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.