Hidradenitis suppurativa through an intersectional lens

Jake Nusynowitz^{1

2}, Nicholas Gessner³, Christine Li^{1

4}, Aneri Patel⁵, Deniz Ozisik⁶, Nishi Shah¹, Madeline DeWane¹, John Trinidad⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
² Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
³ The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
⁴ University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C, USA.
⁷ Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. JTRINIDAD@mgh.harvard.edu.

Jake Nusynowitz et al. Arch Dermatol Res. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 8;317(1):527.

doi: 10.1007/s00403-025-04037-w.

Jake Nusynowitz^{1

2}, Nicholas Gessner³, Christine Li^{1

4}, Aneri Patel⁵, Deniz Ozisik⁶, Nishi Shah¹, Madeline DeWane¹, John Trinidad⁷

¹ Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
² Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
³ The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
⁴ University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C, USA.
⁷ Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. JTRINIDAD@mgh.harvard.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Gender diverse; Hidradenitis suppurativa; Socioeconomic status; Transgender.

Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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