Francisco A. Tausk , M.D. Professor of Dermatology and Psychiatry Francisco_Tausk@urmc.rochester.edu

Dr Francisco Tausk heads of the nation’s only Center for Integrated Dermatology, specialiizing in skin diseases that interface between dermatology and psychiatry.  He has a particular interest in skin diseases exacerbated by stress and emotional problems, such as “skin picking syndrome.”  Dr. Tausk also conducts all NIH-sponsored clinical trials of psoriasis and is currently recruiting patients. 

Education

Institution	Location	Degree	Year
University of Buenos Aires	Argentina	M.D.	1977

Professional Training and Experience

1978-1979	Internship (Medicine), Ramos Mejia Hospital Buenos Aires
1979-1982	Resident, Department of Dermatology, University of Buenos Aires
1983-1984	Research Fellow, Division of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine (UCSD)
1984-1988	Resident, Division of Dermatology (UCSD)
1985-1986	Research Fellow, Division of Dermatology (UCSD).
1988-1989	Assistant Researcher, Division of Dermatology (UCSD)
1989-1990	Assistant Professor of Medicine (UCSD)
1991-1992	Assistant Professor, Joint appointment, Departments of Dermatology and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
1993-2000	Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University
1998-2005	Member, Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology Group, JHU
1998- 2005	Co-Director, Pigmented Lesion Clinic, Johns Hopkins University
2000-2005	Editor, Alternative Medicine CME course, Johns Hopkins University
1995-2004	Director, Training Program, Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University
2000-2005	Associate Professor of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University
2005-	Professor of Dermatology, University of Rochester
2005-	Professor of Psychiatry, University of Rochester

Honors and Awards

1981	First Prize. Residents’ and Fellows’ Forum, University of Buenos Aires, Department of Dermatology.
1984	Dermatology Foundation: Roche Pharmaceuticals Award
1984	Henry Stelwagon Award, American College of Physicians of Philadelphia: Best original work presented by Residents/Fellows at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology
1985	Dermatology Foundation: Award from the Society for Investigative Dermatology
1985	American Academy of Dermatology: Bronze Award for Original Investigation
1985	Nelson Paul Anderson Memorial Prize, Pacific Dermatological Association
1997	Faculty of the year award, for outstanding patient care and teaching, by theResidents of the Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University
2004	Recognition Award for Commitment to the Education and Well-being of the Residents of the Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University
2004	The Israel Zeligman Annual Lectureship: “Stress and the Skin” , Johns Hopkins University

Elected Positions

• Former fellow member of the Board of Directors, Society for Investigative Dermatology
• Former President, Maryland Dermatological Society
• Conference Chair, Atlantic Dermatological Conference, 2001
• President, Association for Psychocutaneous Medicine of North America

Publication

• Gimenez M, Tausk, F (1982) Sarcoma synovial. Rev Arg Dermatol 94, 102.
• Spillman H, Antognoli S, Tausk, F (1982) Pemphigoid cicatricial. Rev Arg Dermatol 94, 453.
• Tausk, F, Schreiber R, Gigli I (1984) CR1 deficiency in patients with Hansen's disease.Trans Assoc Am Physicians XCVII, 346-353.
• Tausk, F, Hoffmann T, Schreiber R, Gigli I (1985) Leprosy: Altered complement receptor in disseminated disease. J Invest Dermatol 85, 58-61.
• Tausk, F, McCutchan JA, Schreiber RD, Gigli I (1986) Acquired deficiency of erythrocyte C3b receptor in AIDS and AIDS related syndromes. Bioscience Reports 6, 81-86.
• Tausk, FA, McCutchan JA, Spechko P, Schreiber RD, Gigli I (1986) Altered erythrocyte C3b receptor expression, immune complexes and complement activation in homosexual men in varying risk groups for AIDS. J Clin Invest 78, 977-982.
• Gimenez MF, Tausk, F, Gigli I (1987) Langerhans cells in paracoccidioidomycosis. Arch Dermatol 123, 479-481.
• Gigli,I, Tausk,F (1988) C1, C4, and C2 components of the classical pathway of complement and regulatory proteins. In: Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 162.
• Gimenez MF, Gigli I, Tausk, F (1989) Differential expression of Langerhans cells in the epidermis of patients with leprosy. Br J Dermatol 121, 19-26.
• Tausk F, Fey M, Gigli I (1989) Endocytosis and shedding of the decay accelerating factor on human polymorphonuclear cells. J Immunol 143, 3295-3302.
• Tausk, F, Harpster E, Gigli I (1990). The expression of C3b receptors in the differentiation of discoid from systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum, 33:888-892.
• Tausk, F and Gigli I (1990) The human C3b receptor: Function and role in human diseases. J Invest Dermatol, 91:141s-145s.
• Tausk, F, Milgram S, Mains R and Eipper B (1992) Expression of a Peptide Processing Enzyme in Cultured Cells .Truncation mutants Reveal Functional Domains. Mol Endocrinol, 7:2185-2196.
• Bhat R, Tausk, F, and Eipper B (1993) Rapid increases in peptide processing enzyme expression in hippocampal neurons. J Neurochem 61:1315-22.
• Tausk, F and B Undem (1995) Exogenous But Not Endogenous Substance P Releases Histamine From Isolated Human Skin Fragments. Neuropeptides 29:351-355.
• Tausk, F (1998) Alternative Medicine: Is it All In Your Mind? Arch Dermatol 134:1422-1425.
• Nousari H, Kimyai-Assadi A and Tausk, F (1998) Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus associated with interferon beta-1a. Lancet 352:1825-6.
• Tausk, F and Whitmore E (1998) A Pilot Study of Hypnosis in the Treatment of Patients with Psoriasis. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.68:221-5.
• Nousari H, Laman S, Provost T and Tausk F (1999 ) Centripetal Flagellate Erythema: a Cutaneous Manifestation Associated to Dermatmyositis. J Rheumatol 26(3):692-5.
• Whitmore E and Tausk, F. (1999 )Short Anagen Syndrome. J Clin Dermatol. 2:30-2.
• Ketabchi N, Whitmore E and Tausk, F . Interferon a Induced Contact Dermatitis. J Clin Derm 2:19-20.
• Kimyai-Asadi A, Tausk, FA, Nousari HC.(1999) Ecthyma secondary to herpes simplex virus infection. Clin Infect Dis Aug;29(2):454-5
• Nousari HC, Kimyai-Asadi A, Huang CH, Tausk, FA. (2000) T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia mimicking dermatomyositis. Int J Dermatol. 39:144-6.
• Kimya-Asadi A, Tausk, FA, Nousari HC (2000 ). Verrucous varicella zoster virus lesions associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Int J Dermatol. 39(1):77-8.
• Kimyai-Asadi A, Tausk FA, Nousari HC (2000). A patient with dermatomyositis and linear streaks on the back. Centripetal flagellate erythema (CFE) associated with dermatomyositis. Arch Dermatol. 136(5):667-670.
• Tausk, FA & Nousari HC (200). Stress and Dermatology (Editorial). Arch Dermatol. Jan;137(1):78-82.
• S Yoo and Tausk, FA.(2004) East meets West. Int J Dermatol 43:664-5, .
• Parker J, S Klein, W Morison, M McClintock and FA Tausk. (2004) Chronic Stress Accelerates UV Induced Cutaneous Carcinogenesis. J Am Acad Dermatol, 51:919-22,
• Cummins D, D DeLacerda and FA Tausk . (2005)Atypical Mycobacteria. Int J Dermatol. 44(6):518-20.
  

Books/Chapters

• Magnin,P, Gimenez,M, Tausk,F (1983) Terapeutica Dermatologica en la Practica Medica (Therapeutics in Dermatology). El Ateneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Gigli,I, Tausk,F (1987) The human complement system. In: Dermatology in General Medicine, T.B. Fritzpatrick et al (eds), 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill.
• Gigli,I, Tausk,F (1988) C1, C4, and C2 components of the classical pathway of complement and regulatory proteins. In: Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 162.
• Tausk,F, Christen E, Johansson O and S Milgram.(1994) Neurobiology of the Skin. In: Dermatology in General Medicine, TB Fitzpatrick et al (eds), 4th Edition, McGraw Hill.
• Tausk, F and J. Winkelstein (2001) Cutaneous Manifestations of Primary Immunodeficiencies. In: Cuataneous Medicine, Provost T. and J. Flynn (eds) BC Decker.
• Koenig T, Garnis-Jones S, Rencic A and F Tausk (2003): Psychocutaneous Medicine. In Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology in General Medicine, Freedberg et al (eds), 6th edition, McGraw Hill.

Invited International Presentations

• 2005 Venezuelan-Colombian Congress of Dermatology, October 2005
• 2005 Latin American Annual Meeting of Dermatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2005.
• 2004 Symposium on Differential Psychology, Osnabrueck, Germany, July 2004.
• 2004 Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Dermatology, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Sept 2004.
• 2003 Annual Congress of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology, Vitoria, Brazil, Sept 2003.
• 2002 ”Stress and Dermatology” “Maestros” Meeting, Society of Dermatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 2002 “Skin, Stress & Neuroimmunology” Cosmoprof Meeting and Brazilian Society for Psycho-dermatology, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
• 1991 Invited Lectures on the Complement System and Neuroimmunology, Symposium: Dermatology 2000, CUTIS Foundation, Buenos Aires.
• 1986 “Receptors for Complement in the Differentiation of Leprosy States”, Albert Einstein Center for Medical Research, Buenos Aires.
• 1985 “Innovative Techniques in Dermatological Research”, Department of Dermatology, University of Buenos Aires.
• 1985 B.Reed Travel Award: “Complement Receptors in AIDS” meeting of the European Society of Dermatological Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Research

Classical Conditioning in the Pharmacotherapy of Psoriasis. 5R01AR050100- 02, NIAMS. The R01 has direct costs of $2,341,402. This grant has been awarded July 2004, with 0.9 %ile.