Treatment Adherence in Dermatology

Patient adherence to a given treatment plan directly correlates to the quality of disease outcome. In looking at the how and why behind patient adherence and non-adherence to a treatment regimen, understanding realistic expectations of a patient can provide a beneficial guide towards providing optimal healthcare.

Triple appointed in Dermatology, Pathology, and Public Health Sciences, Feldman directs the Center for Dermatology Research, a health services research center dedicated to improving the care of patients with skin disease. His chief clinical interest is psoriasis. He has served as a member of the medical board of the National Psoriasis Foundation, chaired that board's subcommittee on education, and served as the director of the Foundation's Chief Residents' Meeting on psoriasis treatment. He also chaired the American Academy of Dermatology's Psoriasis Education Initiative Workgroup, developing regional courses on emerging psoriasis therapies. Dr. Feldman is a frequent speaker to lay groups, physicians, industry professionals, and managed care executives, and has published more than 500 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is editor or a member of the editorial board of five dermatology journals, has a regular column on patient adherence in PM360: The Essential Resource for Pharma Marketers, and is author of Practical Ways to Improve Patients' Treatment Outcomes and Compartments: How the Brightest, Best Trained, and Most Caring People Can Make Judgments That are Completely and Utterly Wrong. He is listed in Best Doctors in America.Dr. Cline earned her BA in Latin at Wake Forest University in 2008 with minors in Philosophy and Chemistry. She attended the University of Georgia, where she received her doctorate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2012. She completed her preliminary year in Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. She is currently the Dermatology Research Fellow at the Center for Dermatology Research at the Wake Forest School of Medicine Department of Dermatology.