- The role inflammation plays in psoriasis
- How inflammation affects other parts of your body
- Why psoriasis is considered a systemic disease
- Other health conditions often linked to psoriasis
- Ways to lower your risk of health issues linked to psoriasis
In this webinar, you’ll learn about psoriasis and other health conditions, or comorbidities, often linked to it. Nehal N. Mehta, MD, explains how these conditions are related to inflammation, which can affect different parts of your body. He’ll discuss how treating your psoriasis, and following specific prevention steps, can help protect you from developing other health issues when you live with psoriasis.
Nehal Mehta, MD, a renowned expert and researcher on psoriasis and related conditions, is a clinical professor of medicine at George Washington University and adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He was founding chief of Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and served as principal Investigator of the largest cohort study examining psoriasis impacts on cardiometabolic diseases from 2012 to 2022. He’s a board member of the American Society of Preventive Cardiology and an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. He’s the inaugural recipient of the Lasker Clinical Scholar Award. He received lifetime achievement awards for his work in the psoriasis community from two international foundations in 2021 and 2023.