Dr. Boris D. Lushniak MD
Dermatology
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Specialties
Specialty
Dermatology
Subspecialties
General Dermatology
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Location & Contact Information
Doctor Address
4200 Valley Drive, Bldg 255, Room 2242N, College Park, MD, 20742
(301) 405-2438Education & Experience
Medical School & Residency
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Residency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 1989-1990
B.S., Medical Sciences (Honors Program in Medical Education), 1977-1981
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Medical School
M.P.H., 1983-1984
Ascension Illinois/Saint Joseph (Chicago)
Residency, Family Medicine, 1984-1987
University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine
Residency, Dermatology, 1990-1993
Certifications & Licensure
American Board of Preventive Medicine
Certified in Occupational Medicine
OH State Medical License
Active through 2018
MD State Medical License
Active through 2024
Awards, Honors & Recognitions
AAD Fellow
Federal Preventive Medicine Medical Officer Award, 2016
Distinguished Service Award for Service on the Board of Regents, 2016
Presidential Citation, 2015
Ron Davis Special Recognition Award, 2015
Special Laurel Award for Skin Cancer Prevention, 2015
Health Leader of the Year Award, 2015
Distinguished Service Medal, for service as Acting Surgeon General, 2015
Presidential Unit Citation, for service on the battle against Ebola, 2015
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris causa), 2014
Apollo Award for Skin Cancer Prevention, 2014
Distinguished Service Medal, for service as Assistant Commissioner FDA, 2014
Secretary’s Award for Meritorious Service for Surgeon General’s 50th Anniversary Report on Smoking and Health, 2014
Founders Medal, 2013
Colonel George W. Hunter III Award, 2013
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2013
Group Recognition Award, FDA Emergency Operations Plan Work Group, 2011
Distinguished Speaker Award, 2011
Fisher Lecturer Award, 2010
Commissioner’s Special Citation, FDA Response to the 2009 H1N1, 2010
US Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, for service at National Naval Medical Center, 2010
Surgeon General’s Medallion, for service as Deputy Surgeon General, 2010
Surgeon General’s Medallion, for service as Deputy Surgeon General, 2014
Commissioner’s Special Citation, Strategic National Stockpile Labeling Working Group, 2009
Award of Merit, 2009
Commissioner’s Special Citation, FDA Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Task Force, 2007
Outstanding Service Medal, Leading HHS response for evacuees in San Antonio, 2007
Outstanding Unit Citation, PHS response to Hurricane Katrina, 2007
Dr. William Beaumont Award in Medicine, For leadership in assisting Hurricane Katrina evacuees in San Antonio, 2006
Group Recognition Award, Emergency Use Authorization Guidance Team, 2006
FDA Commissioner’s Special Recognition Award, as a member of the Avian Influenza Lab, 2006
Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service for service to the citizens devastated by the Gulf Region hurricanes, 2006
Surgeon General’s Exemplary Service Medal, for service as Co-Executive Director PHS Ensemble, 2006
Leadership Circle for Volunteerism, 2005
Sustaining Membership Lecture Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Medical Research, 2005
Outstanding Service Medal, National research agenda on occupational skin disorders, 2005
Outstanding Unit Citation, CDC Monkeypox Response Team, 2005
Presidential Citation for dedication to the field of occupational dermatology, 2004
Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service for extraordinary teamwork, productivity, and scientific excellence to control the spread of SARS and monkeypox, 2004
Cumming Award, awarded to The World Trade Center and Anthrax Response Team, 2003
Field Medical Readiness Badge, 2003
Outstanding Unit Citation, PHS response to anthrax and World Trade, 2002
Lauren A. Hatch Memorial Lectureship, 2001
Secretary’s Recognition Award for Heroism, Exceptional/ Volunteer Service for Work at the World Trade Center Site, 2001
Achievement Medal, establishing a bloodborne pathogen exposure control plan, 1999
Commendation Medal, needs assessments under wartime conditions in Kosovo, 1999
Award of Excellence, 1998
Achievement Medal, dedication to the field of occupational dermatology, 1998
PHS Citation, disaster planning in Bangladesh, 1989
Resident Teaching Award, 1987
John Thayer Scholarship Award, 1984
Paolo Raimondi Humanism in Medicine Award, 1983
Publications
How do you diagnose latex allergy?
Apter, A., Lushniak, B., Warshaw, E., Whitmore, S. E.
Availability of medical countermeasures for bioterrorism events: US legal and regulatory options.
Maher, C., Lushniak, B. D.
Epidemiology of epidemic diphtheria in three regions, Russia, 1994-1996.
Vitek, C. R., Brisgalov, S. P., Bragina, V. Y., Zhilyakov, A. M., Bisgard, K. M., Brennan, M., Kravtsova, O. N., Lushniak, B. D., Lyerla, R., Markina, S. S., Strebel, P. M.
Exposure and absorption of hazardous materials through the skin.
Boeniger, M. F., Lushniak, B. D.
Analysis of FDA's Vuse market authorisation: limitations and opportunities.
Andrew B Meshnick, Lauren Elizabeth Faricy, Boris D Lushniak
Why We Need User Fees for Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Products.
Brian F Yagi, Boris D Lushniak, Brian J Miller
National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Physical Activity and Health for Wheelchair Users
Jerry H. Gurwitz, Noelle E. Carlozzi, Kirsten K. Davison, Kelly R. Evenson, Darrell J. Gaskin, Boris D. Lushniak
Electronic nicotine delivery systems: the need for continued regulatory innovation.
Brian J. Miller, Andrew B Meshnick, Boris D. Lushniak
Preventive medicine's equivalence problem.
Paul Jung, Boris D. Lushniak
When Prevention Works, Nothing Happens.
Boris D. Lushniak
Credentialing and privileging the preventive medicine physician.
Paul Jung, Boris D. Lushniak
Do preventive medicine physicians practice medicine
Paul Jung, Boris D. Lushniak
Author Response to "Clinical Preventive Medicine: Causing More Identity Crisis for Preventive Medicine or Helping to Manage the Crisis".
Paul Jung, Boris D. Lushniak
Preventive Medicine's Identity Crisis.
Paul Jung, Boris D. Lushniak
Excellence in Medicine and the Case for Aspirational Ethics
Jonathan Kantor, Boris D. Lushniak
Commentary: Ethics in dermatology
Jonathan Kantor, Boris D. Lushniak
Utility of the Department of Defense Serum Repository in Assessing Deployment Exposure.
Boris D. Lushniak, Col Timothy M. Mallon, Joel C. Gaydos, David J. Smith
Reducing Indoor Tanning--An Opportunity for Melanoma Prevention.
Gery P. Guy, Meg Watson, Lisa C. Richardson, Boris D. Lushniak
Reducing Indoor Tanning – An Opportunity for Melanoma Prevention
Guy G, Watson M, Richardson LC, Lushniak BD
The Hope Multipliers: The U.S. Public Health Service in Monrovia:
Boris D. Lushniak
Update on the U.S. public health response to the Ebola outbreak.
Boris D. Lushniak
The National Prevention Strategy: Leveraging Multiple Sectors to Improve Population Health
Boris D. Lushniak, Dawn E. Alley, Brigette Ulin, Corinne Graffunder
Surgeon General's perspectives: family health history:using the past to improve future health
Boris D. Lushniak
The National Prevention Strategy: Leveraging Multiple Sectors to Improve Population Health
Lushniak BD, Alley DE, Ulin B, Graffunder C
CDC Grand Rounds: Prevention and Control of Skin Cancer
Watson M, Thomas CC, Massetti GM, McKenna S, Gershenwald JE, Laird S, Iskander J, Lushniak BD
Surgeon General’s Perspectives: Family Health History: Using the Past to Improve Future Health
Lushniak BD
The Hope Multipliers: The USPHS in Monrovia
Lushniak BD
Remarks from the acting Surgeon General of the United States to the 2014 summit on breastfeeding--as prepared for delivery.
Rear Admiral Boris D Lushniak
Surgeon general's perspectives.
Boris D Lushniak
Antibiotic resistance: a public health crisis.
Boris D. Lushniak
Testing Baby Boomers for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Boris D. Lushniak
C. Everett Koop and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
Boris D. Lushniak
The health consequences of smoking – 50 years of progress: a report of the Surgeon General.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Lushniak BD)
Surgeon General’s Perspectives: Helping Women Achieve Their Breastfeeding Goals: The Role of Hospitals
Lushniak BD
A historic moment: The 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health.
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Lushniak BD, Thornton CR
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Lushniak BD)
Surgeon General’s Perspectives: C Everett Koop and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
Lushniak BD
Remarks from the Acting Surgeon General of the United States to the 2014 Summit on Breastfeeding
Lushniak BD
Surgeon General’s Perspectives: A Historic Moment: The 50th Anniversary of the First Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health
Lushniak BD
Surgeon General’s Perspectives: Antibiotic Resistance: A Public Health Crisis
Lushniak BD
Surgeon General’s Perspectives: Testing Baby Boomers for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Lushniak BD
Surgeon General’s Perspectives: Quiet Heroes, Deafening Impacts
Lushniak BD
Holiday Season Stress Free
Boris D. Lushniak
Surgeon General’s Perspectives: Holiday Season Stress Free
Lushniak BD
Here comes the sun.
Boris D. Lushniak
Executive Perspective: Here Comes the Sun
Lushniak BD
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Tapp, LC, Lushniak BD
Availability of medical countermeasures for bioterrorism evetns: US legal and regulatory options
Maher C, BD Lushniak
A case-control study of occupational contact dermatitis among automobile assembly workers
Sussell AL, Robins T, Garabrant D, Reeve G, Sout A, Lushniak B
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Lushniak BD
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Gerberick, G.F., BD Lushniak, R.J. Dearman and I. Kimber
Occupational contact dermatitis.
Boris D. Lushniak
Symptoms, Respirator Use, and Pulmonary Function Changes Among New York City Firefighters Responding to the World Trade Center Disaster*
Debra M. Feldman, Sherry Baron, Bruce Bernard, Boris D. Lushniak, Gisela I. Banauch, Nicole Arcentales, Kerry J. Kelly, David J. Prezant
Occupational Contact Dermatitis
Lushniak BD
Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, Missoula, Montana.
Lushniak BD, Mattorano D
Biomonitoring of chemical exposure among New York City firefighters responding to the World Trade Center fire and collapse.
Philip Edelman, John D. Osterloh, James L. Pirkle, Sam Caudill, James Grainger, Robert L. Jones, Ben Blount, Antonia M. Calafat, Wayman E. Turner, Debra Feldman, Sherry Baron, Bruce Bernard, Boris D. Lushniak, Kerry Kelly, David J. Prezant
Barrier creams: fact or fiction.
Boris D. Lushniak, C. G.Toby Mathias, James S. Taylor
The importance of occupational skin diseases in the United States.
Boris D. Lushniak
Biomonitoring of chemical exposure among New York City firefighters responding to the World Trade Center fire and collapse
Edelman P, Osterloh J, Pirkle J, Caudill SP, Grainger J, Jones R, Blount B, Calafat A, Turner W, Feldman D, Baron S, Bernard B, Lushniak BD, Kelly K, Prezant D
The importance of occupational skin diseases in the United States
Lushniak BD
Barrier Creams: Fact or Fiction
Lushniak, BD, Mathias CGT, Taylor JS
Evaluation of self-reported skin problems among workers exposed to toluene diisocyanate (TDI) at a foam manufacturing facility.
Helga S Daftarian, Boris D. Lushniak, Christopher M. Reh, Daniel M. Lewis
Cutaneous anthrax management algorithm.
John A. Carucci, Thomas W. McGovern, Scott A. Norton, C. Ralph Daniel, Boni E. Elewski, Sheila Fallon-Friedlander, Boris D. Lushniak, James S. Taylor, Karen E. Warschaw, Ronald G. Wheeland
Rashes among schoolchildren – 14 States, October 4, 2001–February 27, 2002
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Reported by listing includes Lushniak B)
Use of respiratory protection among responders at the World Trade Center site – New York City, September 2001
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Reported by listing includes Lushniak B)
Inhalational anthrax outbreak among postal workers, Washington, DC, 2001
Dewan PK, Fry AM, Laserson K, Tierney BC, Quinn CP, Hayslett JA, et al and members of the Washington, D.C. Anthrax Response Team (including Lushniak B)
Evaluation of Self-Reported Skin Problems among Workers Exposed to Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) at a Foam Manufacturing Plant
Daftarian HS, Lushniak BD, Reh CM, Lewis DM
Occupational Dermatitis Causing Days Away From Work in US Private Industry
Lushniak BD
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis.
Beltrami EM, Alvarado-Ramy F, Critchley SE, Panlilio AL, Cardo DM, Bower WA, Alter MJ, Kaplan JE, Lushniak BD
OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Boris D. Lushniak
Hazards of ethyl methacrylate.
Cheryl Fairfield Estill, James H. Jones, Boris D. Lushniak, Jane B. McCammon
Occupational Skin Diseases
Lushniak BD
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Lushniak BD
Exposure and absorption of hazardous materials through the skin
Boeniger MF, Lushniak BD
Epidemiology of epidemic diphtheria in three regions, Russia, 1994-1996
Vitek CR, Brisgalov SP, Bragina VY, Zhilyakov AM, Bisgard KM, Brennan M, Kravtsova ON, Lushniak BD, Lyerla R, Markina SS, Strebel PM
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Lushniak BD, Mathias CGT
Occupational dermatitis causing days away from work in U.S. private industry, 1993
Carol A. Burnett, Boris D. Lushniak, William McCarthy, Joel D. Kaufman
Indirect assessment of 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) exposure by evaluation of specific humoral immune responses to MDI conjugated to human serum albumin.
Boris D. Lushniak, Christopher M. Reh, David I. Bernstein, J.S. Gallagher
Indirect assessment of MDI exposure by evaluation of specific humoral immune responses to MDI conjugated to HSA
Lushniak BD, Reh CM, Bernstein DI, Gallagher JS
NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard--Occupational Exposure to Metalworking Fluids [Chapter on dermatologic effects].
Lushniak BD
Occupational dermatitis causing days away from work in US private industry
Burnett CA, Lushniak BD, McCarthy W, Kaufman J
The public health impact of irritant contact dermatitis
Lushniak BD
Dermatitis at a Construction Site. Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: S & B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. Sweeny, Texas.
Keifer M, Lushniak BD
National Occupational Research Agenda - Update July, 1997 (section on Allergic and Irritant Dermatitis Team activities).
Lushniak BD
NIOSH Alert: Preventing allergic reactions to natural rubber latex in the workplace.
Biagini RE, Deitchman S, EJ Esswein, Fedan J, Flesch JP, Hodgins PK, Hodous TK, Hull RD, Jarvis WR, Lewis DM, Lipscomb JA, Lushniak BD, Pearson ML, Petsonk EL, Pinkerton L, Siegal PD, Wippel WG, Worthington KA
Dermatitis in a Rubber Product Plant. Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: BTR Antivibration Systems, Inc.
Lushniak BD, Reh BD
National Occupational Research Agenda. (section on Allergic and Irritant Dermatitis).
Lushniak BD
The epidemiology of occupational contact dermatitis.
Boris D. Lushniak
Epidemiology of occupational contact dermatitis
Lushniak BD
Dermatitis in an Automotive Parts Company. Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: Diamet Corporation.
Kinnes GM, Martinez KF, Lushniak BD
Indoor Environmental Quality in a Hospital. Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: St. Vincent Medical Center.
Keifer M, Lushniak BD
NIOSH and the dermatologist
Lushniak BD
Dermatitis in a Library. Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: University of Iowa.
Lushniak BD, Decker JA
Indoor Environmental Quality in a Prison. Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: Dauphin County Prison.
Lushniak BD, Mattorano D
Renal cell cancer among paperboard printing workers.
Thomas Sinks, Boris Lushniak, B J Haussler, Joseph Sniezek, Jou-Fang Deng, Paul Roper, Patricia Dill, Ralph J. Coates
Renal Cancer in a Paperboard Plant. Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: James River Corp.
Sinks T, Lushniak BD, Hausser BJ, et al
Exposures to corrosion-inhibiting chemicals from a steam humidification system - Ohio, 1988
Hills B, Lushniak BD, Sinks T
Cancer in an Electric Equipment Plant. Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
Kinnes G, Lushniak BD
Isocyanate Asthma Related to Foam Spraying. Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: Trailmobile, Inc.
Reh C, Lushniak BD
Workplace exposures to the corrosion-inhibiting chemicals from a steam humidification system
Hills B, Lushniak BD, Sinks T
Mucosal and Skin Irritation in an Electronics Plant. Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: Bussman-Cooper Industries.
Sussell A, Lushniak BD
Dermatitis in Bowling Establishments. Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: Beacon Bowl.
Lushniak BD, Seitz T
Indoor Environmental Quality in an Office Building. Hazard evaluation and technical assistance report: Office of Disability Determination.
Roper P, Lushniak BD
Irritation from Steam Humidification Additives. Hazard evaluation report: Cincinnati Electronics Corporation.
Hills B, Lushniak BD, Sinks T
Plenary
Public Health and Dermatology—From Policy to Pox
Dermatology and Public Health
Dermatology Conundrums from the Annals of the CDC
Life as a (Dermatologist) Surgeon General
Health of the Nation: A Preventive Focus
Surgeon General’s Panel on Organ Donation
The Fight Against Big Tobacco – 52 Years of Progress
Ebola Response and the Monrovia Medical Unit
Public Health and Politics
Public Health in Complex Emergencies
The Shift to Prevention and Wellness
Risk Communication –Talking Heads
The Monrovia Medical Unit – Ebola Response
Immunizations and the Public Health Model
Medical and Clinical Psychology Seminar
Travel Medicine Course
Inclusion and Wellness
Fluoride and Health
Public Health and Dermatology
Going into the Future: Health and Wellness
Skin Cancer Prevention
Ebola Response and the US Public Health Service
The Future of Public Health and Prevention
The US Surgeon General—Fighting Tobacco for 50 Years
Protocol Development Workshop
Adult Immunizations.
Worker Wellness
Leadership Skills
The US Public Health Service and Health Policy
Solving Obesity: Everyone's Issue, Cross-sector Work on Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Weight Maintenance: Models for Change
Design, Planning, and Health
Leadership and Health
Climate Change and Health
Suicide Prevention and Treatment
Active Living-National Prevention Strategy
Medication Adherence
Underage Drinking
Healthy Eating – National Prevention Strategy
Asbestos and The National Prevention Strategy
Breastfeeding and Health
The Public Health Model and Prevention – A PHS Officer’s View
Tobacco and Health
Tropical Dermatology
Health Futures
The National Prevention Strategy and Health
The National Prevention Strategy
Leadership and Volunteerism
Innovations in Health and Prevention
I'm from the Government and I'm here to…
When Leadership Goes Askew
Leadership in the USPHS - What Does It Take?
Pediatric Medical Countermeasures
Occupational and Environmental Health in the Public Health Model
Leadership and Succession Planning
Occupational Skin Diseases
Anthrax Epidemic in Russia- The Sverdlovsk Incident
Role of Ukrainian Scouting in my Career Path
Mass Antibiotic Dispensing: Legal Ease
Bullous Diseases
Role of Preparedness in a Public Health School Curriculum
H1N1 Pandemic
FDA Role in PHEMCE; Regulatory Issues for Public Health Emergency Countermeasures
Skin Manifestations of Agents of Bioterrorism
Topical Agents
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
Creativity and Innovation in Leadership
Patch Testing
The FDA Role in Counterterrorism
Water and Sanitation in Refugee Settings
Update on Occupational Medicine
A Rash Overview of Occupational and Environmental Skin Diseases
BioShield Implementation--The FDA Role
The Burden of Occupational Skin Diseases in the US
The Role of Dermatologists in Emergencies
Occupational Health Issues at the World Trade Center Disaster Site
The Epidemiology of Occupational Skin Diseases
Shelter and Site Planning in Refugee Settings
Anthrax
A Rash Overview of Occupational Skin Disorders
The NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program
NIOSH Activities at the World Trade Center Disaster Site
Occupational Asthma
The Importance of Occupational Skin Diseases in the US
The National Occupational Research Agenda–Allergic and Irritant Dermatitis Team
Latex Hypersensitivities
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