Mr. Stephen P Stone M.D.
Dermatologist
751 N Rutledge St Suite 2300 Springfield IL, 62702About
Dr. Stephen Stone is a dermatologist practicing in Springfield, IL. Dr. Stone specializes in skin care evaluating and managing both common and uncommon skin conditions. These conditions include acne, psoriasis, warts, skin infections, atopic dermatitis, herpes simplex and more. Dr. Stone diagnoses skin problems and develops unique treatments plans for each individual patient.
Dr. Stephen P. Stone is professor and Director of Clinical Research in the Division of Dermatology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. Dr. Stone graduated from Tufts University, and received his MD at New York University School of Medicine. After serving with the U.S. Navy, he completed a residency in dermatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
He has received numerous honors and citations throughout his distinguished career including “Best Doctors in America,” “Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care” and Who’s Who in America. He is a previous Editor-in-Chief of Dialogues in Dermatology, the American Academy of Dermatology’s audio journal
He served as the 67th president of the American Academy of Dermatology. His particular interests lude psoriasis and other inflammatory skin diseases, acne, occupational dermatology, and skin cancer. He has been investigator or subinvestigator in more than 40 clinical studies, more than half involving treatment of psoriasis.
Dr. Stone has given more than 190 lectures and Grand Rounds presentations outside of his university, including such venues as Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an and Guangzhu, China, the Icelandic Dermatology Association, in Reykjavik, the Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira Dermatologia, in Curitiba and Salvador, Brazil, the Philippine Dermatological Society Annual Meeting in Manila, the Canadian Dermatological Association, Dermatrends III in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Hong Kong, and the International Congress of Dermatology, in Prague, Czech Republic.
Education and Training
Mayo Graduate Schl of Medicine Derm Residency 1974
New York University School of Medicine 1967
Board Certification
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
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Mr. Stephen P Stone M.D.'s Expert Contributions
Skin is itchy after sun exposure, what can I do?
Multiple possibilities ranging from medications that cause light sensitivity, to a sunlight allergy, to a number of metabolic diseases. Suggest a referral to a dermatologist. READ MORE
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Validity and reliability of patient reported outcomes used in psoriasis: results from two randomized clinical trials.
- Sunlight, tanning booths, and vitamin D.
- Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome: two cases and a review of the literature.
- Acneiform eruptions associated with epidermal growth factor receptor-targeted chemotherapy.
- In pursuit of defining clinical relevance of positive patch tests results.
- Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome: a 32-month-old boy with elastomas and craniosynostosis.
- Challenging the classification of clinical relevance of positive patch tests
- Isotretinoin and iPledge: a view of results.
- Syphilis in the United States.
- Myxofibrosarcoma presenting as an exophytic, multi-lobed nodule on the leg.
Treatments
- Acne
- Psoriasis
- Eczema
- Dermatitis
- Moles
- Warts
- Actinic Keratosis
- Skin Cancer
- Birthmark
- Contact Dermatitis
- Rash
- Seborrheic Keratosis
- Sebaceous Cyst
Professional Memberships
- Noah Worcester Dermatological Society
- American Academy of Dermatology
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
- North American Clinical Dermatologic Society
- Society for Investigative Dermatology
- Fellow AAD Membership
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