2021 Virtual Odland Lecture
The Division of Dermatology hosted the Annual Odland Lecture virtually this year on Friday, May 14, 2021, featuring guest speaker Dr. Aimee Payne of the University of Pennsylvania.
Odland Lectureship
The Odland Lecture is held during the spring of each year in memory of Dr. George Odland, the first long-term Division Head for the newly formed University of Washington Division of Dermatology in 1961, after the untimely death of the first Division Head Dr. James Case one year after the establishment of the Division in 1960.
Dr. Odland was a nationally recognized researcher of skin biology, known for describing the lamellar granule of the epidermis (Odland body). He led the Division for 26 years which saw the establishment of the dermatology training program, numerous research milestones, and clinical expansion.
The Odland Lectureship was established at Dr. Odland’s retirement in 1988 to bring the clinical science of dermatology to the clinical dermatology community of Seattle and nationwide.
Keynote lecture delivered by UPenn's Dr. Aimee Payne
This year’s Odland Lecture featured a keynote address by Aimee Payne, MD, MPH titled “Cell Therapy for Pemphigus: Entering the Precision Medicine Era”.
Dr. Payne is a professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania. She specializes in autoimmune blistering diseases and precision medicine therapies. She is a recent recipient of the Eguene Van Scott award and is the Head of the UPenn Clinical Autoimmunity Center of Excellence. She is also actively involved in the professional scientific and dermatologic communities.
2021 Baker Award
Following Dr. Payne’s keynote lecture, the Division announced the 2021 recipients of the William Baker Meritorious Service Award recognizing outstanding teaching service and commitment of our volunteer faculty who have completed at least 2-3 months of volunteer attending in our clinics in addition to other volunteer activities. The Baker Award commemorates the service of Dr. William Baker, former head of the Dermatology service at Harborview who taught skin surgery to many young dermatologists.
Of the 43 volunteer faculty, all of whom are integral to the operations and education in the Division of Dermatology, we are thrilled to award the 2021 Baker Award to Drs. Kim Abson, James Collyer, Darrell Fader, Kyle Garton, Ravi Krishnan, Dan Lantz, Mike Piepkorn, Jennifer Reichel, Heather Rogers, Jordan Tappero, and Mariam Totonchy.
“The University of Washington wishes to express appreciation for the dedication and teaching excellence of our Dermatology Division Volunteer Faculty”
The educational programming was rounded out with case presentations by Dr. Allene Fonseca (Ngheim case) and Dr. Rachael Ward (Fleckman case) with pathology findings presented by dermatopathology fellow Dr. Thomas Long.
This year’s event could not have been such a success without the dedication and oversight of UW Derm administrators Trang Ngyuen, Aimee Fillippi, and Alyssa Deguzman.
