Disease is the manifestation of interplay between effects of known/unknown external and internal factors.
There is need for drug to control deranged immunity. Four major groups of drugs are:
(I) Corticosteroids, (ii) immunosuppressant or cytotoxic drugs, (iii) biologics and (iv) small molecules (JAK/STAT inhibitors).
Busy Practitioners do not find much time to go into details of pharmacology, mechanism of actions, etc. Hence this book will be helpful to many dermatologists while using drugs.
Brig Sanjeev Vaishampayan MD after serving in the army for 35 years, retired as Commandant Military Hospital, Mhow. He is presently Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology at Pacific Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), Udaipur. Earlier he has served as Professor at Index Medical College, Indore; Army College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; AFMC, Pune and Command Hospital, Lucknow. He has written 4 books and chapters in 16 books. He also has published 52 papers in various indexed journals. He was Vice President of IADVL in 2021. He has received Best Teacher Award 2015, Oration 2017, DermaSeva Award 2019 and Humanitarian Dermatologist Award from International League of Dermatology Association in 2020. His clinical research/interest is in biologics, immunomodulators, acute skin failure, drug reactions, etc. He served in the army at Pune, Secunderabad, Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Ajmer, Meerut, Tezpur Military Hospitals, etc. He was awarded Chief of Army Staff Commendation twice for his exemplary service. He continues to do social service in Military Hospital, Mhow and conducts medical camps in tribal areas of MP, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Jharkhand. He has seen more than 70,000 patients in the last 8 years as honorary consultant. He is a keen sportsman. Arun C Inamadar MBBS DVD MD (DV&L) FRCP (Edinburgh) MPM Cx (IIM Ahmedabad) WHO Fellowship is currently Pro Vice-Chancellor at BLDE Deemed University and also Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology at SBMP Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, BLDE Deemed University, Vijayapura, Karnataka. He has been a recipient of WHO Fellowship, The University of Washington, Seattle, and The University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, USA. He is also a fellow of the Karnataka Science and Technology Academy. His contributions to medical research and education are substantial, with a remarkable record of over 200 publications, 12 books edited, and 70 chapters contributed to medical literature. Murlidhar Rajagopalan MD (PGIMER) FRCP (Edin) is a Senior Dermatologist, PGIMER Chandigarh. He inititated the Department of Dermatology at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai in 1990, where he still Heads the Department. His primary interest in dermatology is immunodermatology. He represents India at the International Psoriasis Council since 2006 and is currently on the Board of Directors of International Society of Atopic Dermatitis. He is well known for his keen interest in biologicals in medicine. Kabir Sardana MD DNB MNAMS is Director Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology and STD at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and RML Hospital, New Delhi, he is a former Professor, Department of Dermatology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. He began writing on common disorders like eczema, acne and topped the UPSC interview for selection for the post of Assistant Professor in Dermatology in 2006. This was preceded by his medical training at MAMC and LHMC, New Delhi. He has worked as faculty at MAMC, New Delhi and CNBC, Delhi. He is the author of the best selling books on dermatology listed on amazon.in.
