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Rob

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MD, PhD

Charles University
Prague
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Czech Republic
2018 Fellow
Councilor Since: September 8, 2022
IPC Councilor
Dr. Rob is the head of the Dermatovenereology Department at the Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, University Hospital Bulovka, Prague, Czech Republic. Dr. Rob is published as the lead author on 20 manuscripts dealing with psoriasis and is leading research related to HPV and psoriasis as well as skin and gut microbiota changes in psoriasis patients on biologics.

As a 2018 Fellow, he studied with Dr. Joel Gelfand, MD, MSCE, at the University of Pennsylvania and attended the 27th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress in Paris. While in Philadelphia, he shadowed Prof. Gelfand in his outpatient clinic for patients with psoriasis and attended his research team meetings and other events organized by the department. He was exposed to research cardiovascular comorbidities in psoriasis and their management, advanced phototherapy, and pragmatic clinical trials in psoriasis.
Last Updated:
07/27/2022

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Disease Severity Working Group

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Global and Collaborative Research in Psoriasis: IPC Fellows Research Class #1 Recordings

Recordings from the IPC Fellows Research Class #1: Global and Collaborative Research in Psoriasis are now available. Program Chairs Peter van de Kerkhof, MD, PhD, and María Julia Cura, MD, led a faculty of international experts through sessions on unresolved questions in the era of effective psoriasis therapies, building global research collaborations, and connecting psoriasis research across disciplines. Watch to hear from Wolf Henning Boehncke, MD, MA, Christopher Griffiths, OBE, MD, FMedSci, and Georg Stingl, MD, as they share perspectives shaping the next generation of psoriasis research.

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IPC Councilor André Lucas Ribeiro, MD, reframes PsA as a slow transition from psoriasis, not a sudden event, opening the door to disease interception. He outlines the steps needed to get there, from harmonizing definitions to reducing inflammatory burden.

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