Philip Fleckman, MD | Division of Dermatology

Professor

Division of Dermatology

Chief, VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Faculty Information

Biography

Phillip Fleckman, M.D., is a board certified physician who sees patients at the Dermatology Clinic at UWMC Roosevelt, a chief of Dermatology at the Veterans Administration Puget Sound and a UW professor of Dermatology and Medicine. Dr. Fleckman enjoys interacting with people with difficult disorders, making informed and joint decisions about how to approach their problem, and making them better. Dr. Fleckman earned his M.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. His clinical and research interests include blistering skin diseases, inherited scaling skin diseases (the ichthyoses), disorders of the nails and general dermatology. Dr. Fleckman was the Principal Investigator of the National Registry for Ichthyosis and Related Disorders, an NIH-sponsored research registry for individuals with disorders of keratinization, and is editor emeritus of the Dermatology Online Journal.

He enjoys teaching students and residents interested in dermatology and skin biology.

Education & Training:

Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis MO

1973

Internship in Medicine

Barnes Hospital

St. Louis MO

1973-1974

Residency in Dermatology

Yale University

New Haven CT

1978-1980

Postdoctoral Fellowship

USPHS, NIMH, NIH

Bethesda MD

1974-1978

Honors:

Alpha Omega Alpha

Clinical Investigator Award

UW Derm John E. Olerud Resident Teaching Award

Contact

Email:

fleck@uw.edu

Phone:

(206) 543-5290

Mailing Address:

VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle
Box 358280
Seattle, WA 98195-8280

University of Washington
Box 356524
Seattle, WA 98195-6524
Fax: 206-543-2489
fleck@uw.edu

Clinic Appointments: 206-598-4067
Clinic Fax: 206-598-2267

Research & Clinical Interests

Research Interests:

Developmental biology of the distal digit
Healing skin around percutaneous devices
Pathophysiology of the ichthyoses
In vitro models of epidermis

Clinical Interests:

General dermatology
Inherited disorders of keratinization
Nail disorders
Blistering skin disorders

Publications

PubMed:

PubMed Bibliography

Publications:

Selected Publications

Fleckman P, Jaeger K, Silva K, Sundberg JP. Comparative Anatomy of Mouse and Human Nail Units. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 296(3):521-32, 2013. PMID 23408541, PMC3579226.

Fleckman P, Usui M, Zhao G, Underwood R, Maginness M, Marshall A, Glaister C, Ratner B, Olerud J: Cutaneous and inflammatory response to long-term percutaneous implants of porous/solid poly(HEMA) and silicone in mice. J Biomed Mater Res A 100:1256-1268, 2012. PMID 22359383, PMC3506026.

Oji V, et al: Revised nomenclature and classification of inherited ichthyoses: Results of the First Ichthyosis Consensus Conference in Sorèze 2009. J Am Acad Dermatol 63:601-641, 2010. PMID 19349982

Smith FJD, Irvine AD, Terron-Kwiatkowski A, Sandilands A, Campbell LE, Zhao Y, Liao H, Evans AT, Goudie DR, Lewis-Jones S, Arseculeratne G, Munro CS, Sergeant A, O’Regan G, Bale SJ, Compton JG, DiGiovanna JJ, Presland RB, Fleckman P, McLean WHI: Loss-of-function mutations in the filaggrin gene cause ichthyosis vulgaris. Nat Genet 38:337-342, 2006. PMID 16444271.

Hager B, Bickenbach JR, Fleckman P: Long term culture of mouse epidermal keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol. 112:971-976, 1999. PMID 10383747

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