Christen Maria Mowad MD
Division Chief of Dermatology, Geisinger Medical Center; Clinical Professor, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Danville, PennsylvaniaDr. Christen Mowad, a board-certified dermatologist specializing in general and medical dermatology, is Division Chief of Dermatology at the Geisinger Medical Center, Director of the Contact and Occupational Dermatitis Clinic, and Clinical Professor at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Danville, Pennsylvania. Her clinical interests include contact dermatitis, eczema, and atopic dermatitis.
Dr. Mowad has published widely and has presented extensively on a national level. She is a past president of the American Contact Dermatitis Society and is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology, the Noah Worcester Dermatological Society, and the American Dermatological Association. She serves on the editorial boards of Cutis and the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD). She is also a reviewer for Pediatric Dermatology, Dermatitis, and Cutis. She is past president of the Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology and a current board member.
Dr. Mowad received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and she completed both her internship in internal medicine and her residency in dermatology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she served as Chief Resident in dermatology.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Prolonged Use of Occlusive Gloves Shows No Lasting Negative Effects
- Patch Testing for Hand Eczema Patients
- Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide on Glove Permeation
- Positive Patch Test Reactions to Oxidized Limonene
- Contact Allergy to Epoxy Hardeners
- European Directive Fragrances in Natural Products
- Outbreak of Contact Sensitization to Methylisothiazolinone
- Methacrylates Are a Common Etiology for Allergic Contact Dermatitis
- Courses at Upcoming AAD: Contact Dermatitis
- Sensitizing Metals Released by Dental Tools