Beth A. Drolet, MD 

Titles
Medical director, Dermatology, Birthmarks and Vascular Anomalies Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; professor, Dermatology and Pediatrics; chief, Pediatric Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Dermatology

Research interests
Birthmarks and vascular anomalies, dermatologic diseases

Study interests
Hemangiomas of infancy, large facial hemangiomas, associated vascular anomalies.

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.

Certifications
American Board of Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology.

Honors
Loyola University Student Research Fellowship; Alpha Omega Alpha; Best Doctors in Milwaukee (Milwaukee Magazine) 2004, 2006, 2007; American Skin Association Research Award, 2004; Patient Directed Investigation Award, Dermatology Foundation, 2004; Society for Pediatric Dermatology Research Award, 2006; Small Business Times Health Care Hero Award, 2006.

Representative publications

• Haggstrom AN, Drolet BA, Baselga E, Chamlin S, Esterly NB, Garzon J, Horii K, Lucky A, Metry DW, Mancini AJ, Nopper A, Frieden IJ. Prospective Study of Infantile Hemangiomas, Part 1: Demographic, Prenatal and Perinatal Characteristics. Journal of Pediatrics. 2007; 150:291-294.
• Maronn M, Corden T, Drolet BA. Pnuemocytosis Carinii Pneumonia in Infant Treated with Oral Steroids for Hemangioma. Archives of Dermatology. 2007; 143:1224-1225.
• Chamlin SL, Haggstrom AN, Drolet BA, Baselga E, Frieden IJ, Garzon MC, Horii KA, Lucky AW, Metry DW, Newell B, Mancini AJ. Ulcerated Hemangiomas of Infancy: Who, What, Where and When? Journal of Pediatrics. 2007; 151:684-689.
• Metry DW, Siegel D, Cordisco MR, Pope E, Prendiville J, Drolet BA, Horii K, Liang M, Stein S, Frieden IJ. A Comparison of Disease Severity Among Affected Males. Archives of Dermatology. Epub ahead of print 2007.
• Drolet BA, Frieden IJ. Infantile Hemangiomas: An Emerging Health Issue Linked to an Increasing Rate of Low Birth Weight Infants in the United States. Journal of Pediatrics (submitted).

Grants

• Phase II Clinical Trial Assessing Efficacy and Safety of Oral Prednisolone vs. Vincristine in the Treatment of Infantile Hemangiomas, Food and Drug Administration OPD Grant Program, 1/08-1/11, co-principal investigator.
• Immune Suppression of Infants Treated with Oral Corticosteroids for Infantile Hemangiomas, Society for Pediatric Dermatology, 11/15/06-11/14/08, principal investigator.
• Immune Suppression of Infants Treated with Oral Corticosteroids for Infantile Hemangiomas, Research Affairs Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin, 11/1/07-6/30/08, principal investigator.
• Large Facial Hemangiomas and Associated Vascular Anomalies, Children's Research Institute, 2/15/05-13/31/07, principal investigator.
• Multifocal Lymphangioendotheliomatosis with Thrombocytopenia, Children's Research Institute, principal investigator.
• Prospective Cohort Study of Hemangiomas of Infancy, Spirit Foundation 10/03-12/08, principal investigator.
• Phase II Clinical Trial Assessing Efficacy and Safety of Oral Prednisolone vs. Vincristine in the Treatment of Infantile Hemangiomas, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, 6/07-6/10, co-principal investigator.
• Genomewide Association Study on Infantile Hemangiomas, Bleser Family Foundation (through Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation), 12/06-12/09, principal investigator.
• Phase II Clinical Trial Assessing Efficacy and Safety of Oral Prednisolone vs. Vincristine in the Treatment of Infantile Hemangiomas, Bleser Family Foundation (through Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation), 12/07-12/10, co-principal investigator.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-1569
Fax: (414) 266-4778
E-mail: drolet@mcw.edu