Art Papier, M.D.

About Me

Art Papier, MD is an Associate Professor in Dermatology and Medical Informatics at the University of Rochester. Dr. Papier specializes in contact and occupational dermatitis and has a special interest in acute skin rashes and skin presentations of infectious disease. His research focuses on point o...

Art Papier, MD is an Associate Professor in Dermatology and Medical Informatics at the University of Rochester. Dr. Papier specializes in contact and occupational dermatitis and has a special interest in acute skin rashes and skin presentations of infectious disease. His research focuses on point of care reference systems for physicians and Internet based medical information for patients. He is particularly interested in the topic of diagnostic errors in medical decision making and decision support systems. Dr. Papier was the PI of a NIAMS/NIH contract to develop a comprehensive dermatology lexicon. This work has transitioned to the American Academy of Dermatology as DermLex. Dr. Papier also is Chief Scientific Officer of Logical Images, the developer of VisualDx and an Internet self-paced course in dermatology education.

Faculty Appointments

Clinical Associate Professor (Voluntary) - Department of Dermatology (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Resident - Dermatology, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY 1990 - 1993

Intern - Internal Medicine, Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA 1988 - 1990

Education

MD | Univ of Vermont Coll Medicine. Medicine. 1988

BA | Wesleyan University. Arts & Sciences. 1979

Awards

Dermatology Foundation Health Care Policy Clinical Career Development Award 2000

Sulzberger Educational Grant 1992

Macy Research Scholar in Neuroscience 1983

Publications

Journal Articles

Framework for improved communication: The Dermatology Lexicon Project.

Papier, A., Chalmers, R.J.G., Goldsmith, L., Byrnes, J. A.

J Amer Acad Dermatology. 2004; 50: 630-634.

Medical and dermatology dictionaries: An examination of unstructured definitions and a proposal for the future.

DeVries, D.T., Papier, A., Byrnes, J., Goldsmith, L.A.

J Amer Acad Dermatology. 2004; 50: 144-147.

Smallpox vaccination: a review, part I. Background, vaccination technique, normal vaccination and revaccination, and expected normal reactions.

Fulginiti VA, Papier A, Lane JM, Neff JM, Henderson DA

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.. 2003 July 1537 (2):241-50. Epub 07/10/2003.

Smallpox vaccination: a review, part II. Adverse events.

Fulginiti VA, Papier A, Lane JM, Neff JM, Henderson DA

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.. 2003 July 1537 (2):251-71. Epub 07/10/2003.

New frontiers in medical photography: teaching and patient care.

Papier A

Skinmed.. 2003 2 (1):52-2. Epub 1900 01 01.

Image-Centered Clinical ReferenceVol. 18, No. 5, January 2001

Papier, A.

Physicians & Computers. 2001; 18.

The Digital Imaging System and Dermatology, 39, 561-575 Sept 2000

Papier A, Peres M, Bobrow M, Bhatia A.

Int J Dermatology. 2000; 39: 561-575.

Books

Medimages (1995)

Chapter: Blistering Skin Disorders

Authors: Papier A, Goldsmith LA,

Publisher: Logical Images 1995

Locations

400 Red Creek Dr, Ste 200
Rochester, NY 14623-4281

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