Handbook of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (PDF)

School of the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He
completed his dermatology residency at Pretoria General Hospital at the
University of Pretoria, also in South Africa, and two fellowships in London at
Guy's Hospital and St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin. A fellowship with
the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas brought Menter to
the United States. Since then, he has held several positions within the UT and
Baylor University Dallas systems. In 1992, he was appointed Chairman of the
Division of Dermatology at Baylor University Medical Center and still holds
that position. In 2007, he was appointed Director of the Baylor Research Center
and in 2010, Program Director of the newly formed Dermatology Residency Program
at Baylor University Medical Center.Dr Menter has a long-held interest in psoriasis and
psoriatic disease research. In 1994, he co-authored the first gene discovery
for psoriasis, published in Science in 1994. His research on psoriasis has
examined everything from ultraviolet phototherapy and biologic therapy to the mapping
of genetic patterns to predict if a person is at risk of developing psoriasis
pharmacogenomics. In August 2004, Dr Menter helped found the International
Psoriasis Council to raise international awareness of psoriasis as a serious
autoimmune disease that can significantly impact quality of life. His clinical
practice includes more than 1600 patients on systemic and biologic therapy.





Dr Menter held the position of clinical director of the
National Psoriasis Foundation Gene Bank from 1996 to 2002. His resume lists
some 300+ articles, four books and 19 book chapters. He serves as a member of
the editorial board for several medical journals, including the Journal of
Clinical Dermatology and Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. He is chair of research
for Dermatology at Baylor Research Institute, as well as clinical professor of
dermatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas
and professor at Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine. Dr
Menter has been listed in the Best Doctors in America since 1994 and Who's Who
in Medicine and Healthcare since 1996. He also represented the South African
National Rugby team, the Springboks, in 1968. In 2013, Dr Menter received the
Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Psoriasis Foundation. In March
2015, he received the Dermatology Foundation annual Clark W. Finnerud award at
the American Academy of Dermatology 2015 meeting in San Francisco.