Rita O. Pichardo, MD
- Professor, Dermatology
Rita O. Pichardo, MD
Research Interests
- Infectious Diseases
- Lupus
- Acne/Rosacea
- Dermatopathology
- Lichen Planus
- Atopic Dermatitis
- Education
- MD, Universidad Central Del Este, 1985
- MD, Universidad De Los Andes, 1988
- Residency
- Internal Medicine, Hospital Risquez, 1990
- Dermatology, Army Hospital-Hospital Militar, 1993
- Dermatopathology, Instituto de Biomedicina, 1997
- Fellowship
- Dermatopathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2005
- Positions
- Professor, Dermatology
- Departments and Affiliations
- Dermatology
- Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
- Office of Global Health
Research
- The prevalence of melasma and its association with quality of life in adult male Latino migrant workers. Pichardo R, Vallejos Q, Feldman SR, Schulz MR, Verma A, Quandt SA, Arcury TA. Int. J. Dermatol. 2009 Jan; 48(1):22-6.
- Bullous mastocytosis: report of a patient and a brief review of the literature. Avshalumov K, Pichardo R, Jorizzo JL, Sangueza OP, Goldenberg G. Am J Dermatopathol. 2008 Oct; 30(5):455-7.
- Unexpected diminished innervation of epidermis and dermoepidermal junction in lichen amyloidosus. Maddison B, Namazi MR, Samuel LS, Sanchez J, Pichardo R, Stocks J, Maruziva D, Yosipovitch G. Br. J. Dermatol. 2008 Aug; 159(2):403-6.
- Essential type II mixed cryoglobulinemia causing pyoderma gangrenosum-like ulcers. Namazi MR, Kerchner KR, Pichardo RO. ScientificWorldJournal. 2008 Feb; 8:228.
- Recurrent, pruritic dermal plaques and bullae. Diagnosis: eosinophilic cellulitis (Wells syndrome). Green WH, Yosipovitch G, Pichardo RO. Arch Dermatol. 2007 Jun; 143(6):791-6.