Dermatologist - Concord
2700 Grant Street Suite 309
Concord, CA 94520
925-687-8882
Dr. Raskin is board certified in Dermatology and pursues ongoing medical education to stay abreast of the latest trends in dermatology.
OCCUPATION: | |
1998-Present |
Private Practice, Dermatology Concord, CA |
TRAINING: | |
1995-1998 |
Residency, Division of Dermatology Washington University Medical Center St. Louis, MO |
1994-1995 |
Internship, Department of Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania |
EDUCATION: | |
1987-1994 |
State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn M.D., Ph.D., Magna Cum Laude, Alpha Omega Alpha |
1983-1987 |
Franklin and Marshall College B.A., Majors in Biology and Economics, Departmental Honors in Biology |
AWARDS AND HONORS: | |
1997-1998 |
Reviewer, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology |
1994 |
The Merck Manual Award to Outstanding Students in Medical Studies |
1993 |
Alpha Omega Alpha (Eta Chapter of New York) |
1993 |
1st Place (MD/PhD Section), Alpha Omega Alpha Research Symposium |
1990-1991 |
State University of New York Competitive Graduate Research Fellowships |
1990-1991 |
Outstanding Membership Recruitment, AMA-Medical Student Section |
1990 |
Donald M. Kirschenbaum Fellowship (academic and research excellence) |
1989 |
Engel Fellowship |
1988-1989 |
National Institutes of Health/Alumni Association Research Fellowships |
1987 |
National Cancer Institute/Bionetics Research Program Fellowship |
RELATED ACTIVITIES: | |
2003 |
Chief of Dermatology, John Muir Medical Center |
1999 |
Volunteer Faculty, UCSF Dermatology Department |
1989-1991 |
Committee on Cancer, Medical Society of the State of New York |
1989-1993 |
Representative, Medical Society of the State of New York |
1990-1991 |
Delegate, Annual AMA - Medical Student Section Conferences, Chicago |
1990 |
Delegate, Interim AMA - Medical Student Section Conference, Orlando |
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: | |
American Academy of Dermatology, Fellow American Medical Association Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Society California Medical Society STAFF PRIVILEGES: John Muir Medical Center, Concord Campus, CA John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek Campus, CA PUBLICATIONS: Raskin CA, Parrott RH. Herpangina. In: Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 5th edition. Eds, Freedberg, Eisen, Wolff, Austen, Goldsmith, Katz, Fitzpatrick. McGraw-Hill, San Francisco, 1999. Raskin CA. Psoriasis and Apoptosis: A fundamental analysis of the psoriatic phenotype with clinical and therapeutic correlations. In: Progress in Inflammation Research: Apoptosis and Inflammation. Ed, Winkler JD. Birkhauser Verlag, Basel, Switzerland. 1999. Raskin CA. Apoptosis and cutaneous biology. [CME article] Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 1997;36:885-896. Raskin CA, Tu JH. Keratin expression in Olmsted syndrome. [Letter] Archives of Dermatology 1997;133:389. Raskin CA. Small plaque parapsoriasis and mycosis fungoides. [Letter] Archives of Dermatology 1996;132:1388. Raskin CA, Diaz G, McAllister WT. Generation of T7 RNA polymerase mutants with altered promoter specificities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, U.S.A. 1993;90:3147-3151. McAllister WT, Raskin CA. The phage RNA polymerases are related to DNA polymerases and reverse transcriptases. Molecular Microbiology 1993;10:1-6. Diaz G, Raskin CA, McAllister WT. Hierarchy of basepair preference in the binding domain of the T7 promoter. Journal of Molecular Biology 1993;229:805-811. Raskin CA, Diaz G, Joho K, McAllister WT. Substitution of a single T3 residue in T7 RNA polymerase at position 748 results in a switch in promoter specificity. Journal of Molecular Biology 1992;228:506-515. Luhrs C, Raskin CA, Durbin R, Wu B, Sadasivan E, McAllister W, Rothenberg S.Transfection of a glycosylated phospatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored folate binding protein complementary DNA provides cells with the ability to survive in low folate medium. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1992;90:840-847. Joho K, Gross L, McGraw N, Raskin CA, McAllister WT. Identification of a region of the bacteriophage T3 and T7 RNA polymerases that determines promoter specificity. Journal of Molecular Biology, 1990;215:31-39. |