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Kristen B. Higgins, M.D.

Education                   Doctor of Medicine, May, 2004

                            Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

                       

                            Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry, summa cum laude,
                            May, 2000

                            North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

 

Residency                     University of Virginia Dermatology

                             July, 2005 – Anticipated completion June, 2008

                             Chief Resident beginning July, 2007

 

                             Carolinas Medical Center Preliminary Internal Medicine

                             July, 2004 – June, 2005

 

Honors                        Alpha Omega Alpha, elected as a third year medical student, 2003

                                    Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 1999

                                    Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1999

                                    Golden Chain Senior Honorary, 1999

                                    Caldwell Scholar, 1996 – 2000

 

Activities

 

Residency           Charlottesville Free Clinic Volunteer, August 2005 – Present

                      Visiting Medical Student Coordinator, May 2007 – Present

           

Medical School   Phase V Representative, Class of 2004, 2003 – 2004

                      Membership Coordinator, American Medical Assoc., 2001–2002

                            Pediatric Interest Group President, 2001 – 2002   

                            Peds Pal, 2001

                           Community service activities:

                                Students Teaching Early Prevention

                                Students Teaching AIDS to Students

                                Wake Forest University Health Fair

 

Undergraduate    Chancellor’s Aide, 1998 – 2000

                             Teaching Assistant Coordinator, Genetics, 1999 – 2000

                       Judicial Board Member, 1998 – 1999

                       Study Abroad in Oxford, England, Summer 1998

 

Memberships        American Academy of Dermatology

                        Women’s Dermatologic Society

 

Publications             Pearce DJ, Higgins KB, Stealey KH, Balkrishnan R, Crane MM,
                                    Camacho F, Fleischer AB Jr, Feldman SR.  Adverse events 
                             from systemic therapies for psoriasis are common 
                             in clinical practice.  J Dermatolog Treat. 2006;17
                             (5):288-93.

 

Pearce DJ, Morrison AE, Higgins KB, Crane MM, Balkrishnan R, Fleischer AB Jr, Feldman SR.  The comorbid state of psoriasis patients in a university dermatology practice.  J Dermatolog Treat. 2005;16(5-6):319-23.

 

Jordan AY, Parks L, Chen SC, Higgins K, Fleischer AB, Feldman SR.  Does the     teratogenicity of isotretinoin outweigh its benefits?  J Dermatolog Treat.      2005;16(4):190-2.

 

Sinal SH, Higgins KB, McLean TW, Rouster-Stevens K, Manuel J.  Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use in Pediatric Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.  Submitted for review to Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.

 

Currently working on manuscripts regarding use of terbinafine to treat lichen planus; cystic fibrosis presenting as an acrodermatitis enteropathica-like eruption; and breast telangiectasias in women

 

Experience               Student Intern, Genecare Medical Genetics Center, Chapel Hill,

                            NC, 1999 – 2000; performed karyotyping on amniotic fluid
                            and prepared microscope slides for chromosomal analysis