Christie T. Ammirati
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Academic title Assistant Professor of Dermatology
College College of Medicine
Campuses Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Department Dermatology
Graduate programs
Email Phone FAX
  cammirati@psu.edu
  717 531 8307
  717 531 6516
Educational background
  M.D., University of Texas, Galveston, 1992
Internship, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Residency, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Research interests
 

The development of a hand-held two-photon optical biopsy probe

NIH-funded research project in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop and refine a hand-held two-photon optical biopsy probe that can diagnose skin cancer in-vivo.

Areas of expertise
 
SafetyOccupational Exposure
Wound HealingMohs Surgery
DermatologyInternship and Residency
SurgeryLasers
ArachnidismSkin Neoplasms
Skin Diseases, VascularCarcinoma, Squamous Cell
Lip NeoplasmsBiocompatible Materials
SuturesArm
Urinary Bladder NeoplasmsKeratoacanthoma
KeratosisViscera
Carcinoma, Basal CellCryosurgery
MelanomaAngiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia
TattooingTinea
TrichophytonLaser Therapy
Publication author name
  Ammirati CT
Travelute Ammirati C
Travelute C
Select publications
  Youker SR. Ammirati CT. Practical aspects of laser safety. 2001 Aug. Facial Plast Surg. 17(3):155-63.
Ammirati CT. Cottingham TJ. Hruza GJ. Immediate postoperative laser resurfacing improves second intention healing on the nose: 5-year experience. 2001 Feb. Dermatol Surg. 27(2):147-52.
Todd MM. Miller JJ. Ammirati CT. Dermatologic surgery training in residency. 2002 Jul. Dermatol Surg. 28(7):547-9; discussion 549-50.
Ammirati CT. Giancola JM. Hruza GJ. Adult-onset facial colloid milium successfully treated with the long-pulsed Er:YAG laser. 2002 Mar. Dermatol Surg. 28(3):215-9.
Research techniques
 
Microscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton
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