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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
RUBY GHADIALLY, MBCHB, FRCP

Associate Professor, Dermatology, UCSF

CONTACT

rghadial@itsa.ucsf.edu
(415) 750-2091 (voice)
(415) 751-3927 (fax)

Box 190, 4150 Clement Street, 1A-31, San Francisco, CA 94143-190

EDUCATION

Sheffield University, Sheffield, England, MBChB (MD), 1982, Medicine
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, England, Intern, 1983, Medicine
University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Resident, 1984, Medicine
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada Rotating Int., 1985, Medicine
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Residency, 1988, Dermatology
University of California, San Francisco, California Postdoctoral Fellow, 1988-90, Dermatology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1990-92

Clinical Instructor, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco

1992-99

Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco

1993-96

Consultant Physician, Dermatology Service, Veteran's Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

1996-present

Staff Physician, Dermatology Service, Veteran's Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

1999-present

Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco

HONORS & AWARDS

1980

Thomas Woodcock Prize in Microbiology, Awarded Proxime Assessit

1987

John Cole Research Award and John Cole Lecture

1987

F.M. Hill Resident Research Award

1987-88

Chief Resident in Dermatology, University of Toronto

1989

Lester I. Conrad - Award for Aging Research

1989

Dermatology Foundation Research Fellowship Award

1989

Dermatology Foundation Research Fellowship Award

1990

The Robert A. Chesebrough Gold Medal for Research

1991

American Federation for Aging - Research Award

1993

Most Promising Young Scientist Award - Ortho Pharm

1993-96

Dermatology Foundation Career Development Award

1994

Dermatology Foundation Research Grant

1995

Lester I. Conrad - Award for Aging Research

1995

Academic Senate Grant -UCSF

1996-2000

NIH Clinical Investigator Award

1999-2000

Research Evaluation and Allocation Committee Award, UCSF

2000

Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology (JSID) Award

2001

Academic Senate Grant - UCSF

2002

Research Evaluation and Allocation Committee Award

2002

Dermatology Foundation Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Ghadially, J.A., Ghadially, R. and Ghadially, F.N.: Long term results of deep defects in articular cartilage. Virchows Arch. B. Cell Path. 24:125-136, 1977.

Ghadially, F.N., Lock, C.J.F., Lalonde, J.A. and Ghadially, R.: Platino-somes produced in synovial membrane by platinum coordination complexes. Virchows Arch. B. Cell Path. 35:123-131, 1981.

Ghadially, F.N., Ghadially, R., Lalonde, J.A.: A comparative ultra-struc-tural study of cutaneous blue naevi of humans and hamsters. J. Submicrosc. Cytol. 18(2):417-432, 1986.

Ghadially, R., and Ramsay, C.A.: Gentamicin: Systemic exposure to a contact allergen. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 19:428-430, 1988.

Hogan D., Ghadially, R., McSheffrey, J.B., and Lane, P.: Human immuno-deficiency virus infection and porphyria cutanea tarda. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 20:17-20, 1989.

Ghadially, R., et al.: Granuloma annulare in patients with human immunode-ficiency virus infections. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 20:232-235, 1989.

Ghadially, R., and Ghadially, F.N.: Anchoring fibrils in a spindle cell squamous carcinoma. J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol. 21(2):249-257, 1989.

Ghadially, R.: Benign familial pemphigus. Article 16960 in Birth Defects Encyclopedia, Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1990.

Ghadially, R.: Acrokeratosis verruciformis. Article 10190 in Birth Defects Encyclopedia, Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1990.

Ghadially, R., Shear, N.: Topical Therapy and percutaneous absorption in Yaffe SJ Edit., Pediatric Pharmacology. Grune and Stratton. 1991.

Hou, S.Y.E., Mitra, A.K., White, S.H., Menon, G.K., Ghadially, R., Elias, P.M. Membrane structures in normal and essential fatty acid deficient stratum corneum: Characterization by ruthenium tetroxide staining and x-ray diffraction. J. Invest. Dermatol. 96:215-223, 1991.

Ghadially, R., Elias, P.M. The effect of petrolatum (VaselineŚ-petroleum jelly) on stratum corneum structure and function. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 26:387-396, 1992.

Darny, P.D., Klaisio, C.M., Walker, D.M., Ghadially, R. The importance of proper insertion of norplant contraceptive implants. J. Fam. Pract. Vol. 34, No. 5, 1992.

Menon, G.K., Williams, M.L., Ghadially, R., Elias, P.M. Lamellar bodies as delivery systems for lipolytic enzymes: Implications for normal and abnor-mal desquamation. Br. J. Dermatol. 126:337-345, 1992.

Williams, M.L., Vogel, J.S., Ghadially, R., Brown, B.E., Elias, P.M. Exogenous origin of n-alkanes in pathological scale. Arch. Dermatol. 128:1065-1071, 1992.

Ghadially, R., Williams, M.L., Hou, S.Y.E., Elias, P.M. Membrane structural abnormalities in the stratum corneum of the autosomal recessive ichthyoses. J. Invest. Dermatol. 99:755-763, 1992.

Ghadially, R., Chong, L.P. Ichthyoses and hyperkeratotic disorders. Dermatol. Clin., 597-608. 1992.

Ghadially, R., Ghadially, F.N. Keratoacanthoma. In: Fitzpatrick, T.B., et al. (ed.), Dermatology In General Medicine, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1993.

Ghadially, R. Granuloma annulare, Actinic Granuloma. In: Arndt, K., et al (ed.), Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery, WB Saunders Co., 1993.

Elias, P.M., Holleran, W.M., Feingold, K.R., Menon, G.K., Ghadially, R., Williams, M.L. Normal mechanisms and pathophysiology of epidermal permeability barrier homestasis. Curr. Opion. in Dermatol., 231-237 1993.

Feingold, K.R., Menon, G.K., Ghadially, R., Elias, P.M. Acetone to break the barrier. Letter to the Editor. J. Invest. Dermatol. 1994.

Ghadially, R, Brown, BE, Sequeira-Martin, SM, Feingold, KR, Elias, PM. The aged epidemal permeability barrier: Structural, functional, and lipid biochemical abnormalities in humans and a senescent murine model. J. Clin. Invest. 95:2281-2290, 1995.

Reed, J.T., Ghadially, R., Elias, P.M. Skin type, but neither race nor gender, influence epidermal permeability barrier function. Arch. Dermatol. 131:1134-1138, 1995.

Ghadially, R., Brown, B.E., Reed, J.T., Feingold, K.R., Elias, P.M. Decreased epidermal lipid synthesis accounts for altered barrier function in aged mice. J. Invest. Dermatol 106:1064-1069, 1996.

Ghadially, R. Skin. In: Geriatrics (ed. E.T. Lonergan). Stamford, Connecticut: Appleton & Lange, p. 354-367, 1996.

Ghadially, F.N., Ghadially, R. Tumours of the skin. In: Pathology of Tumours in Laboratory Animals. Volume III - Tumours of the Hamster (ed. V.S. Turusov and U. Mohr). Lyon, France. International Agency for Research on Cancer, p. 1-44, 1996.

Ghadially, R., Reed, J.T., Elias, P.M. Stratum corneum structure and function correlates with phenotype in psoriasis. J. Invest. Dermatol. 107:558-564, 1996.

Menon, G.K., Ghadially, R. Morphology of lipid alterations in the epidermis: A review, electromicroscopy research and techniques. 37:2, April 1997.

Reed, J.T., Ghadially, R., Elias, P.M. Integrity and permeability barrier function of photoaged human epidermis. Arch. Dermatol. 133:395-396, 1997.

Zettersten, E.M., Ghadially, R., Feingold, K.R., Crumrine, D., Elias, P.M. Optimal ratios of topical stratum corneum lipids improve barrier recovery in chronologicaly aged skin. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 37:403-408, 1997.

Ghadially, R. Aging and the epidermal permeability barrier: Implications for irritant contact dermatitis. Contact Dermatitis. Am. J. Contact Derm. 9:162-169, 1998.

Zettersten, E., Mao-Qiang, M., Sato, J., Denda, M., Farrell, A., Ghadially, R., Williams, M.L., Feingold, K.R., Elias, P.M. Recessive X-linked ichthyosis: Role of cholesterol-sulfate accumulation in the barrier abnormality. J. Invest. Dermatol. 111:784-790, 1998.

Ghadially, R., Garg, A. Granuloma Annulare. In: James WD, Elston D. (Chief Eds.); eMedicine Dermatology. St. Petersburg: eMedicine Corporation, 2000.

Kao, J.S., Garg, A., Kao, J.S., Man, M.-Q., Chren, M.-M., Crumrine, D., Ghadially, R., Feingold, K.R., Elias, P.M. Testosterone perturbs epidermal permeability barrier homeostasis. J. Invest. Dermatol. 116:443-451, 2001.

Barland, C., Garg, A., Ye, J., Zettersten, E., Feingold, K.R., Elias, P.M., Ghadially, R. Interleukin-1 alpha signaling is a determinant of permeability barrier homeostasis in aged murine skin. J. Invest. Dermatol. 117:416, 2001.

Elias, P.M., Ghadially, R. The aged epidermal permeability barrier: Basis for functional abnormalities. In: Geriatric Dermatology (ed. J. Kowalak) Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co. 2001 .

Ghadially, R. Psoriasis and ichthyosis. In: Rawlings A.V. and Leyden J. (eds.) Skin Moisturizers, Marcel Dekker, Inc., In Press 2002.

Ye, J., Calhoun, C., Feingold, K.R., Elias, P.M., Ghadially, R. Alterations in cytokine signaling in aged epidermis: Implications for permeability barrier homeostasis and inflammation. I. IL-1 gene family. Exp. Dermatol. In Press, 2002.

Measuring stem cell frequency in epidermis: a quantitative in- vivo functional assay for long-term repopulating cells. Schneider, T.E., Barland, C., Alex, A.M., Mancianti, M.L., Lu, Y., Cleaver, J.E., Lawrence, H.J., Ghadially, R. P. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. In Press.

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