Under the Skin

his podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.   In episode 3, our host, Prof Monika Arenbergerová speaks with fellow ultrasound expert Prof Valentina Dini. Prof Dini tells us about how ultrasound works in HS, differentiating between different types of HS lesions with ultrasound, and how we can use the updat...

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.   Episode 2 brings together two surgical experts – our host, Prof Monika Arenbergerová and Prof Eva Vilarrasa. Together, they discuss the evolution of the use of surgery in HS, the use of biological treatments, and how we can combine both surgical and medical manage...

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.   In episode 1, our host, Prof Monika Arenbergerová, chats about updates in the most recent S2k clinical guidelines for hidradenitis suppurativa, with two of its co-authors: Dr Aikaterini Liakou and Dr Alejandro Molina Leyva. Together, they discuss changes in diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and thei...

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.  In our fifth episode, our host, Dr Barry McGrath, PhD, is joined by Dr Antonio Martorell, a leading physician from Spain, to discuss the evolving landscape of care in hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). Together, they delve into the importance of individualised treatment approaches, the role of shared decision-making i...

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.  In our fourth episode, our host Dr Barry McGrath, PhD, is joined by Dr Fiona Collier, a former general practitioner from Scotland, and Laurelle-Maria Sterling, a patient with HS who is very active in HS support networks. Together, they explore public perceptions of HS, the views of dermatologists, and their own ho...

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.  For our third episode, our host Dr Barry McGrath, PhD, is joined by Dr Philippe Guillem, hidradenitis suppurativa Surgeon from Lyon, France. On this episode, they explore the various barriers to, and the consequences of, an HS diagnosis, and discuss how we can work towards achieving an earlier diagnosis together.&...

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB.  For our second episode, our host Dr Barry McGrath is joined by Professor Falk Bechara, the Head of the Department of Dermatologic Surgery at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Together, they discuss the profound physical, psychological and social impacts that hidradenitis suppurativa can have on a patient’s qual...

This podcast is aimed at healthcare professionals, produced and funded by UCB. This episode welcomes Dr John Ingram (HS Consultant Dermatologist at Cardiff University) to share an overview of what HS is, its presentation in patients, epidemiology and global prevalence.   Speaker disclosures: Dr Barry McGrath and Dr John Ingram have received consulting fees, research or institutional support a...