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Arturo Dominguez, M.D.

Arturo Dominguez, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Dermatology | Internal Medicine

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  • Biography

    Arturo Dominguez, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology and the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in complex medical dermatology, autoimmune blistering diseases, teledermatology, and hospital dermatology, and he founded the inpatient dermatology consult service for UT Southwestern-affiliated hospitals.

    Dr. Dominguez earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton University and his medical degree at UT Southwestern. He completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Washington School of Medicine and then a dermatology residency at UT Southwestern.

    His research focuses primarily on autoimmune blistering diseases, teledermatology, inpatient dermatology, and community health education interventions. He has published a number of scholarly articles and delivered more than 50 research-related presentations. He takes part in clinical trials to evaluate severe cutaneous drug reactions and autoimmune blistering diseases, such as pemphigus vulgaris.

    Dr. Dominguez attends on the internal medicine teaching service at Parkland Hospital and is active in residency education in that department.

    He is a member of the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Dermatology.

  • Education
    Medical School
    UT Southwestern Medical School (2005)
    Residency
    University of Washington Medical Center/Seattle Children's Hospital (2008), Internal Medicine
    Residency
    UT Southwestern Medical Center (2012), Dermatology
  • Research Interest
    • Community Health Education Interventions
    • Inpatient Dermatology Consultation
    • Teledermatology
  • Publications
    Mucous membrane pemphigoid with ocular involvement in a patient diagnosed previously with mucosal-dominant pemphigus vulgaris: A case report
    Dan-Tam Nguyen C, Cao J, Dominguez AR JAAD Case Reports 2025 Oct 64 95-99
    Janus kinase inhibitors in the treatment of refractory cicatrizing conjunctivitis in pemphigoid
    Nguyen C, Eziama E, Dominguez AR, Cao JH Ocular Surface 2025 Oct 38 1-7
    Outcomes and mortality in calciphylaxis: A multicenter update
    Glennon CM, Xia J, Strowd L, Dominguez AR, Haynes D, Keller J, Locascio JJ, Micheletti RG, Ortega Loayza AG, Pasieka HB, Shinohara MM, Tan AJ, Nigwekar SU, Kroshinsky D Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2025 Oct 93 966-974
    Generalized yellow-white papules in a patient with acute joint pain
    Eldaboush AM, Vandergriff T, Dominguez AR JAAD Case Reports 2025 Sep 63 168-170
    Rituximab and intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of cicatrizing conjunctivitis associated with pemphigoid
    Johnny B, Thompson KN, Eziama E, Dominguez AR, Cao JH AJO International 2025 Apr 2
    Mycophenolate mofetil for the treatment of cicatrizing conjunctivitis secondary to ocular pemphigoid
    Thompson K, Johnny B, Eziama E, Dominguez AR, Cao JH AJO International 2024 Dec 1
    Erythema multiforme-like targetoid eruption in two patients treated with capivasertib for metastatic breast cancer
    Keum H, Zhu JL, Heberton M, Vandergriff T, Dominguez AR JAAD Case Reports 2024 Nov 53 79-82
    Treatment of Bullous Pemphigoid With Dupilumab: A Case Series of 30 Patients
    Miller AC, Temiz LA, Adjei S, Duran MA, Sassmannshausen J, Dominguez A, Thomas C, Schmidt JD, Bernhardt M, Doolittle-Amieva CJ, Moshiri AS, Thompson AJ, Kim-Lim PP, Mattia AV, Tyring SK Journal of Drugs in Dermatology 2024 Jun 23 e144-e148
    Sepsis-like features in hidradenitis suppurativa flares requiring admission: A retrospective cohort study
    AbdelHameid D, Wang L, Mauskar MM, Dominguez AR, Thomas C Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2024 Jun 90 1291-1294
    The United States dermatology inpatient workforce between 2013 and 2019: a Medicare analysis reveals contraction of the workforce and vast access deserts—a cross-sectional analysis
    Hydol-Smith JA, Gallardo MA, Korman A, Madigan L, Shearer S, Nelson C, Fisher K, Hoffman K, Dominguez A, Kaffenberger BH Archives of Dermatological Research 2024 May 316
  • Honors & Awards
    • UT Southwestern Department of Dermatology Residency Program Award for Humanism and Professionalism
      (2012)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Dermatology (2012)
    • American Board of Dermatology (2012)
    • American Board of Internal Medicine (2008)
    • American College of Physicians (2012)