NPF 2016 Medical Professional Awards Winners
NPF has announced its 2nd Annual NPF Medical Professional Awards winners. These individuals are recognized for their commitment to improve patient outcomes and promote a cure for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
Award recipients were nominated by patients and colleagues, and are clinicians who have made a significant impact in the psoriatic disease community and have joined NPF in its effort to find a cure and improve the lives of those affected.
Nominees were evaluated by a committee of NPF medical board members on specific criteria for each award, and their overall effort in improving the lives of those affected by psoriatic disease. Award recipients include:
Outstanding Educator in Psoriatic Disease: Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE
Dr Gelfand, professor of dermatology and of epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, is a board-certified dermatologist whose clinical work focuses on general dermatology and psoriasis. He has created a multidisciplinary approach to the care of psoriasis patients at University of Pennsylvania through his recruitment and mentoring of a rheumatologist and cardiologist who now specialize in systemic complications of psoriasis.
Outstanding Physician-Clinician: Alexa Boer Kimball, MD, MPH
Dr Kimball is the president and chief executive officer of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, an academic multispecialty group employing more than 1200 full-time Harvard Medical School faculty members and 450 physicians in the community. She is also president of the Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization Physician LLC, which maintains a membership of 2500 physicians, and a professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School.
Dr Kimball is an international expert on psoriasis and hidradenitis suppurativa who has published more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific papers and 100 Questions and Answers About Psoriasis, which has been translated into Spanish, Greek, and Korean. In 2016, she was named Mentor of the Year by the Women’s Dermatologic Society.
Health Professional Volunteer of the Year: Craig F. Teller, MD
Dr Teller is a native Houstonian and has been practicing dermatology since 1995. Board certified by the American Board of Dermatology and a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, Dr Teller is clinical instructor of dermatology in family medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and clinical instructor of dermatology at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. He is being recognized for his efforts and promotion of the NPF mission and key initiatives at the local division with strong contributions and support of the overall NPF goals and objectives.
Outstanding Allied Health, Lakshi Aldredge, MSN, ANP-BC
Ms Aldredge is a nurse practitioner who has practiced at the Portland VA Medical Center for the past 22 years, the last 8 years in the medical dermatology service. She is being recognized for her outstanding achievements in improving psoriatic disease clinical practice and quality of life of her patients. She is actively involved in the day-to-day clinical care of her patients and is nationally known for her exceptional clinical knowledge and expertise.
Ms Aldredge is the past president of the national Dermatology Nurses’ Association (DNA) and is the current chair of the Nurse Practitioner Society of the DNA. She is on the advisory board of Dermatology World, is an associate editor of the Journal of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, the peer-reviewed journal of the NPF, as well as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association.
NPF 2016 Medical Professional Awards Winners
NPF has announced its 2nd Annual NPF Medical Professional Awards winners. These individuals are recognized for their commitment to improve patient outcomes and promote a cure for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
Award recipients were nominated by patients and colleagues, and are clinicians who have made a significant impact in the psoriatic disease community and have joined NPF in its effort to find a cure and improve the lives of those affected.
Nominees were evaluated by a committee of NPF medical board members on specific criteria for each award, and their overall effort in improving the lives of those affected by psoriatic disease. Award recipients include:
Outstanding Educator in Psoriatic Disease: Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE
Dr Gelfand, professor of dermatology and of epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, is a board-certified dermatologist whose clinical work focuses on general dermatology and psoriasis. He has created a multidisciplinary approach to the care of psoriasis patients at University of Pennsylvania through his recruitment and mentoring of a rheumatologist and cardiologist who now specialize in systemic complications of psoriasis.
Outstanding Physician-Clinician: Alexa Boer Kimball, MD, MPH
Dr Kimball is the president and chief executive officer of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, an academic multispecialty group employing more than 1200 full-time Harvard Medical School faculty members and 450 physicians in the community. She is also president of the Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization Physician LLC, which maintains a membership of 2500 physicians, and a professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School.
Dr Kimball is an international expert on psoriasis and hidradenitis suppurativa who has published more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific papers and 100 Questions and Answers About Psoriasis, which has been translated into Spanish, Greek, and Korean. In 2016, she was named Mentor of the Year by the Women’s Dermatologic Society.
Health Professional Volunteer of the Year: Craig F. Teller, MD
Dr Teller is a native Houstonian and has been practicing dermatology since 1995. Board certified by the American Board of Dermatology and a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, Dr Teller is clinical instructor of dermatology in family medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and clinical instructor of dermatology at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. He is being recognized for his efforts and promotion of the NPF mission and key initiatives at the local division with strong contributions and support of the overall NPF goals and objectives.
Outstanding Allied Health, Lakshi Aldredge, MSN, ANP-BC
Ms Aldredge is a nurse practitioner who has practiced at the Portland VA Medical Center for the past 22 years, the last 8 years in the medical dermatology service. She is being recognized for her outstanding achievements in improving psoriatic disease clinical practice and quality of life of her patients. She is actively involved in the day-to-day clinical care of her patients and is nationally known for her exceptional clinical knowledge and expertise.
Ms Aldredge is the past president of the national Dermatology Nurses’ Association (DNA) and is the current chair of the Nurse Practitioner Society of the DNA. She is on the advisory board of Dermatology World, is an associate editor of the Journal of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, the peer-reviewed journal of the NPF, as well as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association.
NPF 2016 Medical Professional Awards Winners
NPF has announced its 2nd Annual NPF Medical Professional Awards winners. These individuals are recognized for their commitment to improve patient outcomes and promote a cure for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
Award recipients were nominated by patients and colleagues, and are clinicians who have made a significant impact in the psoriatic disease community and have joined NPF in its effort to find a cure and improve the lives of those affected.
Nominees were evaluated by a committee of NPF medical board members on specific criteria for each award, and their overall effort in improving the lives of those affected by psoriatic disease. Award recipients include:
Outstanding Educator in Psoriatic Disease: Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE
Dr Gelfand, professor of dermatology and of epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, is a board-certified dermatologist whose clinical work focuses on general dermatology and psoriasis. He has created a multidisciplinary approach to the care of psoriasis patients at University of Pennsylvania through his recruitment and mentoring of a rheumatologist and cardiologist who now specialize in systemic complications of psoriasis.
Outstanding Physician-Clinician: Alexa Boer Kimball, MD, MPH
Dr Kimball is the president and chief executive officer of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, an academic multispecialty group employing more than 1200 full-time Harvard Medical School faculty members and 450 physicians in the community. She is also president of the Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization Physician LLC, which maintains a membership of 2500 physicians, and a professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School.
Dr Kimball is an international expert on psoriasis and hidradenitis suppurativa who has published more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific papers and 100 Questions and Answers About Psoriasis, which has been translated into Spanish, Greek, and Korean. In 2016, she was named Mentor of the Year by the Women’s Dermatologic Society.
Health Professional Volunteer of the Year: Craig F. Teller, MD
Dr Teller is a native Houstonian and has been practicing dermatology since 1995. Board certified by the American Board of Dermatology and a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, Dr Teller is clinical instructor of dermatology in family medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and clinical instructor of dermatology at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. He is being recognized for his efforts and promotion of the NPF mission and key initiatives at the local division with strong contributions and support of the overall NPF goals and objectives.
Outstanding Allied Health, Lakshi Aldredge, MSN, ANP-BC
Ms Aldredge is a nurse practitioner who has practiced at the Portland VA Medical Center for the past 22 years, the last 8 years in the medical dermatology service. She is being recognized for her outstanding achievements in improving psoriatic disease clinical practice and quality of life of her patients. She is actively involved in the day-to-day clinical care of her patients and is nationally known for her exceptional clinical knowledge and expertise.
Ms Aldredge is the past president of the national Dermatology Nurses’ Association (DNA) and is the current chair of the Nurse Practitioner Society of the DNA. She is on the advisory board of Dermatology World, is an associate editor of the Journal of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, the peer-reviewed journal of the NPF, as well as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association.
