Department of Dermatology and Venereology

Areas of work, main tasks and objectives

• To organise high-quality and modern undergraduate and continuing education in dermatology and venereology
• supervise students’ and residents’ research papers
• implement doctoral studies
• foster the research and qualification upgrading of the department’s academic staff
• cooperate with other structural units at RSU and professional associations

Research directions

• Immunodermatology and autoimmune skin diseases
• The role of dermatoscopy in assessing skin cancer treatment results
• Benign and malignant skin tumours; cutaneous metastases from malignant tumours
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Rare dermatoses, genodermatoses

Research topics

• Moderate / severe psoriasis and atopic dermatitis
• Dermatoscopic and morphological correlations of atypical actinic keratosis
• Dermatoscopic characteristics of inflammatory non-scarring psoriasis and lichen planus balanitis, relation to their histological features and impact on quality of life
• Complex assessment of cutaneous metastases from malignant tumours: dermatoscopic features and microbiological profile
• Research on the aetiology and risk factors of perioral dermatitis
• Research on occupational nail disorders

Study or research cooperation partners