis DB, McCall CO, Spraker MK. “Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma in a child
with the Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.”
Georgia Society of Dermatologists Annual Meeting. Sea Island, GA. June 1998.
Pharis DB. “Eczema and Eczematoid disorders.” Emory University Physician Assistant lecture series on
Dermatology. Atlanta, GA. January 1998/1999/2000.
Pharis DB. “Hansen’s Disease.”
Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of
Infectious Disease Grand Rounds.
Houston, TX. November 1996.
Pharis DB, Tessman I. “The third role of the recA gene in Escherichia coli
SOS repair and mutagenesis.” Purdue
University undergraduate honors research symposium. West Lafayette, IN. April
1992.
Research:
“Inhibition of isomerization of
urocanic acid and its effect on UV-induced carcinogenesis.” Advisor: Homer Black, PhD. January 1996 – June 1996.
“The third role of the recA gene in Escherichia coli SOS repair and mutagenesis.” Advisor: Irwin Tessman, PhD. January 1991 – May 1992.