Lawrence Eichenfield, M.D.

Bio

Dr. Eichenfield is chief of pediatric and adolescent dermatology at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and professor of dermatology and pediatrics and vice-chair of the department of dermatology at UC San Diego School of Medicine. He is board certified in dermatology, pediatric dermatology and pediatrics.

After earning his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, Dr. Eichenfield was a pediatric resident and chief resident at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He then completed his dermatology residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Along with longstanding expertise in atopic dermatitis, acne, psoriasis and other inflammatory skin conditions, Dr. Eichenfield has interests in neonatal dermatology, vascular lesions, laser surgery and rare skin disorders. He has authored more than 400 journal articles, chapters, abstracts and books, and has served as the senior editor of "Neonatal and Infant Dermatology," published by Elsevier, as well as "The Eczemas." He served as editor-in-chief of Pediatric Dermatology for 12 years and currently serves on the editorial boards of multiple journals and periodicals.

Dr. Eichenfield has held multiple leadership positions, including co-founder and co-chair of the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance, co-chair of the American Academy of Dermatology Guidelines for Atopic Dermatitis, co-chair of the American Acne and Rosacea Society/American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Acne Recommendations for Diagnosis and Treatment, member of the Expert Panel Member of the NIAID Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy, Scientific Advisory Board of the National Eczema Association, and director of the Rady Children's/UC San Diego Eczema and Inflammatory Skin Disease Center. Additionally, he has served in leadership roles on guidelines and consensus statements for multiple dermatological conditions, including acne, rosacea, atopic dermatitis and psoriasis.

Dr. Eichenfield enjoys running, reading, and skiing.

Publications

Longer-term safety and efficacy of baricitinib for atopic dermatitis in pediatric patients 2 to <18 years old: a randomized clinical trial of extended treatment to 3.6 years.
Wollenberg A, Ikeda M, Chu CY, Eichenfield LF, Seyger MMB, Prakash A, Angle R, Zhu D, Pontes M, Paller AS

Targeting the aryl hydrocarbon receptor as a strategy to expand the therapeutic armamentarium in atopic dermatitis.
Eichenfield LF, Silverberg JI, Hebert AA, Boguniewicz M

Low Infection Rates With Long-Term Dupilumab Treatment in Patients Aged 6 Months to 5 Years: An Open-Label Extension Study.
Paller AS, Ramien M, Cork MJ, Simpson EL, Wine Lee L, Eichenfield LF, Khokhar FA, Coleman A, Gherardi G, Chen Z, Zhang A, Cyr SL

Clindamycin Phosphate 1.2%/Adapalene 0.15%/Benzoyl Peroxide 3.1% Gel in Participants With Moderate-to-Severe Acne: The Patient Journey.
Baldwin H, Harper JC, Zeichner JA, Draelos ZD, Eichenfield LF, Gold M, Gold LS, Kircik LH

Efficacy and Safety of Ruxolitinib Cream in Atopic Dermatitis Based on Previous Medication History.
Blauvelt A, Kallender H, Sturm D, Li Q, Ren H, Eichenfield LF

Roflumilast Cream, 0.15%, for Atopic Dermatitis in Adults and Children: INTEGUMENT-1 and INTEGUMENT-2 Randomized Clinical Trials.
Simpson EL, Eichenfield LF, Alonso-Llamazares J, Draelos ZD, Ferris LK, Forman SB, Gooderham M, Gonzalez ME, Hebert AA, Kircik LH, Lomaga M, Moore A, Papp KA, Prajapati VH, Hanna D, Snyder S, Krupa D, Burnett P, Almaraz E, Higham RC, Chu DH, Berk DR

Upadacitinib in Adolescents With Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis: Analysis of 3 Phase 3 Randomized Clinical Trials Through 76 Weeks.
Paller AS, Mendes-Bastos P, Siegfried E, Eichenfield LF, Soong W, Prajapati VH, Lio P, Simpson EL, Raymundo EM, Suravaram S, Hu X, Yang Y, Huang X, Calimlim BM, Platt AM, Su JC, Zheng M, Yamamoto-Hanada K, Teixeira HD, Irvine AD

Systemic Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis in Children and Adolescents: A US Expert Consensus.
Eichenfield LF, Boguniewicz M, Lauren CT, Leung DYM, Levy ML, Schneider LC, Siegfried EC, Tom WL, Paller AS

A Consensus on Staphylococcus aureus Exacerbated Atopic Dermatitis and the Need for a Novel Treatment.
Schachner LA, Andriessen A, Gonzalez ME, Lal K, Hebert AA, Eichenfield LF, Lio P

Topical Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis: What is New and the New Paradigm.
Buethe MG, Kellogg C, Seo YJ, Vuong C, Eichenfield LF

Tapinarof cream 1% once daily: Significant efficacy in the treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis in adults and children down to 2 years of age in the pivotal phase 3 ADORING trials.
Silverberg JI, Eichenfield LF, Hebert AA, Simpson EL, Stein Gold L, Bissonnette R, Papp KA, Browning J, Kwong P, Korman NJ, Brown PM, Rubenstein DS, Piscitelli SC, Somerville MC, Tallman AM, Kircik L

Approach to Mycosis Fungoides in children: Consensus-based recommendations.
Zvulunov A, Neale H, Stern J, Santaguida P, Stein AB, Koh M, Eichenfield LF, Guitart J, Goebeler M, Scarisbrick J, Willemze R, Coughlin CC, George R, Brazzelli V, Marschalkó M, Belousova I, Querfeld C, Bagot M, Szepietowski JC, Papadavid E, Quaglino P, Hoeger P, Ortiz-Romero PL, Nikolaou V, Dummer R, Aung PP, Lawley L, Morel KD, Ngan B, Wain M, Gameiro A, Lacy-Niebla RM, Pope E

Ruxolitinib Cream in Adolescents/Adults with Atopic Dermatitis Meeting Severity Thresholds for Systemic Therapy: Exploratory Analysis of Pooled Results from Two Phase 3 Studies.
Simpson EL, Kircik L, Blauvelt A, Kallender H, Sturm D, Wang M, Eichenfield LF

Practical Management of the JAK1 Inhibitor Abrocitinib for Atopic Dermatitis in Clinical Practice: Special Safety Considerations.
Gooderham MJ, de Bruin-Weller M, Weidinger S, Cork MJ, Eichenfield LF, Simpson EL, Tsianakas A, Kerkmann U, Feeney C, Romero W

Efficacy, Safety, and Long-Term Disease Control of Ruxolitinib Cream Among Adolescents with Atopic Dermatitis: Pooled Results from Two Randomized Phase 3 Studies.
Eichenfield LF, Simpson EL, Papp K, Szepietowski JC, Blauvelt A, Kircik L, Silverberg JI, Siegfried EC, Kuligowski ME, Venturanza ME, Kallender H, Ren H, Paller AS

Triple-Combination Clindamycin Phosphate 1.2%/Adapalene 0.15%/Benzoyl Peroxide 3.1% Gel for Acne in Adult and Pediatric Participants.
Baldwin H, Gold LS, Harper JC, Alexis AF, Callender VD, Kircik L, Guenin E, Eichenfield LF

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Response in Patients With Acne Vulgaris Treated With Clascoterone.
Bhatia N, Eichenfield LF, Mazzetti A, Moro L, Squittieri N, Hebert AA

Impact of climate change on atopic dermatitis: A review by the International Eczema Council.
Wang SP, Stefanovic N, Orfali RL, Aoki V, Brown SJ, Dhar S, Eichenfield LF, Flohr C, Ha A, Mora C, Murase JE, Rosenbach M, Srinivas SM, Thyssen JP, Wei ML, Irvine AD, Abuabara K

Triple Combination Clindamycin Phosphate 1.2%/Adapalene 0.15%/Benzoyl Peroxide 3.1% for Acne: Efficacy and Safety from a Pooled Phase 3 Analysis.
Kircik LH, Stein Gold L, Gold M, Weiss JS, Harper JC, Del Rosso JQ, Bunick CG, Bhatia N, Tanghetti EA, Eichenfield LF, Baldwin H, Draelos ZD, Callender VD, Han G, Gooderham MJ, Sadick N, Lupo MP, Lain ET, Werschler WP

Maintenance of Investigator's Static Global Assessment Response with Once-Daily Crisaborole in Participants with Mild to Moderate Atopic Dermatitis.
Eichenfield LF, Stein Gold LF, Lynde C, Guenther L, Greenberger S, Chu CY, Ghodsi Z, Vlahos B, Sanders P, Cha A, Canosa JM

Expert Recommendations on Use of Topical Therapeutics for Vitiligo in Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients.
Renert-Yuval Y, Ezzedine K, Grimes P, Rosmarin D, Eichenfield LF, Castelo-Soccio L, Huang V, Desai SR, Walsh S, Silverberg JI, Paller AS, Rodrigues M, Weingarten M, Narla S, Gardner J, Siegel M, Ibad S, Silverberg NB

Risk factors and outcomes of melanoma in children and adolescents: A retrospective multicenter study.
Hawryluk EB, Moustafa D, Barry KK, Bahrani E, Reusch DB, Brahmbhatt M, Chen L, Coughlin CC, Gerami P, Haddock E, Hook K, Humphrey SR, Kao PC, Kruse LL, Lawley LP, Mansour D, Marghoob AA, Nguyen J, Phung TL, Pope E, Raisanen T, Robinson S, Rogers T, Schmidt B, Tran G, Travis K, Wolner Z, London WB, Eichenfield LF, Huang J

Satisfaction with Control of Mild to Moderate Atopic Dermatitis with Ruxolitinib Cream: US Physician and Patient Perspectives.
Eichenfield LF, Liu J, Marwaha S, Piercy J, Sturm D, Anderson P

Infections in Children Aged 6 Months to 5 Years Treated with Dupilumab in a Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis.
Paller AS, Siegfried EC, Cork MJ, Arkwright PD, Eichenfield LF, Ramien M, Khokhar FA, Chen Z, Zhang A, Cyr SL

Successful topical minoxidil treatment for hair density and length in trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 1.
Choi M, Han A, Eichenfield LF

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