Koushik Lahiri, MBBS, DVD, FAAD, FRCP
India
Vice President, International Society of Dermatology
Dr. Koushik Lahiri is the
Dr. Lahiri is a
He is a Fellow of all the three the Royal College of Physicians of England,
Dr. Lahiri is a member of editorial board/reviewer / advisor of British Journal of Dermatology, International Journal of Dermatology, Dermatology Online Journal, Egyptian Dermatology Online Journal, IJDVL, IJSTD etc.
Dr. Lahiri has published more than 100 articles in several indexed journals in the last two decades, contributed several chapters in different text books.
He has
He has received various awards both in and out of the country with include both the highest orations awards for Indian Dermatologists, the
As the former honorary National general secretary of IADVL Dr. Lahiri had conceptualized and proposed the IADVL Academy of Dermatology which has now become the academic lifeline of Indian Dermatologists. ACSI Academy of Dermatosurgery was also his brain child.
He was the founder of several interactive e groups including ACAD_IADVL.
Based on his proposals conference names, such as DERMAZONE, DERMACON and CUTICON have been recognized and accepted as the official names of Dermatology conferences in India.
Today his name is inseparable with an extremely familiar entity among the dermatologist community in India, TSDF or Topical Steroid Dependent/Damaged Face. This term was coined by him.
As the tireless torch bearer of the crusade against the misuse of topical corticosteroids in India, Dr. Lahiri has worked relentlessly to sensitize other doctors (even dermatologists), government agencies, chemists, media and the common people regarding the shameful menace. As the founder chairperson of the countrywide IADVL Taskforce Against Topical Steroid Abuse(ITATSA)he became the face of a historic and epoch making mammoth movement of Indian Dermatologists.
He the recipient of
- Vice President of International Society of Dermatology,
- Editor emeritus of Indian Journal of Dermatology,
- Past president of Association of Cutaneous Surgeons of India and
- Past National Secretary General of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists(IADVL)
Dr. Lahiri is a
- Foundation Fellow of Asian Academy of Dermatology-Venerology,
- Fellow of IADVL Academy of Dermatology,
- Fellow of American Academy of Dermatology,
- Founder council member of Asian Skin Foundation and Asian Society for Pigment Cell Research (ASPCR).
He is a Fellow of all the three the Royal College of Physicians of England,
- FRCP (London, Edinburgh and Glasgow).
Dr. Lahiri is a member of editorial board/reviewer / advisor of British Journal of Dermatology, International Journal of Dermatology, Dermatology Online Journal, Egyptian Dermatology Online Journal, IJDVL, IJSTD etc.
Dr. Lahiri has published more than 100 articles in several indexed journals in the last two decades, contributed several chapters in different text books.
He has
- Compiled an extremely popular mega project ‘100 interesting cases in Dermatology’,
- Edited a highly acclaimed exhaustive compendium ‘Pigmentary Disorders’ and
- Edited the first ‘Textbook of Lasers in Dermatology’.
- Came out with the first ever “Treatise on Topical Corticosteroids in Dermatology:Use, Misuse and Abuse”
He has received various awards both in and out of the country with include both the highest orations awards for Indian Dermatologists, the
- Dr. B M Ambady memorial oration and
- Dr. P N Behl oration.
As the former honorary National general secretary of IADVL Dr. Lahiri had conceptualized and proposed the IADVL Academy of Dermatology which has now become the academic lifeline of Indian Dermatologists. ACSI Academy of Dermatosurgery was also his brain child.
He was the founder of several interactive e groups including ACAD_IADVL.
Based on his proposals conference names, such as DERMAZONE, DERMACON and CUTICON have been recognized and accepted as the official names of Dermatology conferences in India.
Today his name is inseparable with an extremely familiar entity among the dermatologist community in India, TSDF or Topical Steroid Dependent/Damaged Face. This term was coined by him.
As the tireless torch bearer of the crusade against the misuse of topical corticosteroids in India, Dr. Lahiri has worked relentlessly to sensitize other doctors (even dermatologists), government agencies, chemists, media and the common people regarding the shameful menace. As the founder chairperson of the countrywide IADVL Taskforce Against Topical Steroid Abuse(ITATSA)he became the face of a historic and epoch making mammoth movement of Indian Dermatologists.
He the recipient of
- International League of Dermatology Societies(ILDS) prestigious Certification of Appreciation(CoA) award.
- Award for outstanding leadership, with special recognition from the Rutgers State University of New Jersey and New Jersey Medical School Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society.
- AAD member making difference award for 2018.