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Dr. Caroline Halverstam is an associate professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Dermatology at Jacobi Medical Center. She did her undergraduate studies at Northwestern University, where she graduated magna cum laude. She received her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri and completed an internship at New York University. She did residency in dermatology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York, where she served as Chief resident during her final year.
She is a board-certified dermatologist and member of the American Academy of Dermatology, New York State Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery and New York Academy of Medicine, Dermatology division. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of American Academy of Dermatology Case Reports. 
Dr. Halverstam focuses her career on complex medical dermatology and resident and student education. She is highly competent in treating adults and children for general dermatological conditions, including rashes, acne, rosacea and eczema as well as conducting skin cancer screenings. Dr. Halverstam is also well trained in the treatment of complex dermatological diseases including difficult cases of psoriasis, blistering diseases and auto-immune diseases.

Research Areas

Resident and medical student education; complex medical dermatology

Research Profile

https://einsteinmed.edu/faculty/13312/Caroline-Halverstam

Clinical Profile

https://montefioreeinstein.org/profiles/1215132147/caroline-p-halverstam

CHAM Provider

Off

Professional Title

M.D.

Clinical Focus

General and complex medical dermatology including acne, rosacea, psoriasis, eczema, hair loss, vitiligo, skin cancer and autoimmune conditions.

Research Focus

Dr. Halverstam has contributed to prominent dermatologic journals on the subjects of dermatologic education, complex medical dermatology and cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19.

Elsevier Profile

https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/1f21c032-2c1f-4142-a3b6-54b98a457…

Selected Publications

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam CP<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Mann M, Kim-James H, Heffernan MP. Methotrexate UV Recall<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washington University Dermatology Internet Case Report.  May 2005.    
 
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam CP<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Zeichner J, Lebwohl M.  Lack of Significant Skeletal Changes After Long-term, Low Dose Retinoid Therapy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J Cutan Med Surg<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 2006; 10:291-9
 
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam CP<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.  Practical Management and Monitoring of Psoriasis Patients on Biologic Therapy.  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Psoriasis Forum<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 2007; 13:4-12
 
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam CP<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Vachharajani A, Mallory SB.  Cushing Syndrome from Percutaneous Absorption of 1% Hydrocortisone Ointment in Netherton Syndrome.  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pediatr Dermatol <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2007; 24:42-45
 
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vidal C, Kapelusznik L, Goldberg M, <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam C<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Daefler S, Calfee D, Phelps RG. The dermatologic manifestation of swine flu (pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus).  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arch Dermatol<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 2010; 146:101-2
 
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam CP<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Mercer SE, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Geller L, Phelps RG.  Stiff skin syndrome in a newborn infant.  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Int J Dermatol<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 2013; 52: 993-5
 
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Singleton R, <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam C<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Diagnosis and management of cold urticaria.  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cutis <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2016; 97:59-62 
 
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lin A, Nabatian A, <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam CP<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Discovering Black Soap: A survey on the attitudes and practices of black soap users. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J Clin Aesthet Dermatol <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2017; 10:18-22
 
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ovits CG, Amin BD, <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam C<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acquired Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis and Its Relationship to Immunosuppressive Therapy: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J Drugs Dermatol<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 2017; 16:701-4
 
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blecher Paz K, <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam C<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Rzepecki AK, McLellan BN. A National Survey of Medical Coding and Billing Training in United States Dermatology Residency Programs <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J Drugs Dermatol <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018; 17:678-82 
 
<a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.hindawi.com/75281567/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nazarian</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> RS, <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.hindawi.com/43452518/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zheng</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> E, <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.hindawi.com/96807829/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> C<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.hindawi.com/57242946/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cohen</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> SR, Wolkoff AW. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prolonged Serum Alanine Aminotransferase Elevation Associated with Isotretinoin Administration. Case Reports in Hepatology 2019, Article ID 9270827, 3 pages
<a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31404573/?from_term=halverstam&from… style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Time-series analysis of National Residency Matching Program data for the dermatology match in the United States.</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Kamath P, Wong L, Stratman S, <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam C<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J Am Acad Dermatol<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. 2019; 83: 210-213
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Current Status of Dermatologic Education in US Medical Schools. Cahn BA, Harper HE, <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam CP<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Lipoff JB. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">JAMA Dermatol<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 2020; 156:468-470
 
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telogen effluvium: a sequela of COVID-19. Mieczkowska K, Deutsch A, Borok J, Guzman AK, Fruchter R, Patel P, Wind O, McLellan BN, Mann RE, <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halverstam CP<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Int J Dermatol<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 2021; 60:122-124

EMR ID

5529

Biography

Caroline Halverstam, MD, FAAD, is an attending dermatologist and Associate Professor at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Halverstam’s clinical focus is on the diagnosis and treatment of general and complex medical dermatology including acne, rosacea, psoriasis, eczema, hair loss, vitiligo, skin cancer and autoimmune conditions.In 2022, Dr. Halverstam received her Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University. She then pursued her medical degree at Washington University School of Medicine, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2007. She began her postgraduate training with an internship in internal medicine at New York University Medical Center, followed by a dermatology residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center, which she completed in 2011, taking on the role of Chief Resident in her final year.Dr. Halverstam has contributed to prominent dermatologic journals on the subjects of dermatologic education, complex medical dermatology and cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19. She has shared her work through book chapters and numerous invited presentations, and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology: Case Reports.Dr. Halverstam is board certified by the American Board of Dermatology, and is a member of several professional societies including the American Academy of Dermatology, the Dermatologic Society of Greater New York and the New York State Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery.

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