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:
- Clinical Profile of Glove-Wearing Patients With Hand Eczema
- Role of Contact Sensitisation in Oral Lichen Planus
- Allergens in Common Brands of Clobetasol
- Trends in Patch Testing for Allergic Contact Dermatitis Among Black Patients
- Nickel, Cobalt, and Chromium in Nail Sticker and Tip Products
- Occupational Contact Allergy: Sensitization to the Allergens in the European Baseline Series
- Trends in the Prevalence of Methylchloroisothiazolinone/Methylisothiazolinone Contact Allergy in North America and Europe
- Allergen Composition, Marketing Claims, and Affordability of Pediatric Sunscreens
- 2022 Top Story in Dermatology: Contact Dermatitis
- Reevaluating Corticosteroid Classification Models Using Patient Patch Testing Data