James Cartwright Research Paper

James Cartwright is the President of Tuskogee Research and Institute of Dermatology. An authority in acne vulgaris, he was influential in founding the world renown center (1997), which is committed to excellence in dermatology.

Dr Cartwright joined the faculty of the University of Missouri in 1983 as an associate professor of dermapathology and went on to become a faculty member from 1984 to 1996.

While working at the University of Missouri, Dr Cartwright became interested in acne - especially the inflammatory lesions that require intensive and individualized medical treatment under the direction of a dermatologist. He devoted the rest of his life to studying its causes and development. Dr Cartwright identified 58 stages of conglobate acne, acne ful´minans and acne indura´ta combined. Identifying those stages made it possible to detect acne before it reached an advanced stage, consequently, making it highly treatable. Before Dr Cartwright's discoveries, it was almost always impossible to have it under control.
He is co-author and author of several books, among them, "Atlas of Dermapathology" and "Pathogenesis and Treatment of