Kabir Sardana MD, DNB, MNAMS is currently Director-Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology and STDs, ABVIMS and Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi. He was previously a Professor at Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), New Delhi, from 2006-2016 and Assistant Professor at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalya from 2005-06. He is an alumnus of MAMC (1991-96) and completed his MD from Lady Hardinge Medical College in 2000. He is a DNB holder and a member of the National Academy Medical Sciences. He began writing on common diseases and then books for MBBS and MD students. His focus is to simplify complex text with images and artist drawn diagrams, to enable readers to grasp complex topics. He has more than 280 papers on PubMed with a focus on infectious diseases, systemic drugs, acne & Immunopathogenesis of dermatological disorders. Some of his books include Lasers and Energy Devices in Aesthetic Practice, Handbook of Pigmentary Disorders for Practitioners, Clinical Approach to Acne Vulgaris, Handbook of Eczema for Practitioners, Systemic Drugs in Dermatology, Regional Atlas of Dermatology for Practitioners, IADVL Manual on Management of Dermatophytoses and Textbook of Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Diseases with HIV Infections. He is also the editor of Jopling's Handbook of Leprosy, 8th edn.
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Salient Features</em><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></em></p><ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 37px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A comprehensive and concise summary of salient topics and short and long cases asked in MD and Board examinations, based on the famous five textbooks: Rook, Bolognia, Hastings, Jopling and Holmes.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The 3rd edition has in addition multiple speciality books as sources apart from 13 journals from which updated literature has been added.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Elaborate flowcharts, concise tables and hand-drawn artist's diagrams.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ideal for practical and theory examinations in India.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Covers most long cases, spotters and theory questions.</li></ul><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold;">Promotion and Marketing Focus</strong></p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What's new in the 3rd edition</em></p><ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 37px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Updated text sourced from latest research articles and treatment guidelines published in high impact factor dermatology journals.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fundamentals of dermatology added including skin structure and function and immunodermatology.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Numerous specialty books added as a reference source.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">New chapters added on acne vulgaris, atopic dermatitis, and adverse drug reactions. </li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Existing chapters extensively updated and additional topics relevant to examinations added.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Labelled dermoscopic and trichoscopic images added.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">More clinical images for better visualization of the dermatoses.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dermatopathology basics and images of histopathological patterns added for ease of understanding.</li></ul><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="letter-spacing: 0.7px; font-size: 1rem;">Hard-core succinct summary of existent knowledge, to be learnt, assimilated and used by the reader in</span></p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">conjunction with conventional hospital-based patient learning.</p>
