Dr. Tausk specializes in:

- Psychosomatic Cutaneous Medicine. He has a particular interest in the “placebo” effect and in skin diseases exacerbated by stress and emotional problems, such as "skin picking syndrome."

- Psoriasis

- Complex Medical Dermatology

Dr. Tausk also conducts NIH - as well as pharmacological industry sponsored clinical trials.

He received his medical training in the University of Buenos Aires, followed by 8 years at the University of California in San Diego performing basic science research. He spent 15 years in Johns Hopkins University, where he was Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Neurosciences and Program Director of the Department of Dermatology before joining the University of Rochester in 2005. He is currently the President of the Association for Psychoneurocutaneous Medicine of North America.

Languages

English, Spanish

Certified Specialties

Dermatology - American Board of Dermatology

Dermatology, Clinical & Laboratory Dermatological Immunology - American Board of Dermatology

Faculty Appointments

Professor (Part-Time) - Department of Dermatology (SMD)

Professor (Part-Time) - Department of Medicine, Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Dermatology, University of California Medical Center San Diego. 1985 - 1986

Residency, Dermatology, University of California Medical Center San Diego. 1984 - 1988

Internship, Dermatology, Hospital Jose Maria Ramos Mejia (Argentina). 1978 - 1982

Education

MD | Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina). 1977

Awards

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award For Exemplary Compassion and Respect for Patients & for Excellence in the Art of Medicine. 2019

Award of Excellence, Association for Psychoneuroimmunology of North America. 2017

Faculty of the Year award, Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester. 2015

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 2004

Faculty of the Year Award, for Outstanding Patient Care and Teaching. 1997

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 1985

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 1984

First Prize. Residents' and Fellows' Forum, University of Buenos Aires, Department of Dermatology. 1981

Publications

Journal Articles

Psychoneuro-oncology: How Chronic Stress Grows Cancer.

Tausk F

Clinics in dermatology.. 2023 March 5 Epub 03/05/2023.

Home Phototherapy Improves Access to Dermatologic Care: A Novel Stakeholder Alliance to Facilitate Its Implementation.

Bawany F, Ryan Wolff J, Ritchlin CT, Tausk F

Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology.. 2023 16 :1175-1180. Epub 05/02/2023.

Efficacy of guselkumab, a selective IL-23 inhibitor, in Preventing Arthritis in a Multicentre Psoriasis At-Risk cohort (PAMPA): protocol of a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled multicentre trial.

Haberman RH, MacFarlane KA, Catron S, Samuels J, Blank RB, Toprover M, Uddin Z, Hu J, Castillo R, Gong C, Qian K, Piguet V, Tausk F, Yeung J, Neimann AL, Gulliver W, Thiele RG, Merola JF, Ogdie A, Rahman P, Chakravarty SD, Eder L, Ritchlin CT, Scher JU

BMJ open.. 2022 December 2312 (12):e063650. Epub 12/23/2022.

Adoption of newly FDA-approved targeted immunomodulatory therapies by dermatologists: a cross-sectional analysis of Medicare Part D claims from 2013 to 2018.

Dean O, Tausk F, Singh P

Archives of dermatological research.. 2022 October 25 Epub 10/25/2022.

Dysregulation of bile acids, lipids, and nucleotides in psoriatic arthritis revealed by unbiased profiling of serum metabolites.

Paine A, Brookes PS, Bhattacharya S, Li D, Garcia-Hernandez ML, Tausk F, Ritchlin C

Arthritis & rheumatology.. 2022 July 11 Epub 07/11/2022.

Topical ruxolitinib in the treatment of refractory facial seborrheic dermatitis.

Pope E, Kowalski E, Tausk F

JAAD case reports.. 2022 June 24 :59-60. Epub 04/23/2022.

Catastrophic Cutaneous Polyarteritis Nodosa Exacerbated by Emotional Stress.

Bawany F, Lee G, Nousari Y, Ritchlin C, Singh P, Tausk F

Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology.. 2022 15 :2943-2947. Epub 12/30/2022.

Papular Purpuric Gloves and Socks Syndrome in a Patient with Previous COVID-19 Infection.

Singh P, Brickley S, Mannava K, Tausk F

JAAD case reports.. 2021 August 25 Epub 08/25/2021.

"From the caravels to the wards: Scurvy and Schizophrenia".

Nousari Y, Wu BC, Tausk F

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2021 June 7 Epub 06/07/2021.

Multiple basal cell carcinomas in Gorlin Syndrome treated with pulsed dye laser.

Marous M, Mueller K, Tausk F

Journal of cosmetic and laser therapy : official publication of the European Society for Laser Dermatology.. 2021 April 14 :1-2. Epub 04/14/2021.

A Rare Case of Porocarcinoma and Trichoblastoma Arising in a Nevus Sebaceus of Jadassohn.

Mitchell DC, Kuehn GJ, Scott GA, Doerr TD, Tausk F

Case reports in dermatological medicine.. 2021 2021 :7598086. Epub 03/03/2021.

Psychocutaneous diseases: in search of a common language.

Mostaghimi L, Jafferany M, Tausk F

International journal of dermatology.. 2019 December 17 Epub 12/17/2019.

An asymptomatic, enlarging, brown plaque.

Esaa FS, Shah PR, Mannava KA, Tausk F

JAAD case reports.. 2019 July 5 (7):632-633. Epub 07/13/2019.

Patients with Moderate to Severe Psoriasis Associate with Higher Risk of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms: Results of a Multivariate Study of 300 Spanish Individuals with Psoriasis.

Tribó MJ, Turroja M, Castaño-Vinyals G, Bulbena A, Ros E, García-Martínez P, Tausk F, Sagristà M, Pujol RM, Ferran M, Gallardo F

Acta dermato-venereologica.. 2019 January 9 Epub 01/09/2019.

Health providers induced iatrogenic delusions of infestation.

Shah PR, Cusick E, Nousari Y, Sandoz A, Tausk F

Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology.. 2019 12 :679-681. Epub 09/11/2019.

Atypical Surgical Site Infection After Mohs Micrographic Surgery in an Immunocompetent Individual.

Soh JM, Ibrahim SF, Tausk FA

Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.].. 2018 August 24 Epub 08/24/2018.

A case of pustular psoriasis of pregnancy with positive maternal-fetal outcomes.

Pitch M, Somers K, Scott G, Tausk F, Mercurio MG

Cutis.. 2018 April 101 (4):278-280. Epub 1900 01 01.

Chronic social stress Ameliorates psoriasiform dermatitis through upregulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal axis.

Vegas O, Poligone B, Blackcloud P, Gilmore ES, VanBuskirk J, Ritchlin CT, Pentland AP, Walter SA, Nousari Y, Tausk F

Brain, behavior, and immunity.. 2018 February 68 :238-247. Epub 11/07/2017.

Psoriasis: Psychosomatic, somatopsychic, or both?

Kwon CW, Fried RG, Nousari Y, Ritchlin C, Tausk F

Clinics in dermatology.. 2018 36 (6):698-703. Epub 08/16/2018.

Image Gallery: Acquired palmoplantar keratoderma due to hypothyroidism.

Prezzano JC, Reddy SC, Tausk FA

The British journal of dermatology.. 2017 December 177 (6):e352. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cutaneous Pseudolymphoma Arising as Wolf's Post-Herpetic Isotopic Response.

Kwon CW, Stephens DM, Gilmore ES, Tausk FA, Scott GA

JAMA dermatology.. 2017 November 1153 (11):1198-1200. Epub 1900 01 01.

The placebo effect: why we should care.

Tausk F, Ader R, Duffy Smith N

Clinics in dermatology.. 2013 31 (1):86-91. Epub 1900 01 01.

Effects of psychological stress and housing conditions on the delay of wound healing.

Vegas Ó, VanBuskirk J, Richardson S, Parfitt D, Helmreich D, Rempel M, Moynihan J, Tausk F

Psicothema.. 2012 November 24 (4):581-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Gianotti-Crosti syndrome: a case report in an adult.

Iorizzo LJ, Scott G, Tausk FA

Cutis.. 2012 April 89 (4):169-72. Epub 1900 01 01.

Psoriasis, a model of dermatologic psychosomatic disease: psychiatric implications and treatments.

Rieder E, Tausk F

International journal of dermatology.. 2012 January 51 (1):12-26. Epub 1900 01 01.

Use of complementary and alternative medicine among adults with skin disease: updated results from a national survey.

Fuhrmann T, Smith N, Tausk F

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.. 2010 December 63 (6):1000-5. Epub 10/08/2010.

Psychoneuroimmunology: the example of psoriasis.

Moynihan J, Rieder E, Tausk F

Giornale italiano di dermatologia e venereologia : organo ufficiale, Società italiana di dermatologia e sifilografia.. 2010 April 145 (2):221-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Psychoneuro-oncology: its time has arrived.

Smith N, Fuhrmann T, Tausk F

Archives of dermatology.. 2009 December 145 (12):1439-42. Epub 1900 01 01.

Complementary and alternative medicine for psoriasis: a qualitative review of the clinical trial literature.

Smith N, Weymann A, Tausk FA, Gelfand JM

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.. 2009 November 61 (5):841-56. Epub 08/06/2009.

Stress-induced erythema annulare centrifugum.

Ibrahim SF, Pryor J, Tausk FA

Dermatology online journal.. 2009 April 1515 (4):15. Epub 04/15/2009.

Stress-induced erythema annulare centrifugum.

Ibrahim SF, Pryor J, Tausk FA.

Dermatol Online J. 2009; 15(4): 15.

Complementary and alterative medicine for psoriasis: a qualitative review of the clinical trial literature.

Smith N, Weymann A, Tausk FA, Gelfand JM.

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2009; 61(5): 841-56.

A clinical paradigm of delusions of parasitosis.

Sandoz A, LoPiccolo M, Kusnir D, Tausk FA

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.. 2008 October 59 (4):698-704. Epub 1900 01 01.

Centers for psoriasis: a comprehensive approach to patient care, education and research.

Ritchlin C, Tausk F

Current opinion in rheumatology.. 2008 July 20 (4):381-3. Epub 1900 01 01.

Stress and atopic dermatitis.

Arndt J, Smith N, Tausk F

Current allergy and asthma reports.. 2008 July 8 (4):312-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Re: What is psychocutaneous medicine?

Koblenzer CS, Koblenzer PJ, Tausk FA

Cutis.. 2008 June 81 (6):487; author reply 487. Epub 1900 01 01.

Facial erythema ab igne of rapid onset.

LoPiccolo M, Crestanello J, Yoo SS, Sciubba J, Fernández C, Tausk FA

Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics.. 2008 May 105 (5):e38-40. Epub 1900 01 01.

Psychoneuroimmunology

Tausk F, Elenkov I, Moynihan J.

Dermatol Ther. 2008; 21(1): 22-31.

Facial erythema ab igne of rapid onset.

LoPiccolo M, Crestanello J, Yoo SS, Sciubba J, Fernández C, Tausk FA.

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2008; 105(5): e38-40.

Centers for psoriasis: a comprehensive approach to patient care, education and research.

Ritchlin C, Tausk F.

Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2008; 20(4): 381-3.

Stress and atopic dermatitis. (Review)

Arndt J, Smith N, Tausk F.

Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2008; 4: 312-7.

What is psychocutaneous medicine?

Koblenzer CS, Koblenzer PJ, Tausk FA.

Cutis. 2008; 81(6): 487.

A clinical paradigm of delusions of parasitosis.

Sandoz A, LoPiccolo M, Kusnir D, Tausk FA.

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008; 59(4): 698-704.

Psychoneuroimmunology.

Tausk F, Elenkov I, Moynihan J

Dermatologic therapy.. 2008 21 (1):22-31. Epub 1900 01 01.

A medical conundrum: onset of psoriasis in patients receiving anti-tumour necrosis factor agents.

Ritchlin C, Tausk F

Annals of the rheumatic diseases.. 2006 December 65 (12):1541-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

A medical conundrum: onset of psoriasis in patients receiving anti-tumour necrosis factor agents.

Ritchlin C, Tausk F.

Ann Rheum Dis. 2006; 65(12): 1541-4.

Mycobacterium marinum with different responses to second-generation tetracyclines.

Cummins DL, Delacerda D, Tausk FA

International journal of dermatology.. 2005 June 44 (6):518-20. Epub 1900 01 01.

Chronic stress accelerates ultraviolet-induced cutaneous carcinogenesis.

Parker J, Klein SL, McClintock MK, Morison WL, Ye X, Conti CJ, Peterson N, Nousari CH, Tausk FA

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.. 2004 December 51 (6):919-22. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cupping: East meets West.

Yoo SS, Tausk F

International journal of dermatology.. 2004 September 43 (9):664-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Stress and the skin.

Tausk FA, Nousari H

Archives of dermatology.. 2001 January 137 (1):78-82. Epub 1900 01 01.

A patient with dermatomyositis and linear streaks on the back. Centripetal flagellate erythema (CFE) associated with dermatomyositis.

Kimyai-Asadi A, Tausk FA, Nousari HC

Archives of dermatology.. 2000 May 136 (5):667, 670. Epub 1900 01 01.

T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia mimicking dermatomyositis.

Nousari HC, Kimyai-Asadi A, Huang CH, Tausk FA

International journal of dermatology.. 2000 February 39 (2):144-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Verrucous varicella zoster virus lesions associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Kimya-Asadi A, Tausk FA, Nousari HC

International journal of dermatology.. 2000 January 39 (1):77-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Stress and Dermatology (Editorial)

Tausk FA and Nousari HC.

Arch Dermatol. 2000; 137(1): 78-82.

Ecthyma secondary to herpes simplex virus infection.

Kimyai-Asadi A, Tausk FA, Nousari HC

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.. 1999 August 29 (2):454-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

"Centripetal flagellate erythema": a cutaneous manifestation associated with dermatomyositis.

Nousari HC, Ha VT, Laman SD, Provost TT, Tausk FA

The Journal of rheumatology.. 1999 March 26 (3):692-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Short Anagen Syndrome.

Whitmore E and Tausk, F.

J Clin Derm. 1999; 2: 30-2.

Interferon a Induced Contact Dermatitis.

Ketabchi N, Whitmore E and Tausk, F.

J Clin Derm. 1999; 2: 19-20.

A pilot study of hypnosis in the treatment of patients with psoriasis.

Tausk F, Whitmore SE

Psychotherapy and psychosomatics.. 1999 68 (4):221-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Generalized lupus panniculitis and antiphospholipid syndrome in a patient without complement deficiency.

Nousari HC, Kimyai-Asadi A, Santana HM, Diglio GM, Tausk FA, Cohen BA

Pediatric dermatology.. 1999 16 (4):273-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus associated with interferon beta-1a.

Nousari HC, Kimyai-Asadi A, Tausk FA

Lancet.. 1998 December 5352 (9143):1825-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Alternative medicine. Is it all in your mind?

Tausk FA

Archives of dermatology.. 1998 November 134 (11):1422-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

A Pilot Study of Hypnosis in the Treatment of Patients with Psoriasis.

Tausk, F and Whitmore E.

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 1998; 68: 221-5.

Exogenous but not endogenous substance P releases histamine from isolated human skin fragments.

Tausk F, Undem B

Neuropeptides.. 1995 December 29 (6):351-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Alternative Medicine: Is it All In Your Mind?

Tausk, F.

Arch Dermatol. 1995; 29: 351-55.

Rapid increases in peptide processing enzyme expression in hippocampal neurons.

Bhat RV, Tausk FA, Baraban JM, Mains RE, Eipper BA

Journal of neurochemistry.. 1993 October 61 (4):1315-22. Epub 1900 01 01.

Use of endoproteases to identify catalytic domains, linker regions, and functional interactions in soluble peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase.

Husten EJ, Tausk FA, Keutmann HT, Eipper BA

The Journal of biological chemistry.. 1993 May 5268 (13):9709-17. Epub 1900 01 01.

Expression of a peptide processing enzyme in cultured cells: truncation mutants reveal a routing domain.

Tausk FA, Milgram SL, Mains RE, Eipper BA

Molecular endocrinology.. 1992 December 6 (12):2185-96. Epub 1900 01 01.

Expression of a Peptide Processing Enzyme in Cultured Cells .Truncation mutants Reveal Functional Domains.

Tausk, F, Milgram S, Mains R and Eipper B.

Mol Endocrinol. 1992; 7: 2185-96.

Substrate properties of C1 inhibitor Ma (alanine 434----glutamic acid). Genetic and structural evidence suggesting that the P12-region contains critical determinants of serine protease inhibitor/substrate status.

Skriver K, Wikoff WR, Patston PA, Tausk F, Schapira M, Kaplan AP, Bock SC

The Journal of biological chemistry.. 1991 May 15266 (14):9216-21. Epub 1900 01 01.

The human C3b receptor: function and role in human diseases.

Tausk F, Gigli I

The Journal of investigative dermatology.. 1990 June 94 (6 Suppl):141S-145S. Epub 1900 01 01.

The expression of C3b receptors in the differentiation of discoid lupus erythematosus and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Tausk F, Harpster E, Gigli I

Arthritis and rheumatism.. 1990 June 33 (6):888-92. Epub 1900 01 01.

The human C3b receptor: Function and role in human diseases.

Tausk, F and Gigli I.

J Invest Dermatol. 1990; 91: 141s-145s.

Endocytosis and shedding of the decay accelerating factor on human polymorphonuclear cells.

Tausk F, Fey M, Gigli I

The Journal of immunology : official journal of the American Association of Immunologists.. 1989 November 15143 (10):3295-302. Epub 1900 01 01.

Differential expression of Langerhans cells in the epidermis of patients with leprosy.

Gimenez MF, Gigli I, Tausk FA

The British journal of dermatology.. 1989 July 121 (1):19-26. Epub 1900 01 01.

C1, C4, and C2 components of the classical pathway of complement and regulatory proteins.

Gigli I, Tausk FA

Methods in enzymology.. 1988 162 :626-39. Epub 1900 01 01.

Langerhans' cells in paracoccidioidomycosis.

Gimenez MF, Tausk F, Gimenez MM, Gigli I

Archives of dermatology.. 1987 April 123 (4):479-81. Epub 1900 01 01.

Altered erythrocyte C3b receptor expression, immune complexes, and complement activation in homosexual men in varying risk groups for acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Tausk FA, McCutchan A, Spechko P, Schreiber RD, Gigli I

The Journal of clinical investigation.. 1986 October 78 (4):977-82. Epub 1900 01 01.

Deficiency of erythrocyte C3b receptor (CR1) in AIDS and AIDS-related syndromes.

Tausk FA, McCutchan JA, Schreiber RD, Spechko P, Gigli I

Bioscience reports.. 1986 January 6 (1):81-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Leprosy: altered complement receptors in disseminated disease.

Tausk F, Hoffmann T, Schreiber R, Gigli I

The Journal of investigative dermatology.. 1985 July 85 (1 Suppl):58s-61s. Epub 1900 01 01.

Leprosy: Altered complement receptor in disseminated disease.

Tausk, F, Hoffmann T, Schreiber R, Gigli I.

J Invest Dermatol. 1985; 85: 58-61.

CR1 deficiency in patients with Hansen's disease.

Tausk FA, Schreiber RD, Gigli I

Transactions of the Association of American Physicians. 1984 97 :346-52. Epub 1900 01 01.

Sarcoma synovial

Gimenez M, Tausk, F.

Rev Arg Dermatol. 1982; 94: 102.

Pemphigoid cicatricial.

Spillman H, Antognoli S, Tausk, F.

Rev Arg Dermatol. 1982; 94: 453.

Books

Integrative Dermatology (2014)

Chapter: Psychoneuroimmunology in Dermatology

Authors: Denby K, N Dufy and F Tausk

Publisher: Weil Integrative Medicine 2014

Clinical Immunodermatology (2009)

Chapter: Stress and Immunology

Authors: Tausk F, Elenkov I, Paus R and Label M

Publisher: Springer, London 2009

Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine (2008)

Chapter: Psychocutaneous Medicine

Authors: Sandoz A, Kusnir D, Koenig T and F Tausk

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2008

Stress (2008)

Chapter: Stress and Dermatology

Authors: Label M, Paus R, Woskoff O, Tausk F

Publisher: Ateneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2008

Clinical Management in Psychodermatology (2008)

Authors: Wolfgang Harth, Uwe Gieler, Daniel Kusnir, and Francisco Tausk

Publisher: Springer 2008

Fitzpatricks Dermatology in General Medicine (2003)

Chapter: Psychocutaneous Medicine

Authors: Koenig T, Garnis-Jones S, Rencic A and F Tausk

Publisher: McGraw-Hill 2003

Cutaneous Medicine (2001)

Chapter: Cutaneous Manifestations of Primary Immunodeficiencies.

Authors: Tausk, F and J. Winkelstein

Publisher: BC Decker 2001

Dermatology in General Medicine (1994)

Chapter: Neurobiology of the Skin

Authors: Tausk, F, Christen E, Johansson O and S Milgram

Publisher: McGraw-Hill 1994

Methods In Enzymology (1988)

Chapter: C1, C4, and C2 components of the classical pathway of complement and regulatory proteins.

Authors: Gigli, I, Tausk, F

Publisher: McGraw-Hill 1988

Dermatology in General Medicine (1987)

Chapter: The human complement system.

Authors: Gigli,I, Tausk,F

Publisher: McGraw-Hill 1987

Therapeutics in Dermatology (1983)

Chapter: Terapeutica Dermatologica en la Practica Medica

Authors: Magnin, P, Gimenez, M, Tausk, F El Ateneo

Publisher: El Ateneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1983

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