Howard Maibach

Howard I Maibach is an American dermatologist, professor of Dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).[1] His major contributions include seminal work in wound management,[2] and extensive work in patient care, dermatophysiology, dermatophamacology, and dermatotoxicology.[3] In 2013, he was awarded the "Master Dermatologist Award" by the American Academy of Dermatology for his outstanding contributions to the practice and teaching of Dermatology.[4]

Biography

Maibach was born on 18 July 1929, in New York, NY.[5] He graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1955,[1] and completed his internship from William Beaumont Army Hospital, El Paso, TX in 1956. He later completed his Fellowship from Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1961. He also practiced neuropsychiatry for few months in 1956.[5]

Professional work

He is a specialist in contact and occupational dermatitis, including the toxicological and pharmacological aspects. .[6] He is also known for his work in neonatal skin, dose response of topical drugs and per-cutaneous penetration.[7][8]

He has written over 3,000 research articles, which according to an estimate could be a world record [citation needed].

Controversy

In December 2022, UCSF released the results of a preliminary investigation into his research conducted on prisoners at the California Medical Facility at Vacaville. The report raised ethical concerns over how the research was conducted, especially with regards to getting informed consent from and communicating research risks to participants, and the fact that many of the prisoners were being assessed or treated for psychiatric conditions.[9] The report noted that the experiments did not involve treating medical conditions the patients had, in some cases involved exposing patients to herbicides and insecticides. In his response to the report, Maibach expressed remorse regarding his involvement in the research, stating "[While] the work I did with colleagues at CMF was considered by many to be appropriate by the standards of the day, [in retrospect] those standards were clearly evolving. I obviously would not work under those circumstances today... I have sincere remorse in relationship to these efforts some decades ago."[9] The University of California at San Francisco issued an apology for its role in supporting the research.[10]

Honors

Maibach was awarded an honorary PhD by Universite de Paris-Sud in 1985 and Université Claude Bernard, Lyon in 2008.[5] In 2013, he was awarded the "Master Dermatologist Award" by the American Academy of Dermatology.[4] [11]

References
  1. "University of California, San Francisco".
  2. Ovington, Liza (October 2002). "The Evolution of Wound Management: Ancient Origins and Advances of the Past 20 Years". Home Healthcare Nurse: The Journal for the Home Care and Hospice Professional. doi:10.1097/00004045-200210000-00009.
  3. Engasser, Patricia (October 2013). "Howard Maibach, MD". Dermatitis. 24 (5): 252–253. doi:10.1097/DER.0b013e3182a76538. PMID 24030375.
  4. Carruthers, John (January 2013). "Howard Ira Maibach, MD, named Master Dermatologist". Dermatology World.
  5. "Alexandra" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2015.
  6. "Howard Maibach MD". UCSF Medical Center.
  7. M. Hamza, Hassaan Tohid, Howard Maibach, M (2015). "Shaving effects on percutaneous penetration: clinical implications". Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology. 34 (4): 335–43. doi:10.3109/15569527.2014.966109. PMID 25363065. S2CID 21867171.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. Vladyslava Doktor; Christine M Lee; Howard I Maibach. "Deep Percutaneous Penetration Into Muscles And Joints: Update".
  9. Kurtzman, Laura. "UCSF Issues Report, Apologizes for Unethical 1960-70's Prison Research". UCSF. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  10. "International Journal of Drug Delivery".
  11. Maibach, Howard. "Dr Howard Maibach Honored With Master Dermatologist Award". Trans dermal delivery solutions. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

Shohreh Nafisi, Howard I Maibach, Skin penetration of nanoparticles, Emerging nanotechnologies in immunology, Elsevier, 2018, 47-88.

Shohreh Nafisi, Howard I Maibach, Cosmetic science and technology: theoretical principles and applications,Elsevier, 2017, 337.


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