Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Dermatology Resident, Medicine, University of Wisconsin at Madison 2005 - 2008
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University 2002 - 2005
  • M.D., University of Illinois 2002
  • B.S., University of Illinois -- Urbana-Champaign 1998
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Associate Professor of Dermatology, Dermatology, Clinical Science Departments 2013 - 2017
  • Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Dermatology, Clinical Science Departments 2008 - 2013
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Dermatology, Clinical Science Departments 2008
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Duke Dermatology Residency Program Director
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  Academic Positions Outside Duke

  • Corporate Relations Committee, American Academy of Dermatology. 2017 - 2019
  • President-Elect, American Contact Dermatitis Society. 2017 - 2019
  • Member, North American Contact Dermatitis Group. 2017 - 2020
  • Board of Directors, American Contact Dermatitis Society. 2014 - 2017
  • Mentorship Committee, Women's Dermatologic Society. 2014 - 2017
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • AUG 26, 2014

    Gold and nickel lead list of eyelid irritants

  • AUG 1, 2013

    Saving face: Dermatologists helping patients identify source of facial allergic contact dermatitis
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  Awards & Honors

  • President’s Citation. American Contact Dermatitis Society. 2017
  • Janet M Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation. University of Illinois - Chicago. 2002
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. University of Illinois - Chicago. 2001
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Dermatitis, Allergic Contact
  • Dermatitis, Atopic
  • Dermatitis, Contact
  • Education, Medical, Graduate
  • Patch Tests
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Conference Papers

    • Smith, J, Nicholson, L, Suwanpradid, J, Glenn, R, Gundry, J, Alagesan, P, Knape, N, Atwater, A, Gunn, M, MacLeod, A, Lefkowitz, R, and Rajagopal, S. "678 Biased CXCR3 ligands differentially alter allergic contact hypersensitivity and chemotaxis." May 2017.  Full Text

  • Journal Articles

    • Zhu, TH, Suresh, R, Farahnik, B, Jeon, C, Warshaw, E, Scheinman, P, Mowad, C, Botto, N, Brod, B, Taylor, JS, Atwater, AR, Watsky, K, Schalock, PC, Machler, BC, Helms, S, Jacob, SE, and Murase, JE. "Survey of Patch Test Business Models in the United States by the American Contact Dermatitis Society." Dermatitis 29, no. 2 (March 1, 2018): 85-88.  Full Text
    • Nedorost, S, Atwater, A, Ardern-Jones, M, Elias, P, Mukherjee, P, Honari, G, Ertel, M, Hammond, M, Machler, B, Scheman, A, Mulligan, K, Montanez-Wiskovich, M, Jacob, S, and Brod, B. "Defining Gaps in Dermatitis Care." Dermatitis : contact, atopic, occupational, drug 28, no. 6 (November 2017): 372-375.  Full Text
    • Nath, NS, Liu, B, Green, C, and Atwater, AR. "Contact Allergy to Hydroperoxides of Linalool and D-Limonene in a US Population." Dermatitis : contact, atopic, occupational, drug 28, no. 5 (September 5, 2017): 313-316.  Full Text
    • Holcomb, ZE, Van Noord, MG, and Atwater, AR. "Gallate Contact Dermatitis: Product Update and Systematic Review." Dermatitis : contact, atopic, occupational, drug 28, no. 2 (March 2017): 115-127. (Review)  Full Text
    • Qin, R, Gastrell, P, Lampel, HP, and Atwater, AR. "Association Between Glove Use While Preparing Patch Tests and Development of Rash." Dermatitis : contact, atopic, occupational, drug 28, no. 1 (January 2017): 89-91.  Full Text
    • Atwater, AR, Rudd, M, Brown, A, Wiener, JS, Benjamin, R, Lee, WR, and Rosdahl, JA. "Developing Teaching Strategies in the EHR Era: A Survey of GME Experts." Journal of graduate medical education 8, no. 4 (October 2016): 581-586.  Full Text
    • Schalock, PC, Crawford, G, Nedorost, S, Scheinman, PL, Atwater, AR, Mowad, C, Brod, B, Ehrlich, A, Watsky, KL, Sasseville, D, Silvestri, D, Worobec, SM, Elliott, JF, Honari, G, Powell, DL, Taylor, J, and DeKoven, J. "Patch Testing for Evaluation of Hypersensitivity to Implanted Metal Devices: A Perspective From the American Contact Dermatitis Society." Dermatitis : contact, atopic, occupational, drug 27, no. 5 (September 2016): 241-247. (Review)  Full Text
    • Lampel, HP, and Atwater, AR. "Patch Testing Tools of the Trade: Use of Immunosuppressants and Antihistamines during Patch Testing." Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association 8, no. 3 (May 1, 2016): 209-211.  Full Text
    • Joy, NM, Rice, KR, and Atwater, AR. "Stability of patch test allergens." Dermatitis 24, no. 5 (September 2013): 227-236. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Oliveira, MEF, Piccini, JP, Atwater, BD, and Atwater, AR. "Pacemaker contact dermatitis: clinical and histopathologic description." Dermatitis 24, no. 2 (March 2013): 91-92.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Love, PB, Patterson, SS, Prose, NS, and Atwater, AR. "Griscelli syndrome associated with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis." J Drugs Dermatol 11, no. 9 (September 2012): 1126-.  Link to Item
    • Love, PB, Patterson, SS, Prose, NS, and Atwater, AR. "RESIDENT ROUNDS: PART III Griscelli Syndrome Associated With Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis." JOURNAL OF DRUGS IN DERMATOLOGY 11, no. 9 (September 2012): 1126-1126.  Link to Item
    • Love, PB, Patterson, SS, Prose, NS, and Atwater, AR. "The Duke Dermatology Residency Training Program." Journal of Drugs in Dermatology 11, no. 9 (2012): 1115-1116.
    • Love, PB, Patterson, SS, Prose, NS, and Atwater, AR. "Adverse cutaneous reactions to chemotherapy agents." Journal of Drugs in Dermatology 11, no. 9 (2012): 1120-1121.
    • Naylor, E, Atwater, A, Selim, MA, Hall, R, and Puri, PK. "Leukocytoclastic vasculitis as the presenting feature of dermatitis herpetiformis." Arch Dermatol 147, no. 11 (November 2011): 1313-1316.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Atwater, AR, Longley, BJ, and Aughenbaugh, WD. "Kikuchi's disease: Case report and systematic review of cutaneous and histopathologic presentations." Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 59, no. 1 (2008): 130-136.  Full Text
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • Contact Dermatitis: Head to Toes: Head & Neck. Annual Meeting. American Academy of Dermatology. March 2016  2016
  • Contact Allergens of the Year: Fragrance and Preservatives. Annual Meeting. American Academy of Dermatology. 2016 - 2017  2016 - 2017
  • GME and EMR. Dermatology Grand Rounds. Duke Dermatology. 2016  2016
  • Hands-On Patch Test Workshop. May 2015  2015
  • CAMP Snippets. Annual Meeting. American Contact Dermatitis Society. 2015  2015
  • Contact Dermatitis: Concepts and Controversies. Annual Meeting. American Academy of Dermatology. 2014 - 2015  2014 - 2015
  • Implant Dermatitis. Annual Meeting. American Academy of Dermatology. 2014 - 2015  2014 - 2015
  • Implant Dermatitis. Dermatology Grand Rounds. Duke Dermatology. 2014  2014
  • Graduate Medical Education and the Electronic Age. Annual Meeting. Association of Professors of Dermatology. 2013  2013
  • Face to Face: Management of Facial Dermatoses. Summer Meeting. American Academy of Dermatology. 2012 - 2014  2012 - 2014
  • Facial Contact Dermatitis. Summer Meeting. American Academy of Dermatology. 2012 - 2014  2012 - 2014
  • Benign Skin Lesions. Duke Geriatrics Grand Rounds. Duke University School of Medicine. 2011  2011
  • Contact Dermatitis. Allergy & Immunology Grand Rounds. Duke Immunology. 2011 - 2016  2011 - 2016
  • Update on Acne Therapeutics. Southeastern Consortium for Dermatology. October 2010  2010
  • Occupational Dermatitis. Occupational Medicine Journal Club. February 2009  2009
  • Phakomatosis pigmentovascularis type IIB with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, ocular melanosis and congenital triangular alopecia. Wisconsin Dermatological Society. March 2008  2008
  • Treatment of Severe Pustular Psoriasis in Pregnancy. Wisconsin Dermatological Society. March 2007  2007
  • Degos' Disease. Wisconsin Dermatological Society. April 2006  2006
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  Service to the Profession

  • Peer Reviewer. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2017  2017
  • Peer Reviewer. JAMA Dermatology. 2015  2015
  • Peer Reviewer. Pediatric Dermatology. 2015  2015
  • Peer Reviewer. Dermatitis. 2014  2014
  • Member. Association of Professors of Dermatology. 2010  2010
  • Member. Women's Dermatology Society. 2008  2008
  • Member. American Contact Dermatitis Society. 2007  2007
  • Peer Reviewer. Archives of Dermatology. 2007 - 2008  2007 - 2008
  • Member. American Academy of Dermatology. 2005  2005
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  Service to Duke

  • Duke Dermatology. Dermatology Clinical Competency Committee. 2013  2013
  • Duke Dermatology. Dermatology Program Evaluation Committee. 2013  2013
  • Duke Dermatology. Dermatology Executive Committee. 2010  2010
  • Duke Dermatology. Dermatology Interview Committee. 2010  2010
  • Duke Dermatology. Dermatology Residency Education Committee. 2010  2010
  • Duke Dermatology. Dermatology Elective Rotation Committee. 2008  2008
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  Clinical Activities

  • Evaluation and Management of Contact Dermatitis
    Patch Testing for Contact Dermatitis
    General Dermatology

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