Editor’s Note: It will take a sustained effort over the next several months to complete a state-by-state, country-by-country overview of PRP-savvy dermatologists. The following represents one way to present the data provided by PRP patients regarding their dermatologists. In this iteration the feedback represents four PRP patients who live in New Jersey. You will note that two PRP patients living in South Jersey reached out to teaching hospitals in the Philadelphia area.
PRP PATIENT POPULATION: NEW JERSEY
Ranking 37th in the country, the current estimated population of the State of New Jersey for 2019 is 9.06 million. Source:
Based on an incidence rate of one in 400,00, there should be estimated 23 PRP patients under treatment. However, as of February 26, 2019, the PRP Global Database Profile currently reports a total of 12 PRP patients
❋ Active: 5
❋ Remission: 4
❋ Missing current status: 3
There are still 18 “active” PRP patient yet to be identified, including the seven PRP patients who have yet to share their dermatologist.
DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES
Dermatological Society of New Jersey
Address: 208 White Horse Pike, Suite 10, Barrington, NJ 08007
Tel: 856-546-5600
Fax: 856-546-5601
Web: www.njderm.org
Contact: Administrator, Mary Malason via email: admin-Mary@DSNJ.org
TEACHING HOSPITALS
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Dermatology Department
Address: 1 Worlds Fair Drive, Suite 2400, Somerset, NJ 08873-1344
Office: 732-235-7765
Fax: 732-235-6568
Web: http://rwjms.rutgers.edu/departments_institutes/dermatology/
Email: aida.j.cardona@rutgers.edu
Leadership: Chen Liu, M.D., Ph.D., Department Chair
Cooper University Health Care
Dermatology Department
1 Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103-1461
Leadership: Warren R Heymann, MD, Head, Division of Dermatology
Phone: (800.826.6737)
FAX: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: https://www.cooperhealth.org/services/dermatology
PRP-SAVVY Dermatologists
The Dermatology Group (19 offices in NJ, NY and CT)
❋ Marc A. Abbate, MD
❋ Barbara Wittek, Dermatology RN
Address: 44 Route 23 North, Suite 213, Riverdale NJ, 07457
Phone: 973 571-2121
Fax: 973 839-5751)
Web: https://www.thedermatologygroup.com
Referral by: JT-4420
Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology, PRP Center of Excellence
❋ Jouni Uitto, Chair
❋ Matthew Keller MD, Director, Dermatology Program, Director, Jefferson Psoriasis Center
❋ Nicholas Ross, MD, Chief Resident
Address: 833 Chestnut Street, Suite 740, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-955-6000
Fax: N/A
Web: https://www.jefferson.edu/university/skmc/departments/dermatology.html
Referral by SC-4544
Penn Dermatology Perelman, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Dermatology
❋ George Cotsarelis, MD, Chair, Department of Dermatology
❋ Emily Chu, MD
Address: 3400 Civic Center Blvd., #330S, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 800-769-7366
Fax: N/A
Web: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/dermatol/
Referral by RK-4723