Cutaneous Drug Hypersensitivity (PDF)

subject of drug induced skin eruptions. Appointed University Professor, she heads a very active research unit whose work is internationally recognized. In 2016, she moved to Paris, becoming the head of the Dermatology and Allergy department of Tenon hospital in the AP-HP.Sorbonne University. This department is the most important for skin and drug allergies in Paris region. She is the secretary of the Board of the Drug Allergy interest group of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, secretary of the European Network for Drug Allergy, the Co-founder and past-president of the "FISARD-Toxidermie" group and the founder of the "Dermato-allergology" group of the French Society of Dermatology. She is also the past President of the Groupe d'Etude et Recherche en Dermato-allergologie (GERDA). Her main topics focus is on contact dermatitis, cutaneous adverse drug reactions and standardisation of allergy work-up in drug allergy.

Prof. Dr. med.Knut Brockow is Associate professor and Head of the Allergy Unit at the Department of Dermatology and Allergology Biederstein, Technical University of Munich. After his Medical studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn with internships in Harare (Zimbabwe), Glarus (Switzerland) and Bonn, he passed the American state examination (ECFMG parts 1 and 2). Prof. Brockow completed his specialist training at the University Dermatology Clinic Hamburg Eppendorf and the Department of Dermatology and Allergology Biederstein, Technical University of Munich. His habilitation topic was on the topic "Mast cells, mediators and mutations in mastocytosis". His activities include a two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Laboratory of Allergic Diseases (Head: Dr. Dean Metcalfe), NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA as a fellow of the John E. Fogarty International Center, Bethesda, USA. Dr. Brockow is a past president of the European Network on Drug Allergy (ENDA), a member of theDrug Hypersensitivity Interest Group (EAACI), the chair of the drug allergy section of the German scientific Allergy society and the EAACI Exam Committee Chair. His main research fucus is on anaphylaxis, mast cell diseases and particularly drug hypersensitivity.