Julian M. Mackay-Wiggan

Associate Professor
Dermatology
Columbia University Medical Center
United States of America

Professor Dermatology
Biography

"Dr. Mackay Wiggan is an Associate Professor of Dermatology at CUMC. She sees patients in private practice at the Herbert Irving Pavilion. Her primary clinical interest is in the evaluation and treatment of all varieties of hair loss, but she also sees patients for all general dermatologic concerns including skin cancer examinations, acne, rashes, and cosmetic procedures. Dr. Mackay-Wiggan enjoys teaching the next generation of dermatologists and she accomplishes this as Director of the Ambulatory Care Network Dermatology clinic. She actively supervises and teaches residents in the Dermatology Adult ambulatory care clinic (resident practice).  Dr. Mackay-Wiggan is dedicated to furthering the specialty of Dermatology through research endeavors and is the Director of the Clinical Research Unit in the Department of Dermatology at Columbia University. She completed a Master of Science in Biostatistics/Patient Oriented Research at the Columbia University School of Public Health, and has extensive experience in designing and conducting clinical research projects of varying complexity and design for treatment of many dermatologic conditions, including hair loss. She also supervises and trains the clinical research fellow"

Research Intrest

Hair Disorders, General Dermatology, Cosmetic Dermatology, Dermatitis, Eczema

List of Publications
Jabbari A, Cerise JE, Chen JC, Mackay-Wiggan J, Duvic M, et al (2016) Molecular signatures define alopecia areata subtypes and transcriptional biomarkers. EBioMedicine 7: 240-7.
Mackay-Wiggan J, Jabbari A, Nguyen N, Cerise JE and Clark C (2016) Oral ruxolitinib induces hair regrowth in patients with moderate-to-severe alopecia areata. JCI Insight 1.
Bergfeld WF, Christiano AM, Hordinsky MK and Faculty of the Ninth World Congress of Hair Research (2017) Proceedings of the Ninth World Congress for Hair Research (2015). J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc. 18 :S1-S28