Paul Bergstresser, MD

Professor
Endowed Title: James N. Gilliam, M.D., Chair in Dermatology
Dermatology, Department of Clinical Sciences
Graduate Program: Immunology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-645-2400

paul.bergstresser@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Dr. Bergstresser has served on the faculty of the UT Southwestern Medical School since 1976 and the Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences since 1980. Under his leadership, the Department of Dermatology received a National Institutes of Health Skin Disease Research Center Grant for three cycles (15 years) and the Academy of Dermatology Award for Excellence in Education in 1992. Dr. Bergstresser is an elected member of the American Dermatological Association, a member of the American Association of American Physicians and has been a Director of the American Board of Dermatology, consultant to the National Psoriasis Foundation Tissue Bank, and past-editor of the medical journal - Photodermatology, Photoimmunology and Photomedicine. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Work from his laboratory has concerned the effects of ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation on immunity in skin. His current research concerns the early diagnosis of melanoma.

Education

ResidencyUniversity of Miami Hosp. & Clinics (1975)
ResidencyStanford University Hospital (1970)
InternshipUniversity of New Mexico Hospital (1969)
Medical SchoolStanford University School of Medicine (1968)

Research Interests

Melanoma
Photobiology

Publications

Featured
T Cell-Mediated Terminal Maturation of Dendritic Cells: Loss of Adhesive and Phagocytotic Capacities.

Kitajima T, Caceres-Dittmar G, Tapia FJ, Jester J, Bergstresser PR, Takashima A , Journal of Immunology , 1996; (157):2340-2347

Featured
MHC Class I Expression on Dendritic Cells is Sufficient to Sensitize for Transplantation Immunity.

Lenz P, Elbe A, Stingl G, Bergstresser PR , Journal for Investigative Dermatology , 1996; (107):844-848

Featured
Langerhans Cells that Migrate to Skin Following Intravenous Infusion Regulate the Induction of Contact Hypersensitivity

Cruz PD Jr, Tigelaar RE, Bergstresser PR , Journal of Immunology , 1990; (144):2486-2492

Featured
Haptens can Serve as Surrogate Transplantation Antigens in a Manner that Demonstrates H-2 Restriction of Graft Rejection.

Streilein JW, Bergstresser PR , J Exp Med , 1983; (157):1354-1359

Featured
Depletion of Epidermal Langerhans Cells and Ia Immunogenicity from Tape-Stripped Mouse Skin.

Streilein JW, Lonsberry LW, Bergstresser PR , J Exp Med , 1982; (155):863-871

Effectiveness of Infliximab for Intralymphatic Histiocytosis with Rheumatoid Arthritis

White FN, Bergstresser, PR, Lamontagne D, Boswell JS , Arch Dermatol , 2011; (147):130-131

It’s All about Patients, Editorial

Bergstresser PR , J Invest Dermatol , 2010; (130):1-2

2nd Edition, Chapter 2: Anatomy and Physiology

Bergstresser PR, Costner MI , Dermatology, Elsevier Ltd. , 2008; (I):25-35

Understanding clinical trial outcomes: design, analysis, and interpretation

Jacobe HT, Leitenberger JJ, Bergstresser PR , Dermatologic Therapy: Outcome Measures in Dermatology , 2007; (20):70-85

"Blind Man Dermatology" revisited

Bergstresser PR, Jacobe HT , Dermatologic Therapy: Outcome Measures in Dermatology , 2007; (20):75-76

Honors/Awards

Dohi Memorial Lecture

Japanese Dermatological Association (2008)

Marion B. Sulzberger Mem Award

American Academy of Dermatology (2000)

Dermatitis Research Award

American Skin Association (1994)

Fogarty Senior Intl Fellowship

University of Vienna, Austria (1994)

Joseph Plenck Lecture

Austrian Dermatology Society (1994)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Dermatology

American Dermatological Association

Association of American Physicians

Association of Professors of Dermatology

The Society for Investigative Dermatology