James R. Treat, MD
Areas of expertise: Acne, Atopic dermatitis, Allergic contact dermatitis, Hemangiomas and vascular malformations, Infectious diseases, Complex medical dermatology, Inpatient dermatology, Pulsed dye laser therapy for vascular lesions, Vascular malformations/birthmarks
About James R. Treat, MD
Pediatric dermatologist James Treat, MD, works in close partnership with patients and families. He creates an open, comfortable atmosphere for them to ask questions and share their concerns. In dermatology, there are often many options for treatment. Dr. Treat explores those options with families. He tries to allay any fears and anxieties they have. And he works with patients to find the most effective, personalized therapy.
Dr. Treat specialized in dermatology because of the variety of conditions he can treat, from simple skin disorders to rare diseases. He enjoys the opportunity it gives him to make a difference in the lives of his patients. “I enjoy being able to see what I’m diagnosing and treating. And I love working with children and families. Whatever the skin condition is, it matters a lot to that patient and family in that moment. And that matters to me,” he explains.
Dr. Treat sees the field of dermatology evolving in exciting ways. "We now understand the genetics of many more conditions. And we have newer, more targeted treatments for many conditions." His main academic interest is in teaching and education. He brings this interest to his practice by putting patients at ease, helping them understand their condition, and finding the best path forward.
Titles
Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Dermatology – American Board of Dermatology
Pediatric Dermatology – American Board of Dermatology
Awards and Honors
2022, Main Line Today Top Docs, Dermatology
2022, Philadelphia Magazine's Top Doctors in Pediatric Dermatology
2015, Penn Pearls winner, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2014, Blockley-Osler award for excellence in clinical teaching, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2014, Best Module 2 Course Professor, Perelman SChool of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2013, Faculty Honor Role for resident teaching as voted by the pediatrics residents, CHOP
2013, Edward E Bondi medical student elected dermatology faculty teaching award
2013, Module 2 Excellence in Teaching Award: Dermatology 2013, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2013, Division member: Jean A. Cortner Divisional Teaching Award to the Division of General Pediatrics
2013, Master Clinician Award, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2012, Division member: Jean A. Cortner Divisional Teaching Award to the Division of General Pediatrics
2012, Dean's Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching at an Affiliated Hospital, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2011, Module 2 Best Medical Student Lecture: Dermatology 2011, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2011, University of Pennsylvania Department of Dermatology Bernett L Johnson Jr. faculty teaching award
2011, Division member: Jean A. Cortner Divisional Teaching Award to the Division of General Pediatrics
2011, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Pediatrics: Faculty Teacher of the Year
2010, Module 2 Best Medical Student Lecture: Dermatology 2010, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2009, Faculty Honor Role for resident teaching as voted by the pediatrics residents, CHOP
2009, Elected "Best Doctors in America" 2009 and 2010 and 2011
2009, Module 2 Best Medical Student Lecture: Dermatology 2009, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2008, Edward Potash fellow teacher of the year, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2006, Edward E Bondi medical student elected teaching award in Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania
2006, Johnson-Beerman award (outstanding research project)
2002, Nancy Bell Memorial prize in Dermatology
2002, Spencer Morris Prize
2001, Member AOA (Alpha Omega Alpha) medical honor society
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
International
2006-present, Society for Pediatric Dermatology
National
2002-present, American Academy of Dermatology (Member)
2008-present, American Contact Dermatitis Society (Member)
2011-present, Specialty Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics
2015-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Section on Dermatology's Walt Tunnessen Visiting Professor Review Subcommittee
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
2011-present, Reviewer for Journal of Women's Health
2010-present, Reviewer for the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
2010-present, Reviewer for the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
2010-present, Reviewer for Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
2010-present, Reviewer for Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine
2008-present, Peer Review of Manuscripts for Journal: Pediatric Dermatology
2008-present, Reviewer for Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Academic and Institutional Committees
2014-present, Chairman of the Meetings Committee of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology
2014-present, CLER Subcommittee on Supervision
2014-present, Member of the LCME executive committee and Student Services and Support Committee
2013-present, Medical School Admissions Selection Committee, Perelman School of Medicine
2011-present, Dermatology consultant to group evaluating Chlorhexadine related skin irritation
2011-present, Dermatology representative to the Medical School Curriculum Committee
2009-present, Funded Participant in the CHOP Link Committee now called SWATT
Research Interests
Skin infections
Hemangiomas
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Internship
Internal Medicine - Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Residency
Pediatrics - Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Pediatric Dermatology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Publications
2016
Yang TB, McMahon P, De Léon DD, Treat JR. Use of propranolol for treating hemangiomas in infants with previously diagnosed hypoglycemic conditions. Pediatr Dermatol. 2016 Nov;33(6):e381-e384. doi: 10.1111/pde.12975. Epub 2016 Aug 30.
2015
Melnick L, Berger EM, Elenitsas R, Chachkin S, Treat JR.: Fibrous Hamartoma of Infancy: A Firm Plaque Presenting with Hypertrichosis and Hyperhidrosis. Pediatr Dermatol. E Pub, Feb 2015.
Catalano S, Roberts V, Boos M, Norris R, Treat JR.: Blue Scalp Discoloration in Infants Caused by Exogenous Source. Pediatr Dermatol E Pub, Feb 2015.
Peart JM, Licht DJ, Prange EO, Treat JR.: Intractable Nodulocystic Acne in a Patient with Trisomy 13. Pediatr Dermatol E Pub, Jan 2015.
2014
Chu DH, Goldbach H, Wanat KA, Rubin AI, Yan AC, Treat JR.: A New Variant of Connective Tissue Nevus with Elastorrhexis and Predilection for the Upper Chest. Pediatr Dermatol. Dec 2014.
Chu DH, Goldbach H, Wanat KA, Rubin AI, Yan AC, Treat JR.: A New Variant of Connective Tissue Nevus with Elastorrhexis and Predilection for the Upper Chest. Pediatr Dermatol E Pub , December 2014.
Duffy EK, Bales CB, Carlow DC, Treat JR.: Spurious elevation of aspartate aminotransferase in a patient on isotretinoin. J Am Acad Dermatol 71(4): e132-3, Oct 2014.
Ahluwalia J, Arkin L, Boos M, Dunn M, Treat J.: Peripheral bands in the setting of drug hypersensitivity syndrome. J Am Acad Dermatol 71(4): e153-4, Oct 2014.
Yan C, Laguna BA, Marlowe LE, Keller MD, Treat JR.: Herpes zoster duplex bilateralis in an immunocompetent adolescent boy: a case report and literature review Pediatr Dermatol 31(3): 341-4, May-Jun 2014.
Melnick LE, Yan AC, Licht DJ, Treat JR, Castelo-Soccio L.: PHACE syndrome: a retrospective review of 23 patients. Pediatr Dermatol. 31(3): 390-2, May-Jun 2014.
Chu DH, Castelo-Soccio L, Wan J, Gelfand JM, Shaddy RE, Shah KN, Perman MJ, Treat JR, Yan AC.: Retrospective Analysis of Beta-Blocker Instituted for Treatment of Hemangiomas (RABBIT Study) Clin Pediatr epub, May 2014.
Wanat KA, Castelo-Soccio L, Rubin AI, Treat JR, Shah KN.: Recurrent Stevens-Johnson syndrome secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection Cutis. 93(4): E7-8. April 2014
Cobos G, Rubin AI, Gober LM, Treat JR: A Case of Exuberant Candidal Onychomycosis in a Child With Hyper IgE Syndrome J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2(1): 99-100, Jan-Feb 2014.
2013
Wanat, KA MD; Kist, J; Jambusaria-Pahlajani, A; LaMarra, D; Mackey, A; Treat, JR; Rosenbach, M.: Improving students' ability to perform skin examinations and detect cutaneous malignancies using standardized patients and moulage. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 69(5): 816-7, Nov 2013.
Braunstein, I; Wanat KA; Abuabara K; McGowan KL; Yan AC; Treat JR. : Antibiotic Sensitivity and Resistance patterns in pediatric Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome Pediatric Dermatology ePub ahead of print, August 2013.
Swarr, DT; Khalek, N; Treat, J, Horton, MA; Mirzaa GM; Riviere, JB; Dobyns, WB; Zackai1, EH.: Expanding the differential diagnosis of fetal hydrops: an unusual prenatal presentation of megalencephaly-capillary malformation syndrome Prenatal Diagnosis July 2013.
Bosse, KR; Lee, GE; Treat, JR; Small, RM. : A 7-Year-Old Boy with Abdominal Pain, Fever, and Rash Pediatric Annals July 2013 - Volume 42 · Issue 7: 275-277 42(7): 275-277, July 2013.
Izumi, K; Wilkens, A; Treat, JR; Pride, HB; Krantz, ID. : Novel MBTPS2 Missense Mutation in the N-terminus Transmembrane Domain in a patient with Ichthyosis Follicularis, Alopecia, and Photophobia (IFAP) Syndrome. Pediatric Dermatology E Pub Ahead of Print, April 2013.
Books
Section Editor: James Treat: Section XIX Dermatologic Disorders. Netter's Pediatrics. Todd Florin and Stephen Ludwig (eds.). 2011.
Many: Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Dermatology: 49 Clinical Questions. Book. Treat, JR (eds.). Slack, August 2012.
Chapters
2015
Sheilagh Maguiness, Oyinade Aderibigbe, James Treat: Infantile Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations. American Academy of Dermatology Basic Dermatology Curriculum. https://www.aad.org/education/basic-dermatology-curriculum/pediatric-dermatology/infantile-hemangiomas-and-vascular-malformations 2015.
2014
Hussain S, Treat JR, Yan AC: Infantile Atopic Dermatitis. Atopic Dermatitis and Eczematous Disorders. Rudikoff, Cohen and Scheinfeld (eds.). CRC Press, Page: 77-91, 2014.
Fisher, B; Treat, JR: Bacterial Infections. Neonatal and Infant Dermatology, 3e Eichenfield, Frieden and Zaenglein (eds.). Elsevier, 2014.
2012
Weymann, A and Treat, JRMatz, PS (5th edition): Stevens Johnson and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult. Schwartz, WM (eds.). Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 6: 826-827, 2012.
Treat, JR; Yan, AC (5th edition): Erythema Multiforme. The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult. Schwartz, WM (eds.). Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 6: 320-321, 2012.
Treat, JR: Chapter 72: Vesicles and Bullae. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 4th ed. Long, S (eds.). Saunders, An Imprint of Elsevier 2012.
James Treat: American Academy of Pediatrics Redbook Collaborator. American Academy of Pediatrics Redbook 2012.
Treat, JR: What Are the Different Treatment Options for Atopic Dermatitis Based on Age and Affected Body Part? Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Dermatology: 49 Clinical Questions. Slack, August 2012.
James Treat, MD: Sclerema Neonatorum. Warren R. Heymann, MD, Bryan Anderson, MD, Chad Hivnor, MD, Stuart Lessin, MD (eds.). Decision Support in Medicine, LLC, 2012.
Treat, JR: Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome. Decision Support in Medicine: Pediatrics. 2012.
Treat, JR: Erythema multiforme. Decision Support in Medicine: Pediatrics. 2012.
2011
Michael D. Gober and James R. Treat: Nutritional Dermatoses Netter's Pediatrics. Todd Florin and Stephen Ludwig (eds.). 2011.
Leslie Castelo-Soccio and James R. Treat: Nevi. Netter's Pediatrics. Todd Florin and Stephen Ludwig (eds.). Chapter 126, 2011.
2010
Albert C. Yan, MD; James R. Treat, MD; Marilyn G. Liang, MD: Terminology Used to Describe Vascular Anomalies Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 164(2): 203-204, January 2010.