Critical Thinking in Contemporary Dermatology: Cognitive Essays

​Dr. Somesh Gupta is a professor of dermatology and venereology at AIIMS, New Delhi, India. He has published over 200 papers in many indexed journals and three internationally edited books with Elsevier and Wiley Blackwell. Currently, he serves as the regional director for Asia-Pacific in the International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI), director of Dermatologic and Aesthetic Surgery International League (DASIL), vice-chairman of the Assembly of National Affiliated Societies (ANAS), DASIL, Joint Editor of Sexual Health (CSIRO, Australia). He is a past president, secretary, and academy chairperson of the Association of Cutaneous Surgeons of India (ACSI) and past hon. treasurer and past chairman of the finance committee of the Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists, and Leprologists (IADVL).  Dr. Nikhil Mehta completed his undergraduate and postgraduate training, and senior residency in dermatology, from AIIMS, Delhi, India, where he was awarded the medal for the best resident in dermatology in 2020. His areas of research include holistic management, procedural dermatology, artificial intelligence, STIs, neglected tropical diseases, and cutaneous mosaicism. He has over 50 publications in indexed journals and has won many dermatology awards and scholarships. He is an avid quizzer, having won and conducted numerous dermatology and non-dermatology quizzes, and an equally avid foodie. He also enjoys well-told stories in all forms and mediums.  Dr Pankhuri Dudani is a psychodermatologist with masters degrees in Dermatology and Venereology (AIIMS, Delhi) and Clinical hypnotherapy, and is pursuing a masters in Mindfulness-based CBT at the University of Oxford. Her areas of interest and work include artificial intelligence, mind-body medicine, dermatosurgery and dermatopathology. She’s currently attached to the Psychodermatology Clinic at the Royal London Hospital, England.

1          The Outer Brain:  Ten Amazing Ways the Skin and Brain Connect.- 2 Skin Aging Nikhil Mehta, Somesh Gupta            someshgupta@aiims.edu.- 3      The concept of beauty and its evolutionary basis Henriette De La Garza, Neelam A. Vashi           nvashi419@gmail.com .- 4         Cosmetic enhancement should be need based, not greed based   Jaishree Sharad.- jaishree19@gmail.com.- 5        Chasing attractiveness: The growing obsession with cosmetic dermatology-Are we promoting an illusion of beauty?      Mansak Shishak  mansakshishak@gmail.com.- 6            Hair loss in the naked ape     Venkataram Mysore      venkatcharmalaya@gmail.com.- 7          Functional, aesthetic, and procedural significance of the nail unit     Eckart Haneke   haneke@gmx.net.- 8 Dermatoscopy: what does it add?             Deepak Jakhar, Ishmeet Kaur    dr.deepakjakhar@yahoo.in.- 9 Bedside, Real-time Visualization and Diagnosis of Skin Lesions: A myth or reality?.-        Manu Jainmnjn222@gmail.com.- 10       Noise, signal, and confirmation bias in Dermatological diagnosis           Somesh Gupta  someshgupta@aiims.edu.- 11    Information Theory.-     Mansak Shishak, Somesh Gupta someshgupta@aiims.edu.- 12    Immune Dysregulation in SkinSantosh Kurra, Shamima Akhtar, Alpana Sharma dralpanasharma@gmail.com.- 13. Vitiligo: A patch on skin and the mind Jung Min Bae Hyun Jeong Ju           jminbae@gmail.com.- 14.        Autoinflammatory disorders: Under-discussed pathologies in Dermatology           Bhavya Swarnkarswarnkarbhavya@gmail.com.- 15         Entangled - the new era of aggressive dermatomycosis  Vishal Gaurav, Shukla Das      shukladas_123@yahoo.com.- 16.           Skin Disease in Tropics- impacted by heat, humidity and healthcare neglect  Ananya Sharma,          



ananyasharma0026@gmail.com.- 17      JAK-STAT Targeted Therapy for Autoimmune DiseasesDerek Ochi, Karmtej Singh Cheema, Smriti K. Raychaudhuri, Siba P. Raychaudhurisraychaudhuri@ucdavis.edu.- 18.   ThePlacebo Effect In Dermatology- Managing Patients’ Expectations   Nikhil Mehta Somesh Gupta       someshgupta@aiims.edu.-19         Procedural Dermatology - What Dermatologists can do and what they cannot- A resident doctor’s perspective            Arunachalam Narayanan           narayanan359@gmail.com.- 20  Core concepts of Dermatosurgery .-       Nikhil Mehta, Narayanan Baskaran, Somesh Gupta someshgupta@aiims.edu.- 21         Breaking the scar          Narayanan Baskaran, Pankhuri Dudani, Somesh Gupta        someshgupta@aiims.edu.- 22    Why do we need teledermatology?            Paola Pasqualipasqualipaola@gmail.com.- ;23 Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in Dermatology: An idea whose time has come    Nikhil Mehta, Somesh Gupta someshgupta@aiims.edu.- 24         Personalized Medicine: Can We Really Achieve This in Dermatology? Dr. Robert Norman        skindrrob@aol.com.- 25 Treating the patient, not the disease: Holistic dermatology can benefit             Narahari SR Sourabha SN Yotsu R srniad@gmail.com.- 26  Social Medicine in Dermatology Must Remain Center StageDr. Robert Norman             skindrrob@aol.com