Lowell A. Goldsmith, M.D., M.P.H., Professor


Education/Degrees:

1959    Columbia College, New York, Psychology, AB

 

1963    State University of New York at Brooklyn, MD, cum laude

 

2002        University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, MPH, (clinical investigation)

 

Professional Training and Experience:

1963-64    Medical Intern, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

1964-65    Assistant Resident in medicine, UCLA Medical Center

1965-67    Research Associate, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Laboratory of Biomedical Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

 1967-69    Research Fellow in Dermatology, Harvard Medical School;  Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Assistant Resident in Dermatology

1969-70          Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

Faculty Appointments:

2002-            Professor of Dermatology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2000-            Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester

1996-2000    Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester

 1987-1996   James H. Sterner Professor of Dermatology and Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

 1981-87       James H. Sterner Professor of Dermatology and Chief, Dermatology Unit (Medicine), University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

 1985-87       Acting Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

1978-81        Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

 1973-78       Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center

 1971-73       Assistant Dermatologist, Massachusetts General Hospital

 1970-73       Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

 1970-71       Assistant in Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital

 1978-79       Fellow, Macy Foundation, Oxford University, Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford, England

 1994            Sabbatical, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, England

Honors:

*      Editor, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2002-2007

*      Associate Editor, Fitzpatrick Dermatology and General Medicine, 5th Edition and 6th Edition, 2003

*      Rothman Gold Medal Society, Investigative Dermatology.

*      Past-President Association of Professors of Dermatology, Society for Investigative Dermatology, American Dermatology Association

Research Interests:

*      Genetic defects of epidermis

*      Development of a dermatology lexicon

Selected Publications:

1.   Goldsmith LA, Baden HP.  A uniquely oriented epidermal lipid.  Nature. 225:1052 1053,1970

2.   Goldsmith LA, Thorpe J, Roe CR.  Hepatic enzymes of tyrosine metabolism in tyrosinemia II.  J Invest Dermatol. 73:530-532, 1979

3.   Goldsmith LA, Thorpe JM, Marsh RF: Tyrosine aminotransferase deficiency in mink (Mustela vision[sic]):  a model for human tyrosinemia II. Biochem Genet. 19:687, 1981

 4. Levy SB, Goldsmith LA: The peeling skin syndrome. J Am Acad Dermatol. 7:606, 1982

 5. Lesiewicz J, Goldsmith LA: Antizyme release is an early event in ornithine decarboxylase induction by hair plucking. J Invest Dermatol. 80:97, 1983

 6. Lane AT, Helm KF, Goldsmith LA: Identification of bullous pemphigoid, pemphigus, laminin, and anchoring fibril antigens in human fetal skin. J Invest Dermatol. 84:27, 1985

 7. Lane AT, Negi M, Goldsmith LA: Human periderm: a monoclonal antibody marker. Curr Probl Dermatol. 16:83, 1987

 8. Goldsmith LA: Sulfhydryl oxidase from rat skin. Methods Enzymol. 143:510, 1987

 9. Goldsmith LA: My organ is bigger than your organ. Arch Dermatol. 126:301, 1990

10. Zheng ZS, Goldsmith LA: Modulation of epidermal growth factor receptors by retinoic acid in ME180 cells. Cancer Res. 50:1201, 1990

11. Goldsmith LA: Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology of the Skin. 2nd ed, New York, Oxford University Press, 1991

12. Goldsmith LA, DeYoung LM, Falciano V et.al: Inhibition of human epidermal transglutaminases in vitro and in vivo by tyrosinamidomethyl dihydrohaloisoxazoles. J Invest Dermatol.  97:156, 1991

13. Fairley JA, Scott GA, Jensen KD et.al: Characterization of keratocalmin, a calmodulin-binding protein from human epidermis. J Clin Invest. 88:315, 1991

14. Foresman PL, Goldsmith LA, Ginn L et.al: Hemorrhagic Darier's disease. ArchDermatol. 129:511, 1993

15. Ikeda S: Localization of the gene for Darier's disease to a 5cM interval on chromosome 12q. J Invest Dermatol. 103:478, 1994

16. Schroeder WT, Stewart-Galetka S, Mandavilli S et.al: Cloning and characterization of a novel epidermal cell surface antigen (ESA). J Biol Chem. 269:19983, 1994

17. Zalka AD, Byarlay JA, Goldsmith LA: Alopecia a deux: simultaneous occurrence of alopecia in a husband and wife. Arch Dermatol. 130:390, 1994

18. Zareba G, Cernichiari E, Goldsmith LA et.al: Biological monitoring of iodine, a water disinfectant for long-term space missions. Environ Health Perspect. 103:1032, 1995

19. Worobec S, Byarlay JA, Goldsmith LA: Darier's Disease Association with Coproporphyrinuria. J Invest Dermatol. 104:637, 1995

20. Lu B, Scott G, Goldsmith LA: A model for keratinocyte gene therapy: preclinical and therapeutic considerations. Proc Assoc Am Physicians. 108:165, 1996

21. Ryan AS, Goldsmith LA: Nutrition and the skin. Clin Dermatol. 14:389, 1996

22. Goldsmith LA: Skin effects of air pollution. Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. 114:217, 1996

23. Goldsmith LA: Genetic skin diseases with altered aging. Arch Dermatol. 133:1293, 1997

24. Lu B, Federoff HJ, Wang Y et.al: Topical application of viral vectors for epidermal gene transfer. J Invest Dermatol. 108:803, 1997

25. O'Malley MP, Haake A, Goldsmith L et.al: Localized Darier disease. Implications for genetic studies. Arch Dermatol. 133:1134, 1997

26. Pan HJ, Wilding G, Uno H et.al: Evaluation of RU58841 as an anti-androgen in prostate PC3 cells and a topical anti-alopecia agent in the bald scalp of stumptailed macaques. Endocrine. 9:39, 1998

27. Inui,S, Lee,YF, Haake,AR et.al: Induction of TR4 orphan receptor by retinoic acid in human HaCaT keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol. 112:426, 1999

28. Gogstetter DS Goldsmith LA: Treatment of cutaneous sarcoidosis using phonophoresis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 40:767, 1999

29. Goldsmith LA: American Academy of Dermatology Concensus Conference on the Safe and Optimal Use of Isotretinoin: Summary and Recommendations.  J Am Acad Dermatol. 50(6):900-6, 2004

30. Nieves DS, Phipps RP, Pollock SJ, Ochs et al: Dermatologic and immunologic findings in the immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy,  X-linked syndrome. Arch Dermatol. 140(4): 466-72, 2004

31. Papier, A, Chalmers, RJ, Byrnes, JA, Goldsmith, LA; Dermatology Lexicon Project: Framework for improved communication: the Dermatology Lexicon Project. J Am Acad Dermatol. 50(4):630-4, 2004

32. DeVries, DT, Papier, A, Byrnes, J, Goldsmith, LA. Medical and dermatology dictionaries: an examination of unstructured definitions and a proposal for the future. J Am Acad Dermatol. 50(1):144-7, 2004