Team
Professor Sherief Janmohamed
- Dermatologist
- Pediatric Dermatologist
- Epidemiologist
Practicing in all fields of Dermatology, with special interest/expertise in atopic dermatitis, vascular malformations/hemangiomas, hair diseases, and pediatric dermatology in general
Academic titles and diplomas
- MSc in Clinical Epidemiology (NIHES/Erasmus MC/Harvard University, 2004)
- MD degree: Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2006)
- MSc in Health Sciences (NIHES/Erasmus MC, 2013)
- PhD degree: Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2014) Thesis: Infantile Hemangioma: Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Therapy
- Board-certification as Dermatologist (UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, 2018)
- Post-doctoral fellow: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago IL, USA (2018-2020)
- Pediatric Dermatologist at UZ Brussel since 2020
- Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel since 2021
Awards
- Ruggero Caputo's Young Pediatric Dermatologist Award (2015) European Society for Pediatric Dermatology (ESPD)
- ESDR Academy for Future Leaders in Dermatology (2015) European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR)
Scientific
- Invited speaker and chair at international conferences
- Co-organizer of the yearly symposium ‘ABC in Pediatric Dermatology’
- Published in international, peer reviewed, high impact journals and author of several book chapters
- Publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=janmohamed+sr&sort=date&size=200
- Associate editor of ‘Pediatric Dermatology’
- Member of the ‘board of directors’ of the European Society for Pediatric Dermatology (ESPD) and chair of the scientific website committee
Expertise
Dr. Sherief Janmohamed treats all patients with skin diseases but has additional expertise in pediatric skin diseases, including urgencies This varies from common disorders, such as: warts, diaper dermatitis, skin rashes, acne, fungal and bacterial skin infections, scabies, and hair and nail diseases; to more specialized diseases such as: infantile hemangioma necessitating topical (local) treatment or oral treatment with propranolol, urticaria, auto-immune diseases and other diseases necessitating systemic treatment (such as severe acne) Finally, also rare diseases can be managed by Dr. Janmohamed, for example vascular malformations, and congenital (genetic) disorders, such as genodermatoses (amongst others: neurofibromatosis) and syndromes concerning the skin. For these more complex diseases, Dr. Janmohamed has easy access to other specialists in the UZ Brussel.
Frequent diseases in baby’s
- Diaper rash
- Atopic dermatitis and allergies
- Birth marks / infantile hemangiomas / pigment disorders
- Congenital disorders of skin, hair and nails
Frequent diseases in children
- Urticaria
- Skin rashes
- Atopic dermatitis
- Impetigo / skin infections
- Fungal infections of skin and hair
- Warts
Frequent diseases in adolescents
- Acne
- Atopic dermatitis and lichen simplex
- Alopecia areata, lichen sclerosus, vitiligo