Donald Glass, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Endowed Title Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care
School Medical School
Department Dermatology | Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development
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Biography
Originally from the Bahamas, Dr. Glass enrolled in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in 1998. He received his PhD from BCM in 2005 from the Department of Human Genetics where he studied the role of Canonical Wnt Signaling in Bone Regulation. He received his MD from BCM in 2006 and compleed his transitional year internship at Cambridge Hospital in Massachusetts in 2008. Dr. Glass completed his residency training in Dermatology and a postdoctoral fellowship in the McDermott Center (with Helen Hobbs) at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He is board certified by the American Board of Dermatology.
Dr. Glass' main research interest is in understanding how keloids (exuberant scarring of the skin) occur and in finding the genes that predispose people to develop keloids. Keloids occur disproportionately more often in skin of color, and the ability to develop keloids can be inherited within families. Dr. Glass is compiling a registry of individuals as well as families affected by keloids in order to collect samples and information to study keloids further. His other research interest is identifying genes that cause rare skin disorders. Dr. Glass practices general dermatology and has an interest in genetic skin disorders.
Education
- Medical School
- Baylor College of Medicine (2006)
- Internship
- Cambridge Hospital (2008), Transitional Year
- Residency
- UT Southwestern Medical Center (2011), Dermatology
Research Interest
- Dermal Biology
- Fibroblasts
- Genetics
- Keloids
Publications
Featured Publications
- Pentoxifylline for the Prevention of Postsurgical Keloid Recurrence.
- Tan A, Martinez Luna O, Glass DA, Dermatol Surg 2019 Aug
- Current Understanding of the Genetic Causes of Keloid Formation.
- Glass DA J. Investig. Dermatol. Symp. Proc. 2017 Oct 18 2 S50-S53
- A case-control study analyzing the association of keloids with hypertension and obesity.
- Rutherford A, Glass DA Int. J. Dermatol. 2017 May
- Association of keloids with systemic medical conditions: a retrospective analysis.
- Adotama P, Rutherford A, Glass DA Int. J. Dermatol. 2015 Oct
- Annular plaques and craniosynostosis.
- Taylor A, Nguyen RH, Glass DA, Agim NG J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 2013 May 68 5 881-4
- Canonical Wnt signaling in differentiated osteoblasts controls osteoclast differentiation.
- Glass DA, Bialek P, Ahn JD, Starbuck M, Patel MS, Clevers H, Taketo MM, Long F, McMahon AP, Lang RA, Karsenty G Dev. Cell 2005 May 8 5 751-64
- Widespread Eruption of Comedones: Answer.
- Kailas A, Vandergriff T, Glass DA, Am J Dermatopathol 2019 Jun 41 6 459
- Patient-reported outcomes for keloids: a systematic review.
- Tan A, Glass DA G Ital Dermatol Venereol 2018 Oct
- Novel therapeutic approaches to xeroderma pigmentosum.
- Weon JL, Glass DA Br. J. Dermatol. 2018 Sep
- Multiple Tumors on the Extremities: Answer.
- Ukoha UT, Vandergriff T, Cheng J, Glass DA Am J Dermatopathol 2018 Aug 40 8 624-625
Books
Featured Books
Keloids (pgs 249-254). In A.G. Pandya & D. Jackson-Richards, Atlas of Skin of Color
Mayo TT & Glass DA 2nd (2014). Berlin, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Honors & Awards
- Children's Medical Center CCRAC
Junior Investigator Research Award (2013) - Dermatology Foundation
Career Development Award (2013) - UT-Southwestern / Galderma
Pilot & Feasibility Study Grant (2012) - Dermatology Foundation
Dermatologist Investigator Research Fellowship Award (2011) - Skin of Color Society
AMBI Research Grant (2011) - UT-Southwestern Medical Center
Physcian Scientist Training Program (2010) - BCM Outstanding Student Award
Graduate School (2006) - Graduate Student Rep Speaker
BCM Commencement (2006) - Speaker, Gordon Research Conference
Bones and Teeth (2005)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Academy of Dermatology
- Dallas County Medical Society
- Dermatology Foundation
- National Medical Association
- Skin of Color Society
- Society for Investigative Dermatology
- Texas Medical Association
- Women's Dermatologic Society