Beth A. Drolet, MD 

Titles
Medical director, Birthmarks and Vascular Anomalies Center, clinical vice president, Ambulatory Services, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; professor, Dermatology and Pediatrics; vice chair, Department of Dermatology Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Dermatology

Research interests
Birthmarks and vascular annomalies, dermatologic diseases

Study interests
Hemangioma, infantile Hemangioma, vascular anomalies, venous malformation. 

Education
Medical degree, Loyola University, Chicago, 1991; internship, Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, 1992; residency, Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1995; fellowship, Clinical Research and Pediatric Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1996.

Video Profile
Meet Dr. Drolet and learn about the Birthmarks & Vascular Anomalies Center at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin by watching the following video:

Certifications
American Board of Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology.

Honors
Loyola University Student Research Fellowship; Alpha Omega Alpha, 1991; Best Doctors in Milwaukee (Milwaukee Magazine) 2004-2012; Society for Pediatric Dermatology Research Award, 2006; Small Business Times Health Care Hero Award, 2006; Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Fellowship, 2008.

Representative publications

  • Drolet BA, Swanson E, Frieden IJ. Infantile Hemangiomas: An Emerging Health Issue Linked to an Increasing rate of Low Birth Weight Infants in the United States.  Journal Pediatrics. 2008; 153:712-715.
  • Holland KE, Frieden IJ, Wyatt D, Frommelt PC, Drolet BA. Hypoglycemia in Children Taking Propranolol for the Treatment of Infantile Hemangiomas. Arch Dermatol. 2010; 146:775-778.
  • Drolet BA, Chamlin SL, Garzon MC, Adams D, Baselga E, Haggstrom AN, Holland KE, Horii KA, Juern A, Lucky AW, Mancini AJ, McCuaig C, Metry DW, Morel KD, Newell BD, Nopper AJ, Powell J, Frieden IJ.  Prospective Study of Spinal Anomalies in Children with Infantile Hemangiomas of the Lumbosacral Skin.  Journal Pediatrics. 2010; 157:789-794.
  • Haggstrom AN, Garzon MC, Adams D, Baselga E, Chamlin SL, Frieden IJ, Holland K, Mancini AJ, McCuaig C, Metry DW, Morel K, Lucky A, Powell J, Perkins S, Siegel E, Drolet BA. A Prospective Study Examining the Risk for PHACE Syndrome in Infants with Large Facial Hemangiomas. Pediatrics. 2010; 126:418-426.
  • Drolet BA, Pope E, Juern AM, Sato T, Howell B, Puttgen KB, Lara-Corrales I, Gilliam A, Mancini A, Powell J, Siegel D, Metry D, Stevenson DA, Grimmer JF, Frieden IJ. Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Infantile Hemangioma: A Complication of Segmental, Rather than Multifocal, Infantile Hemangiomas. J Pediatr. 2012 Jan. 10.
  • Glick ZR, Frieden IU, Garzon MC, Mully TW, Drolet BA. Diffuse Neonatal Hemangiomatosis: An Evidence-based Review of Case Reports in the Literature. J Am Acad Dermatol.  2012 Feb 15.

Grants

  • Interdisciplinary Workshop on Vascular Anomalies Associated with Coagulopathies, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, principal investigator.
  • Safety Monitoring for Use of Propranolol for Hemangiomas, National Institute of arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, principal investigator.

Contact
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Pediatric Dermatology Clinic
9000 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite B260
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-6430
Fax: (414) 266-3315
E-mail: drolet@mcw.edu

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