We first learned about atopic dermatitis while studying medicine at Harvard Medical School. It was introduced to us during dermatology lectures where photos of mostly young children where shown with uncomfortable and itchy appearing rashes. At that time, this was another disease that we had to learn and memorize the symptoms and the diagnostic criteria for our exams.
This all changed a few years ago after we started residency and rotated through pediatric dermatology at Children’s Hospital Boston when we actually got to see and interact with the patients and family members of those
