Fink-Puches Regina, MD

Scientific profile

Graduation in Medicine in 1988 at the Karl Franzens University of Graz/Ausztria. Board certified dermatologist since 1997.

Assistant professor in the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz/Austria. University lecturing qualification (Univ. Doz.) since January 2002. Main research fields are cutaneous lymphoma, melanoma and photodermatology.

Recent publications

• Fink-Puches R., Wolf I.H., Zalaudek I., Kerl H., Cerroni L. Treatment of primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma with rituximab. J Am Acad Dermatol 2005; 52: 847-853.
• Fink-Puches R., Chott A., Ardigo M., Simonitsch I., Ferrara G., Kerl H., Cerroni L. The spectrum of cutaneous lymphomas in patients less than 20 years of age. Pediatr Dermatol 2004; 21: 523-533.
• Fink-Puches R., Cerroni L., Kerl H. Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphomas. Clinical aspects and pathology. Acta dermatovenerologica 2003; 12: 15-18
• Fink-Puches R., Zenahlik P., äck B., Smolle J., Kerl H., Cerroi L. Primary cutaneous lymphomas: applicability of current classification schemes (EORTC, WHO) based on clinicopathologic features observed in a large group of patients. Blood 2002; 99: 800-805
• Fink-Puches R., Pilarski P., Schmidbauer U., Kerl H., Soyer H.P. No evidence for c-erbB-2 overexpression in cutaneous melanoma. Anticancer Res 2001, 21: 2793-2796.
• Fink-Puches R, Hofmann-Wellenhof R, Helige C, Smolle J, Kerl H. Cytoplasmic microtubules in two different mouse melanoma cell lines: A qualitative and quantitative study using confocal laser scanning microscopy and computer assisted image analysis. J Cut Pathol 1997; 24: 350-355.
• Fink-Puches R., Hofmann-Wellenhof R., Smolle J., Kerl H. Confocal laser scanning microscopy - a new optical microscopic technique for applications in pathology and dermatology. J Cut Pathol 1995; 22:252-259