PANOUTSOPOULOU IOANNA

Education & Academic Titles

• Specialization in Dermatology (3 years): University of Minnesota, Department of Dermatology, USA
• Specialization of Internal Medicine (1 year): Hennepin County Medical Center, MN, USA
• Degree in Medicine (6 years): School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1996-2002)

Professional Experience

Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota (2005 - 2009)

Clinical Interest

• Medical Dermatology (hair and nail conditions, autoimmune diseases, nevi)
• Pediatric Dermatology (hemangiomas, birth marks, moles, eczemas, skin infections)
• Dermatological Surgery (excision of benign and malignant skin lesions, skin biopsies)
• Cosmetic Dermatology (BOTOX, injectable hyaluronic acid, chemical peeling, LASERS)
• Skin cancers (dermal tumors, precancerous lesions)
• Oncodermatology (effects of antineopastic drugs on skin)

Awards & Distinctions

• American Academy of Dermatology International Society Annual Meeting Travel Grant (2014)
• Rob Sias Annual Award for Excellence in Clinical Dermatology, University of Minnesota, USA (2013)
• Women’s Dermatologic Society Mentorship Award, USA (2013)
• Silver Award, 22nd World Congress of Dermatology, Seoul, Korea (2011)
• First Place Award in the Basic Science Research Category, University of Minnesota, USA (2011 & 2007)
• Medical Student Scholarship, by the “Papadakis” Endowment, University of Athens, Greece (1997 - 2002)
• Medical Student Scholarship, by the “Kritski” Endowment, Ministry of Economics, Greece (1997 - 2002)

Recent Publications

Peer Reviewed Papers:

• Panoutsopoulou IG, Luciano C, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Hodges JS, Kennedy WR. Epidermal innervation in healthy children and adolescents. Muscle Nerve. 2015 Mar;51(3):378-84
• Symons FJ, Gilles E, Tervo R, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Panoutsopoulou I, Kennedy W. Skin and self-injury: A possible link between peripheral innervation and immune function? Dev Med Child Neurol. 2014 Sep 4. [Epub ahead of print]
• Myllymäki M, Panoutsopoulou IG, Särkkä A. Analysis of spatial structure of epidermal nerve entry point patterns based on replicated data. J Microsc. 2012 Sep;247(3):228-39
• Waller LA, Särkkä A, Olsbo V, Myllymäki M, Panoutsopoulou IG, Kennedy WR, Wendelschafer-Crabb G. Second-order spatial analysis of epidermal nerve fibers. Stat Med. 2011 Oct 15;30(23):2827-41
• Panoutsopoulou IG, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Hodges JS, Kennedy WR. Skin blister and skin biopsy for quantifying epidermal nerve fibers: a comparative study. Neurology. 2009 Apr 7;72(14):1205-10

Oral presentations

1. Gagari E, Zafeiratou D, Afantenou S, Panoutsopoulou I, Koutlas I. Cinnamon contact hypersensitivity in the oral cavity. Clinical manifestations and diagnosis in 40 patients. 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, San Francisco. CA. March 20-24, 2015
2. Panoutsopoulou IG. "Use of Topical Rapamycin for the Treatment of Multiple Facial Angiofibromas of Tuberous Sclerosis & Oral Metronidazole for the Treatment of Mucocutaneous Lichen Planus". Womens Dermatologic Society Subspecialty Meeting. Amsterdam. October 8, 2014
3. Panoutsopoulou IG, Antonopoulou K, Plaka M, Polidorou D, Hasapi V, Papadopoulos O, Champsas G, Christophidou E, Antoniou C, Stratigos AJ. Epidemiological trends of melanoma in Greek population: retrospective study of 1147 melanoma cases at the “Andreas Sygros” Hospital. 2014 Spring Meeting of Greek Society of Dermatology and Venereology. Thessaloniki, Greece. April 12, 2014.
4. Panoutsopoulou I, Abdollahi M, Bart B. Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, Miami, FL. March 1-5, 2013
5. Panoutsopoulou IG, Swanson S, Bart B. Recurrence of blastomycosis-like pyoderma on skin grafts: a case report. 69th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, New Orleans, LA. February 4-7, 2011.
6. Panoutsopoulou I, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Hordinsky MK, Kennedy WR. Studying the psoriatic epidermis using a minimally invasive method: the suction skin blister. 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, San Antonio, TX. February 1-5, 2008.
7. Panoutsopoulou I, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Kennedy WR. Skin Blister: A minimally invasive method to study epidermal nerve fibers (ENFs). 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Boston, MA, April 28-May 5, 2007. Neurology 2007;68(Suppl 1):A410.

Posters

1. Dessinioti C, Triantafyllopoulou I, Plaka M, Diamantopoulos P, Nikolaou V, Panoutsopoulou I, Polydorou D, Chasapi V, Goga E, Papadopoulos O. Antoniou C, Stratigos A. Cutaneous Adverse Effects of Vemurafenib; a Case Series from the Oncodermatology Unit of “A. Syggros” Hospital of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases. 24th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. Copenhagen, Denmark. October 7-11, 2015
2. Τριανταφυλλοπούλου Ι, Πανουτσοπούλου ΓΙ, Νικολάου Β, Διαμαντόπουλος Π, Γκόγκα Ε, Λίτσα Α, Πλάκα Μ, Δεσινιώτη Κ, Χασάπη Β, Πολυδώρου Δ, Αντωνίου Χ, Στρατηγός ΙΑ. Ογκοδερματολογικό Ιατρείο Νος. «Α. Συγγρός»: επιδημιολογικά δεδομένα από τους 4 πρώτους μήνες λειτουργίας του ιατρείου. 11ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο Δερματολογίας και Αφροδισιολογίας. Θεσσαλονίκη, Ελλάδα. 25-28 Ιουνίου 2015
3. Follansbee AT, Panoutsopoulou IG, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Kennedy WR, Hurliman E, Hordinsky MK, Wilcox GL, Benlhabib E. Ultraviolet light (UVB) alteration of epidermal nerve fibers (ENFs) and neuropeptides: a possible mechanismfor the efficacy of light therapy in pruritic patients. 2014 Society of Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting. Atltanta, GA. May 6 – 9, 2015
4. Gagari E, Zafeiratou D, Afantenou S, Panoutsopoulou I, Koutlas I. Cinammon contact hypersensitivity in the oral cavity. Clinical manifestations and diagnosis in 40 patients. 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, San Francisco, CA. March 20-24, 2015
5. Panoutsopoulou IG, Antonopoulou K, Plaka M, Polidorou D, Hasapi V, Papadopoulos O, Champsas G, Christophidou E, Antoniou C, Stratigos AJ. Epidemiological trends of melanoma in Greek population: retrospective study of 1147 melanoma cases at the “Andreas Sygros” Hospital. European Academy of Dermatology and Dermatology. Amsterdam, Holland. October 8 – 12, 2014
6. Benlhabib E, Higgins L, Anderson LB, Hordinsky MK, Pittelkow MR, Junqueira Bertin ACA, Panoutsopoulou IG, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Kennedy WR, Wilcox GL. The proteomic profile of human keratinocytes and intact epidermis using iTRAQ® technology: Comparison between control and UVB-irradiated cells. 62nd Annual Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin. Oregon. October 10 – 14, 2013
7. Benlhabib E, Hordinsky MK, Junqueira Bertin AC, Panoutsopoulou IG, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Kennedy WR, Wilcox GL. Proteome changes in human epidermis induced by UVB irradiation. 22nd World Congress of Dermatology. Seoul, Korea. May 24-29, 2011.
8. Panoutsopoulou I, Benlhabib E, Wilcox GL, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Kennedy WR, Hordinsky MK. GABA B Receptor 1 and NogoA Expression in human skin. 14th Joint Meeting of the International Society of Dermatopathology. New Orleans, LA. February 2-4, 2011
9. Panoutsopoulou I, Wilcox GL, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Kennedy WR, Hordinsky MK. Suction skin blister confocal analysis of nerve fiber and Langerhans cell expression in psoriasis and normal human skin. 59th Annual Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin. Oregon, October 7-11, 2010.
10. Benlhabib E, Hordinsky MK, Junqueira ACA, Panoutsopoulou IG, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Kennedy WR, Wilcox GL. Proteome changes in human epidermis induced by UVB irradiation. 70th Annual Meeting of Society for Investigative Dermatology, Atlanta, Georgia, May 5-8, 2010
11. Benlhabib E, Higgins L, Anderson L, Hordinsky MK, Junqueira-Bertin ACA, Panoutsopoulou IG, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Kennedy WR, Wilcox GL. UV-Induced Human Epidermal Protein Expression Changes are Explored with iTRAQ® Technology and Protein Pilot Descriptive Statistical Template. 58th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 23-27, 2010
12. Benlhabib E, Panoutsopoulou I, Hordinsky MK, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Kennedy WR, Wilcox GL. Proteome changes in human epidermis induced by UVB irradiation. 69th Annual Meeting of Society for Investigative Dermatology, Montreal, Canada, May 6-9, 2009
13. Panoutsopoulou I, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Karageorgiou E, Kennedy WR. Diagnosing diabetic small fiber neuropathy using the skin blister method. 60th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Chicago, IL, April 12-19, 2008. Neurology 2008;70(11 Suppl 1):A165
14. Panoutsopoulou I, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Hordinsky MK, Wilcox GL, Kennedy WR. Langerhans cell (LC) migration and sensory re-innervation of psoriatic and normal epidermis. International Investigative Dermatology meeting, Kyoto, Japan, May 14-17, 2008. J Invest Dermatol 2008;128:S89
15. Panoutsopoulou I, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Wilcox GL, Hordinsky MK, Kennedy WR. Skin Blister: a minimally invasive method to study human epidermis. 68th Annual Meeting of the Society of Investigative Dermatology, Los Angeles, CA, May 9-12, 2007. J Invest Dermatol 2007;127:S68

Membership in Societies and Editorial Boards

Active member of the following Scientific Societies:

• American Academy of Dermatology
• American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
• European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
• Women’s Dermatologic Society
• European Association of Dermato-Oncology
• Hellenic Society of Dermatology and Venereology
• Greek American Medical College

Research

Ongoing research:

1. Effect of UVB irradiation on cutaneous innervation, neurotransmitters and human proteomics: time sequence (P.I.: George L Wilcox, PhD, Co-Investigator: Ioanna Panoutsopoulou, MD)
2. Safety and Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin Injections in the Treatment of Psoriasis Vulgaris (P.I: Maria K Hordinsky, MD, Co-Investigator: Ioanna Panoutsopoulou, MD)

Contact

Telephone: +30 210 6502000