Paul Bergstresser, M.D.

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Dr. Bergstresser has served on the faculty of the UT Southwestern Medical School since 1976 and the Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences since 1980. Under his leadership, the Department of Dermatology received a National Institutes of Health Skin Disease Research Center Grant for three cycles (15 years) and the Academy of Dermatology Award for Excellence in Education in 1992. Dr. Bergstresser is an elected member of the American Dermatological Association, a member of the American Association of American Physicians and has been a Director of the American Board of Dermatology, consultant to the National Psoriasis Foundation Tissue Bank, and past-editor of the medical journals - Photodermatology, Photoimmunology and Photomedicine and the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Work from his laboratory has concerned the effects of ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation on immunity in skin. His current research concerns the early diagnosis of melanoma.

Medical School	Stanford University School of Medicine (1968)
Internship	University of New Mexico Hospital (1969), Internal Medicine
Residency	Stanford University Hospital (1970), Dermatology
Residency	University of Miami Hosp. & Clinics (1975), Dermatology

• Cosmetic Dermatology
• Dermatology

• Primary Interests
• Nevi (Moles)
• Patients With Multiple Moles
• Pigmented Lesions
• Previous Melanoma
• Previous Skin Cancers

• Melanoma
• Photobiology

Featured Publications

T Cell-Mediated Terminal Maturation of Dendritic Cells: Loss of Adhesive and Phagocytotic Capacities.

Kitajima T, Caceres-Dittmar G, Tapia FJ, Jester J, Bergstresser PR, Takashima A Journal of Immunology 1996 157 2340-2347

MHC Class I Expression on Dendritic Cells is Sufficient to Sensitize for Transplantation Immunity.

Lenz P, Elbe A, Stingl G, Bergstresser PR Journal for Investigative Dermatology 1996 107 844-848

Langerhans Cells that Migrate to Skin Following Intravenous Infusion Regulate the Induction of Contact Hypersensitivity

Cruz PD Jr, Tigelaar RE, Bergstresser PR Journal of Immunology 1990 144 2486-2492

Haptens can Serve as Surrogate Transplantation Antigens in a Manner that Demonstrates H-2 Restriction of Graft Rejection.

Streilein JW, Bergstresser PR J Exp Med 1983 157 1354-1359

Depletion of Epidermal Langerhans Cells and Ia Immunogenicity from Tape-Stripped Mouse Skin.

Streilein JW, Lonsberry LW, Bergstresser PR J Exp Med 1982 155 863-871

Effectiveness of Infliximab for Intralymphatic Histiocytosis with Rheumatoid Arthritis

White FN, Bergstresser, PR, Lamontagne D, Boswell JS Arch Dermatol 2011 147 130-131

It’s All about Patients, Editorial

Bergstresser PR J Invest Dermatol 2010 130 1-2

2nd Edition, Chapter 2: Anatomy and Physiology

Bergstresser PR, Costner MI Dermatology, Elsevier Ltd. 2008 I 25-35

"Blind Man Dermatology" revisited

Bergstresser PR, Jacobe HT Dermatologic Therapy: Outcome Measures in Dermatology 2007 20 75-76

Understanding clinical trial outcomes: design, analysis, and interpretation

Jacobe HT, Leitenberger JJ, Bergstresser PR Dermatologic Therapy: Outcome Measures in Dermatology 2007 20 70-85

• Dohi Memorial Lecture
  Japanese Dermatological Association (2008)
• Marion B. Sulzberger Mem Award
  American Academy of Dermatology (2000)
• Dermatitis Research Award
  American Skin Association (1994)
• Fogarty Senior Intl Fellowship
  University of Vienna, Austria (1994)
• Joseph Plenck Lecture
  Austrian Dermatology Society (1994)

• American Academy of Dermatology
• American Dermatological Association
• Association of American Physicians
• Association of Professors of Dermatology
• The Society for Investigative Dermatology