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Dr. Alan Fleischer MD

Professor and Chair of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine - CC

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Council Member Biography

Alan Fleischer, MD, is a Professor and Chair of Dermatology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. In addition to his general and surgical dermatology practice, he has been the primary investigator on dozens of Phase II through Phase IV clinical trials. Dr. Fleischer has published extensively on the delivery of dermatologic healthcare in the U.S. The primary disease states he has investigated include the inflammatory diseases, especially psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, urticaria, acne and rosacea. Dr. Fleischer consults for several pharmaceutical companies and has ongoing grant support for his research efforts. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History

1991 - Unspecified
Professor and Chair of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine - CC

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Probiotics and Atopic Dermatitis

April 27, 2009

Probiotics for the treatment or prevention of atopic dermatitis: a review of the evidence from randomized controlled trials. | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Large, well-conducted meta-analysis shows as a preventative strategy, probiotics may have a modest effect on decreasing the incidence of atopic eczema. However, in terms of treating active disease or preventing recurrence of disease, no convincing evidence supports the use of the probiotics examined thus far.

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