Name Ronald Rapini | ||
Ronald P. Rapini, M.D., is an American dermatologist and dermatopathologist. He is the Josey Professor and Chair of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Biography
He received his medical degree from Ohio State University and did residencies at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Iowa, as well as a fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
As department chair he has led the program into several top rankings, including the title Clinical Center of Excellence. A number of his trainees went on to national recognition including receiving the AMA Foundation Leadership Award.
He has served as the president of the American Board of Dermatology, the American Society of Dermatopathology, the American Society for Mohs Surgery and the Texas Dermatological Society. Several society awards have recognized his work.
He is the author of the textbook Practical Dermatopathology (2005, Mosby) and co-author of the two-volume Dermatology (2nd. ed 2007, Mosby). The two-volume Dermatology is a primary clinical and training textbook used in most dermatology training programs and dermatology clinics across the United States. The book is acclaimed and the first edition went out of print early in its release. He has also authored 3 chapters for emedicine.
Among his clinical achievements, he described the first case of Swimmers itch to occur in exposed skin and described the first case of herpetic paronychia occurring in an atopic patient while on isotretinoin therapy for acne. He confirmed that the incidence of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis is higher in association with dysplastic nevi than in ordinary melanocytic nevi and may serve as a marker for NAD.