The Community for Teledermatology

Moderators

Cesare Massone, Austria

Stelios Minas, Cyprus

Murat Borlu, Turkey

Huiting Dong, China

Shahbaz Janjua, Pakistan

Karen McKoy, USA

Zrinjka Pastar, Croatia

Mirela Cacuci, Romania

Irdina Drljevic, B.Herzegovina

Leo Cabrijan, Croatia

Yasin Al-Qubati, Yemen

Siva Reddy, India

Figen Akin, Turkey

Thomas Jayakar, India

Grażyna Kamińska, Poland

Top Sites

1)	Dermatologic Image Database
2)	Global Skin Atlas
3)	Dermatology Image Atlas
4)	American Telemedicine Association
5)	International Society of Teledermatology
6)	Dermatology
7)	International Dermoscopy Society
8)	European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV)
9)	Story "A Day in the Life of Dr Yasin Al Qubati"
10)	Dermatology Online Journal
11)	IranDerma
12)	Internet Dermatology Society
13)	International Teledermatology Blog
14)	Australasian College of Dermatologists
15)	eMedicine from WebMD
16)	VGRD
17)	AAD
18)	DermIS.Net
19)	Pakistan Society of Teledermatology
20)	DermQuest

Papers

PLoS Medicine: telederm.org: Freely Available Online Consultations in Dermatology (pdf with 120 KB) - Manuscript on Teledermatology, Online Discussion Forum in Dermatology, Teleconsultations

PLoS Medicine: Melanoma Screening with Cellular Phone (pdf with 132 KB) - The present work is the first study performing mobile teledermoscopy using cellular phones. Mobile teledermatology has the potential to become an easy applicable tool for everyone and a new approach for enhanced self-monitoring for skin cancer screening in the spirit of the eHealth program of the European Commission Information for Society and Media.

On the First World Congress of Teledermatology in Graz last November colleague Matveev presented a document with a list of digital cameras which are most suitable for teledermatology (pdf with 128KB).

The history of leprosy is closely intertwined with the phenomenon of stigma, which is the main subject of this new book by Dr Al Qubati. The text offers a panoramic historical narrative of leprosy in many regions and countries of the world, with extensive coverage of Yemen. An overview of stigma in a number of diseases, including vitiligo, psoriasis and scleroderma, precedes an in-depth examination of stigma in leprosy.

Part One in arabic language (pdf with 1560 KB)
Part Two in arabic language (pdf with 1430 KB)

You can read the english abstract also via this link.

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: October 31, 2008
Grid Technologies for eHealth: Applications for Telemedicine Services and Delivery
A Manuscript edited by Dr. Ekaterina (Eka) Kldiashvili
Georgian Telemedicine Union (Association), Georgia
GridTechnologiesForeHealth (pdf with 72 KB)

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