Philip Fleckman
Professor
Division of Dermatology
MD, UWMC-Roosevelt
MD, VA Puget Sound Health Care System
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VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Faculty Information

Biography

Phillip Fleckman, M.D., is a board-certified physician who sees patients at the Dermatology Center at UWMC-Roosevelt and the Veterans Administration Puget Sound, and a professor of Dermatology and Medicine in the UW Medicine Division of Dermatology. 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: 
MD
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
Mailing Address: 

For appointments at the Roosevelt Dermatology Center, visit the UW Medicine website.

 

For appointments through the VA, visit the VA Puget Sound Health Care System website.

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