Clinical Cases in Psoriasis

Through the 7 year Honors Program in Medical Education, Dr. Wu earned a BA in biological sciences from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and an MD from Northwestern University Medical School. Dr. Wu completed his dermatology residency at the University of California, Irvine, California, where he was chief resident. Dr. Wu is currently a Councilor for the International Psoriasis Council and a Medical Board member of the National Psoriasis Foundation.  He is co-editor for 2 textbooks: Mild-To-Moderate Psoriasis, 3rd edition, and Moderate-To-Severe Psoriasis, 4th edition, which are the most widely referenced textbooks on psoriasis.  He has written over 150 peer-reviewed articles, of which over 50 are about psoriasis.  He is the President-Elect of the Los Angeles Metro Dermatological Society and Board Member of the California Society of Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery (CalDerm).

• Introduction to interventional procedures; timing and patient selection.- Headache anatomy and mechanisms of peripheral nerve interventions.- Pharmacology of interventional headache management.- Greater occipital nerve and lesser occipital nerve blocks.- The role of other peripheral nerve blocks.- Onabotulinumtoxina for refractory headache.- The role of interventional procedures in childhood and adolescent headaches-peripheral neuro-modulation.- Interventional headache management in the elderly.- Interventional headache management in pregnancy and lactation.- Efficacy of trigger point injections and dry needling.- Potential role of acupuncture.- The role of radiofrequency thermocoagulation.- The potential role of ozone therapy.- Peripheral neuromodulation on the refractory headache disorders.- Sample cases(treatment response of gon blockade in chronic migraine).