Another Candle on the Cake: The American Contact Dermatitis Society Reaches Its 30th Year

Jodie Raffi; James S Taylor; Amber R Atwater; Sharon E Jacob; Bruce A Brod; Andrew J Scheman; Cynthia Froehlich; Dixie Morales; Ginger Czajkowski; Peggy A Wu

doi:10.1097/DER.0000000000000554

Another Candle on the Cake: The American Contact Dermatitis Society Reaches Its 30th Year

Dermatitis. 2019 Nov-Dec;30(6):e15-e24. doi: 10.1097/DER.0000000000000554.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.
² Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, OH.
³ Department of Dermatology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Loma Linda University, CA.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University, Northbrook, IL.
⁷ Froehlich Associates Incorporated, Waldorf, MD.
⁸ Executive Director Incorporated, Milwaukee, WI.
⁹ Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento.

PMID: 31724992
DOI: 10.1097/DER.0000000000000554

Abstract

The year 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the American Contact Dermatitis Society (ACDS). The work of inaugural ACDS members and the 3 decades of camaraderie, collaboration, education, and investigation of contact dermatitis that followed the inception of the ACDS are celebrated in this historical account.

Publication types

Historical Article

MeSH terms

Anniversaries and Special Events
Dermatitis, Contact*
Dermatology*
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Societies, Medical / history*
United States