Richard Antaya, MD

Professor of Dermatology; Director, Pediatric Dermatology; Medical Director, Yale Dermatology Associates

Research Interests

Acne Vulgaris; Dermatitis, Atopic; Dermatology; Hemangioma; Pediatrics; Skin Diseases, Genetic; Warts; Vascular Malformations

Research Organizations

Dermatology: Medical Dermatology

Faculty Research

Office of Cooperative Research

Research Summary

Pediatric Dermatology: specializes in the diagnosis and management of all types of skin disease affecting infants, children and adolescents. Besides treating common skin disorders in children such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, cutaneous infections and acne, particular interests include genetic skin disorders, neonatal skin disease, medical and laser treatment of vascular malformations and hemangiomas, management dilemmas and severe skin disease affecting children of all ages.

Specialized terms: Atopic dermatitis; Infantile hemangiomas; Warts; Genetic skin diseases

Extensive Research Description

Dr. Antaya is conducting a clinical trial for children who have atopic dermatitis and have used Protopic (tacrolimus) ointment to treat it. It is no longer open to new subjects.
Dr. Antaya is conducting a clinical trial for children greater than 5 years of age who have warts and are interested in non-painful treatment.
Dr Antaya is conducting a trial using a new biologic medication for adolescents with severe atopic dermatitis.

Selected Publications

Pediatric dermatology workforce shortage: perspectives from academia
Craiglow BG, Resneck JS, Lucky AW, Sidbury R, Yan AC, Resnick SD, Antaya RJ. Pediatric dermatology workforce shortage: perspectives from academia. J Am Acad Dermatol. 200859:986-9.
Educating adolescents about acne vulgaris: a comparison of written handouts with audiovisual computerized presentations
Koch PE, Ryder H, Dziura J, Antaya RJ. Educating adolescents about acne vulgaris: a comparison of written handouts with audio-visual computerized presentations. Arch Dermatol. 2008144(2):208-214.
Yellow nail syndrome in three siblings: a randomized double-blind trial of topical vitamin E
Lambert E, Dziura J, Kauls L, Mercurio M, Antaya RJ. Yellow nail syndrome in three siblings: a randomized double-blind trial of topical vitamin E. Pediatr Dermatol. 2006 Jul-Aug23(4):390-5.
Short anagen syndrome
Antaya RJ, Sideridou E, Olsen EA. Short anagen syndrome. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2005 Aug53(2 Suppl 1):S130-4.

Full List of PubMed Publications

Craiglow BG, Boyden LM, Hu R, Virtanen M, Su J, Rodriguez G, McCarthy C, Luna P, Larralde M, Humphrey S, Holland KE, Hogeling M, Hidalgo-Matlock B, Ferrari B, Fernandez-Faith E, Drolet B, Cordoro KM, Bowcock AM, Antaya RJ, Ashack K, Ashack RJ, Lifton RP, Milstone LM, Paller AS, Choate KA: CARD14-associated papulosquamous eruption: A spectrum including features of psoriasis and pityriasis rubra pilaris. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018 Mar 1; 2018 Mar 1. PMID: 29477734
Li AW, Antaya RJ: Isotretinoin-induced acne fulminans without systemic symptoms with concurrent exuberant granulation tissue. Pediatr Dermatol. 2018 Mar; 2018 Jan 4. PMID: 29314240
Li AW, Weed JG, Stamey CR, Subtil A, Tomayko MM, Antaya RJ: Bullous systemic lupus erythematosus in a 6-year-old boy. Pediatr Dermatol. 2017 Nov; 2017 Aug 29. PMID: 28851077
Li AW, Yin ES, Antaya RJ: Topical Corticosteroid Phobia in Atopic Dermatitis: A Systematic Review. JAMA Dermatol. 2017 Oct 1. PMID: 28724128
Khurana M, Leventhal JS, Levy L, McNiff JM, Antaya RJ: Purpuric lesions of the scalp, axillae, and groin of an infant. Cutis. 2017 Jun. PMID: 28686757
Perkins T, Rosenberg JM, Le Coz C, Alaimo JT, Trofa M, Mullegama SV, Antaya RJ, Jyonouchi S, Elsea SH, Utz PJ, Meffre E, Romberg N: Smith-Magenis Syndrome Patients Often Display Antibody Deficiency but Not Other Immune Pathologies. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2017 Sep - Oct; 2017 Mar 9. PMID: 28286158
Kohn LL, Antaya RJ: Reply to: "On the utility of soak and smear". J Am Acad Dermatol. 2017 Jan. PMID: 27986161
Liu LY, Antaya RJ: Neonatal Subgaleal Hematoma from Trauma During Vaginal Delivery without Instrument Use. Pediatr Dermatol. 2017 Jan; 2016 Dec 16. PMID: 27981624
Li AW, Antaya RJ: Successful Treatment of Pediatric Alopecia Areata of the Scalp Using Topical Bimatoprost. Pediatr Dermatol. 2016 Sep; 2016 Jul 4. PMID: 27377163
Kohn LL, Kang Y, Antaya RJ: A randomized, controlled trial comparing topical steroid application to wet versus dry skin in children with atopic dermatitis (AD). J Am Acad Dermatol. 2016 Aug; 2016 Jun 1. PMID: 27259583
Levinsohn JL, Sugarman JL, Yale Center for Mendelian Genomics., McNiff JM, Antaya RJ, Choate KA: Somatic Mutations in NEK9 Cause Nevus Comedonicus. Am J Hum Genet. 2016 May 5. PMID: 27153399
Ko CJ, Antaya RJ, Zubek A, Craiglow B, Damsky W, Galan A, McNiff JM: Revisiting histopathologic findings in Goltz syndrome. J Cutan Pathol. 2016 May; 2016 Apr 5. PMID: 26956940
Duan L, Antaya RJ, Ko CJ, Narayan D: Congenital Panfollicular Nevus in a 6-Month-Old Girl. Pediatr Dermatol. 2016 Mar-Apr; 2016 Jan 29. PMID: 26822169
Cardona ID, Kempe E, Hatzenbeuhler JR, Antaya RJ, Cohen B, Jain N: Bathing Frequency Recommendations for Children with Atopic Dermatitis: Results of Three Observational Pilot Surveys. Pediatr Dermatol. 2015 Jul-Aug; 2015 May 13. PMID: 25968810
Kim C, Craiglow BG, Watsky KL, Antaya RJ: Allergic Contact Dermatitis to Benzoyl Peroxide Resembling Impetigo. Pediatr Dermatol. 2015 Jul-Aug; 2015 Mar 17. PMID: 25782705
Lim YH, Douglas SR, Ko CJ, Antaya RJ, McNiff JM, Zhou J, Choate KA, Narayan D: Somatic Activating RAS Mutations Cause Vascular Tumors Including Pyogenic Granuloma. J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Jun; 2015 Feb 19. PMID: 25695684
Levinsohn JL, McNiff JM, Antaya RJ, Choate KA: A Somatic p.G45E GJB2 Mutation Causing Porokeratotic Eccrine Ostial and Dermal Duct Nevus. JAMA Dermatol. 2015 Jun. PMID: 25692760
Yang CS, Kim C, Antaya RJ: Review of thalidomide use in the pediatric population. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2015 Apr; 2015 Jan 21. PMID: 25617013
Liu LS, Sowa A, Antaya RJ: Educating caregivers about the natural history of infantile hemangiomas. Acta Paediatr. 2015 Jan; 2014 Oct 2. PMID: 25273692
Prindaville B, Antaya RJ, Siegfried EC: Pediatric dermatology: past, present, and future. Pediatr Dermatol. 2015 Jan-Feb; 2014 Jul 21. PMID: 25039967
Kim C, Ko CJ, Baker KE, Antaya RJ: Histopathologic and ultrasound characteristics of cutaneous capillary malformations in a patient with capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation syndrome. Pediatr Dermatol. 2015 Jan-Feb; 2013 Jul 7. PMID: 23829194
Liu KJ, Antaya RJ: Midchildhood acne associated with inhaled corticosteroids: report of two cases and review of the literature. Pediatr Dermatol. 2014 Nov-Dec; 2013 Feb 26. PMID: 23437845
Malhotra Y, Yang CS, McNamara J, Antaya RJ: Congenital kaposiform hemangioendothelioma with Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon successfully treated with low-dose radiation therapy. Pediatr Dermatol. 2014 Sep-Oct; 2013 Mar 5. PMID: 23458157
Fuchs S, Baker A, Liu LS, Prindaville B, Antaya RJ: Visual diagnosis: 4-month-old girl with diffuse, varied dermatitis and bullae. Pediatr Rev. 2014 Aug. PMID: 25086169
Craiglow BG, Ko CJ, Antaya RJ: Two cases of hemihyperplasia-multiple lipomatosis syndrome and review of asymmetric hemihyperplasia syndromes. Pediatr Dermatol. 2014 Jul-Aug; 2013 Mar 5. PMID: 23458125
Liu LS, Sokoloff D, Antaya RJ: Twenty-four-hour hospitalization for patients initiating systemic propranolol therapy for infantile hemangiomas--is it indicated? Pediatr Dermatol. 2013 Sep-Oct; 2013 Jul 7. PMID: 23829941
Orme CM, Boyden LM, Choate KA, Antaya RJ, King BA: Capillary malformation--arteriovenous malformation syndrome: review of the literature, proposed diagnostic criteria, and recommendations for management. Pediatr Dermatol. 2013 Jul-Aug; 2013 May 13. PMID: 23662773
Craiglow BG, Antaya RJ: Management of infantile hemangiomas : current and potential pharmacotherapeutic approaches. Paediatr Drugs. 2013 Apr. PMID: 23456550
Levinsohn JL, Tian LC, Boyden LM, McNiff JM, Narayan D, Loring ES, Yun D, Sugarman JL, Overton JD, Mane SM, Lifton RP, Paller AS, Wagner AM, Antaya RJ, Choate KA: Whole-exome sequencing reveals somatic mutations in HRAS and KRAS, which cause nevus sebaceus. J Invest Dermatol. 2013 Mar; 2012 Oct 25. PMID: 23096712
Prindaville B, Antaya RJ: Chilblains and microgeodic disease diagnosed concurrently in a child's toe. Pediatr Dermatol. 2013 Mar-Apr; 2012 Jan 26. PMID: 22277090
Antaya RJ: Dermatology in infants. Introduction. Semin Perinatol. 2013 Feb. PMID: 23419755
Boyden LM, Orme CM, Antaya RJ, Choate KA, King BA: Capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation syndrome: identification of a family with a novel mutation. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2012 Dec. PMID: 23158644
Yang CS, Lu Y, Farhi A, Nelson-Williams C, Kashgarian M, Glusac EJ, Lifton RP, Antaya RJ, Choate KA: An incompletely penetrant novel mutation in COL7A1 causes epidermolysis bullosa pruriginosa and dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa phenotypes in an extended kindred. Pediatr Dermatol. 2012 Nov-Dec; 2012 Apr 20. PMID: 22515571
Tintle SJ, Antaya RJ, Halasz CL, Tuli S, Khuddus N, Tuli S, Yester M, Kidder M: Index of suspicion. Pediatr Rev. 2012 Nov. PMID: 23118319
Sadeghpour M, Antaya RJ, Lazova R, Ko CJ: Dilated lymphatic vessels in tufted angioma: a potential source of diagnostic confusion. Am J Dermatopathol. 2012 Jun. PMID: 22307233
Ko CJ, Srivastava B, Braverman I, Antaya RJ, McNiff JM: Hypertrophic lupus erythematosus: the diagnostic utility of CD123 staining. J Cutan Pathol. 2011 Nov. PMID: 21955314
Klein RQ, Robinson DM, Lieber CD, Antaya RJ: Symmetric aplasia cutis congenita associated with fetus papyraceus: report of two cases. Pediatr Dermatol. 2011 Jul-Aug; 2011 Mar 25. PMID: 21438917
Hsiao JL, Antaya RJ, Berger T, Maurer T, Shinkai K, Leslie KS: Hidradenitis suppurativa and concomitant pyoderma gangrenosum: a case series and literature review. Arch Dermatol. 2010 Nov. PMID: 21079064
Antaya RJ, Robinson DM: Blisters and pustules in the newborn. Pediatr Ann. 2010 Oct. PMID: 20954610
Reddy S 4th, Antaya RJ: Two cases of isolated anterior cervical hypertrichosis. Pediatr Dermatol. 2010 Sep-Oct; 2010 Aug 26. PMID: 20796240
Taneja C, Antaya RJ, Berger A, Marshall TS, Seifeldin R, Oster G: Cost-effectiveness of tacrolimus ointment versus pimecrolimus cream in adults with atopic dermatitis. J Drugs Dermatol. 2010 Apr. PMID: 20514795
Ko CJ, Heald P, Antaya RJ, Bolognia JL: Facial discoid dermatosis. Int J Dermatol. 2010 Feb. PMID: 20465645
Samarin FM, Baum ED, Antaya RJ: A case of Michelin tire baby syndrome with a thickened epiglottis. Pediatr Dermatol. 2010 Jan-Feb. PMID: 20199417
Craiglow BG, Resneck JS Jr, Lucky AW, Sidbury R, Yan AC, Resnick SD, Antaya RJ: Pediatric dermatology workforce shortage: perspectives from academia. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008 Dec; 2008 Oct 2. PMID: 18835061
Lazic T, Horii KA, Richard G, Wasserman DI, Antaya RJ: A report of GJB2 (N14K) Connexin 26 mutation in two patients--a new subtype of KID syndrome? Pediatr Dermatol. 2008 Sep-Oct. PMID: 18950394
Colegio OR, McNiff JM, Antaya RJ: Nevoid acanthosis nigricans with subtle melanocyte hyperplasia. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008 May. PMID: 18489033
Koch PE, Ryder HF, Dziura J, Njike V, Antaya RJ: Educating adolescents about acne vulgaris: a comparison of written handouts with audiovisual computerized presentations. Arch Dermatol. 2008 Feb. PMID: 18283177
Koch PE, Lazova R, Rosen JR, Antaya RJ: Urticarial vasculitis in an infant. Cutis. 2008 Jan. PMID: 18306848
Varela CR, McNamara J, Antaya RJ: Acral erythema with oral methotrexate in a child. Pediatr Dermatol. 2007 Sep-Oct. PMID: 17958806
Antaya RJ, Cajaiba MM, Madri J, Lopez MA, Ramirez MC, Martignetti JA, Reyes-Múgica M: Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis and infantile systemic hyalinosis overlap associated with a novel mutation in capillary morphogenesis protein-2 gene. Am J Dermatopathol. 2007 Feb. PMID: 17284973
Marqueling AL, Gilliam AE, Prendiville J, Zvulunov A, Antaya RJ, Sugarman J, Pang ML, Lee P, Eichenfield L, Metz B, Goldberg GN, Phillips RJ, Frieden IJ: Keratosis pilaris rubra: a common but underrecognized condition. Arch Dermatol. 2006 Dec. PMID: 17178988
Kiken DA, Sekaran A, Antaya RJ, Davis A, Imaeda S, Silverberg NB: White piedra in children. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2006 Dec; 2006 Sep 18. PMID: 17097391
Lambert EM, Dziura J, Kauls L, Mercurio M, Antaya RJ: Yellow nail syndrome in three siblings: a randomized double-blind trial of topical vitamin E. Pediatr Dermatol. 2006 Jul-Aug. PMID: 16918641
Feng J, Gohara M, Lazova R, Antaya RJ: Fatal childhood calciphylaxis in a 10-year-old and literature review. Pediatr Dermatol. 2006 May-Jun. PMID: 16780477
Antaya RJ, Sideridou E, Olsen EA: Short anagen syndrome. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2005 Aug. PMID: 16021162
Rahman Z, Lazova R, Antaya RJ: Minocycline hyperpigmentation isolated to the subcutaneous fat. J Cutan Pathol. 2005 Aug. PMID: 16008698
Ryder HF, Antaya RJ: Nevus anelasticus, papular elastorrhexis, and eruptive collagenoma: clinically similar entities with focal absence of elastic fibers in childhood. Pediatr Dermatol. 2005 Mar-Apr. PMID: 15804307
Lambert EM, Strasswimmer J, Lazova R, Antaya RJ: Cytomegalovirus ulcer. Successful treatment with valganciclovir. Arch Dermatol. 2004 Oct. PMID: 15492181
Housman TS, Norton AB, Feldman SR, Fleischer AB Jr, Simpson EL, Hanifin JM, Antaya RJ: Tacrolimus ointment: utilization patterns in children under age 2 years. Dermatol Online J. 2004 Jul 15; 2004 Jul 15. PMID: 15347484
Lambert EM, Liebling A, Glusac E, Antaya RJ: Henoch-Schonlein purpura following a meningococcal vaccine. Pediatrics. 2003 Dec. PMID: 14654652
Balfour E, Antaya RJ, Lazova R: Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn presenting as a large plaque with lobulated cystic areas. Cutis. 2002 Sep. PMID: 12353893
Jun H, Antaya RJ: Pemphigus vulgaris in an adolescent. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2002 Aug. PMID: 12130906
Antaya RJ, Gardner ES, Bettencourt MS, Daines M, Denise Y, Uthaisangsook S, Buckley RH, Prose NS: Cutaneous complications of BCG vaccination in infants with immune disorders: two cases and a review of the literature. Pediatr Dermatol. 2001 May-Jun. PMID: 11437999
Antaya RJ, Prieto VG, Prose NS: Mucosal erosions and bullae in a child. Pemphigus vulgaris in a child with tinea capitis. Arch Dermatol. 2000 May. PMID: 10815864
Antaya RJ, Keller RA, Wilkerson JA: Placental nevus cells associated with giant congenital pigmented nevi. Pediatr Dermatol. 1995 Sep. PMID: 7501561

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