James G. Marks, Jr.
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Academic title Professor and Chair of Dermatology
College College of Medicine
Campuses Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Department Dermatology
Graduate programs
Email Phone FAX
  jmarks@psu.edu
  717 531 8307
  717 531 6516
Educational background
  M.D., Temple University School of Medicine, 1971
Internship, Geisinger Medical Center
Residency, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Texas
Research interests
 

Contact dermatitis and occupational skin diseases

Clinical investigations include the etiology and prevalence of contact dermatitis, the epidemiology of occupational skin diseases, and the safety and efficacy of new drugs. Research activities in contact dermatitis focus on identifying new allergens and projects that advance the diagnosis and management of contact dermatitis. The investigational new drugs studied are a variety of dermatologic therapeutic agents for eczema and psoriasis.

Areas of expertise
 
Hand DermatosesDermatitis, Allergic Contact
Dermatitis, AtopicDermatitis, Contact
Dermatitis, IrritantDermatitis, Occupational
Patch TestsAnesthetics, Local
Drug HypersensitivityHypersensitivity, Delayed
LidocaineAcromegaly
Antihypertensive AgentsMinoxidil
AttitudeClinical Clerkship
DermatologyOutpatient Clinics, Hospital
Students, MedicalAllergens
Antibodies, MonoclonalAntirheumatic Agents
Immunoglobulin GMelanoma
Neoplasm Recurrence, LocalSkin Neoplasms
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Publication author name
  Marks JG
Marks JG Jr
Select publications
  Marks JG. Fowler JF. Sheretz EF. Rietschel RL. Prevention of poison ivy and poison oak allergic contact dermatitis by quaternium-18 bentonite. 1995 Aug. J Am Acad Dermatol. 33(2 Pt 1):212-6.
Gerberick GF. Robinson MK. Ryan CA. Dearman RJ. Kimber I. Basketter DA. Wright Z. Marks JG. Contact allergenic potency: correlation of human and local lymph node assay data. 2001 Sep. Am J Contact Dermat. 12(3):156-61.
Williams JV. Light J. Marks JG. Individual variations in allergic contact dermatitis from urushiol. 1999 Aug. Arch Dermatol. 135(8):1002-3.
Patterson SE. Williams JV. Marks JG. Prevention of sodium lauryl sulfate irritant contact dermatitis by Pro-Q aerosol foam skin protectant. 1999 May. J Am Acad Dermatol. 40(5 Pt 1):783-5.
Research techniques
 
Patch Tests
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