Introduction

Special competencies

• In-depth scientific knowledge and clinical experience with inflammatory skin diseases in both children and adults, including eczema, psoriasis, acne and rosacea
• Screening, examination and treatment of skin cancer and melanoma and its precursors
• Complex and rare skin diseases, their diagnosis and possible treatments

Education and training

2017-2022: Resident, Main Training, Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, AUH-OUH-AUH

2017: Postdoc, Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital

2016: PhD, Novel cytokines as serological biomarkers and inducers of skin barrier dysfunction in atopic dermatitis, Department of Clinical Medicine, Dermatology, Aarhus University

2011: Cand.med., Aarhus University

Experience

2023-: Specialist, Dermatologist at the closed high-security institutions under the Prison and Probation Service 

2022-: Specialist, Consultant in skin diseases, Capio Private Hospital, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg and Viborg

2017-2022: Resident, Main Training, Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, AUH-OUH-AUH

2016-2017: Postdoc, Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital

2016: Resident physician, I-position, Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital

2014: Visiting Researcher, Dept. of Experimental Dermatology, Radboud UMC, The Netherlands

2013-2016: PhD student, Clinical Medicine - Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University

2012-2013: Resident, I-position, Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital

2012: Resident physician, I-position, Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Silkeborg Regional Hospital

2012: Resident physician, I-position, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Randers Regional Hospital

2011-2012: Junior doctor, KBU, General practice, Hinneruplægerne, Hinnerup

2011: Resident physician, KBU, Orthopedic Surgery Dept. O, Randers Regional Hospital

2008: Visiting Researcher, Dept. of Intensive Care Medicine, UZ Leuven, Belgium

Other information

Professional memberships

2019-: Member, Danish Dermatological Society (DDS)

2018-: Member, The International Eczema Council (IEC)

2017-: Member, International Society of Atopic Dermatitis (ISAD)

2013-: Member, European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR)

2013-: Member, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV)

2011-: Member, Society of Junior Dermatologists (FYD)

2011-: Member, Danish Medical Association (DMA)

2012-2015: Representative in the Medical Ethics Committee

Publications

PUBLICATION (21), 32 co-authors. U Nygaard, European guideline (EuroGuiDerm) on atopic eczema: Living Update, JEADV, 2025 

PUBLICATION (20), 31 co-authors. U Nygaard, First Update of the Living European Guideline (EuroGuiDerm) on Atopic Eczema, JEADV, 2023

PUBLICATION (19), 26 co-authors. U Nygaard, European guideline (EuroGuiDerm) on atopic eczema - part II: non-systemic treatments and treatment recommendations for special AE patient populations, JEADV, 2022

PUBLICATION (18), 26 co-authors. U Nygaard, European guideline (EuroGuiDerm) on atopic eczema - part I: systemic therapy, JEADV, 2022

PUBLICATION (17), JS Elsner, M Carlsson, JK Stougaard, U Nygaard, The OX40 Axis is Associated with Both Systemic and Local Involvement in Atopic Dermatitis. Acta Derm Venereol, 2020

PUBLICATION (16), U Nygaard, C Vestergaard, M Deleuran, Emerging treatment options in atopic dermatitis - systemic therapies. Dermatol, 2018

PUBLICATION (15), U Nygaard, M Deleuran, C Vestergaard, Emerging treatment options in atopic dermatitis - topical therapies. Dermatol, 2018

PUBLICATION (14), JRI Chalmers, KSI Thomas, C Apfelbacher, Report from the fifth international consensus meeting to harmonize core outcome measures for atopic eczema/dermatitis clinical trials (HOME initiative). Br J Dermatol. 2018

PUBLICATION (13), U Nygaard, J L Riis, M Deleuran, C Vestergaard, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Atopic Dermatitis: An Appraisal of the Current Literature. Pediatr Allergy Immunol Pulmonol, 2016

PUBLICATION (12), U Nygaard, E H van den Bogaard, H Niehues, M Hvid, M Deleuran, C Johansen, C Vestergaard, The "Alarmins" HMBG1 and IL-33 Downregulate Structural Skin Barrier Proteins and Impair Epidermal Growth, Acta Derm Venereol, 2016

PUBLICATION (11), U Nygaard, M Hvid, C Johansen, M Buchner, R Fölster-Holst, M Deleuran, C Vestergaard, TSLP, IL-31, IL-33 and sST2 are new biomarkers in endophenotypic profiling of adult and childhood atopic dermatitis. JEADV, 2016

PUBLICATION (10), U Nygaard, C Vestergaard, C Johansen, M Deleuran, M Hvid, Measuring serum concentrations of interleukin-33 in atopic dermatitis is associated with potential false positive results. SpringerPlus, 2016

PUBLICATION (9), H F Bungum*, U Nygaard*, C Vestergaard, P M Martensen,U B Knudsen, Increased IL-25 levels in the peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis. Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 2016 *Joint first authorship

PUBLICATION (8), LA Kolstrup, KU Koopmann, U Nygaard, RH Nygaard, P Agger, Injuries during football tournaments in 45,000 children and adolescents. Eur J Sport Sci, 2016

PUBLICATION (7), U Nygaard, H Niehues, G Rikken, D R Olthuis, J Schalkwijk, E H van den Bogaard, Antibiotics in cell culture: friend or foe? Suppression of keratinocyte growth and differentiation in monolayer cultures and 3D skin models. Experimental Dermatology, 2015

PUBLICATION (6), U Nygaard, S Dalager, E Spaun, L Hedelund, Large eccrine angiomatous hamartoma: a novel clinical presentation of disease. Journal of Dermatological Case Reports, 2015

PUBLICATION (5), U Nygaard, C Vestergaard, M Deleuran, Systemic Treatment of Severe Atopic Dermatitis in Children and Adults: Current Treatment Options in Allergy, 2014

PUBLICATION (4), U Nygaard, H H Kralund, M Sommerlund, Allergic contact dermatitis induced by textile necklace. Case Rep Dermatol, 2013

PUBLICATION (3), U Nygaard, C Vestergaard, U Koppelhus, Remitting Seronegative Symmetrical Synovitis with Pitting Oedema (RS3PE) of Hands and Feet in an 83-year-old Man. Acta Derm Venereol, 2013

PUBLICATION (2), C Sølling, A T Christensen, U Nygaard, S Krag, J Frøkiaer, L Wogensen, J Krog, E Tønnesen. Erythropoietin does not attenuate renal dysfunction or inflammation in a porcine model of endotoxemia, Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 2011

PUBLICATION (1), C Sølling, U Nygaard, A T Christensen, L Wogensen, J Krog, E Tønnsen. Lymphocyte apoptosis is resistant to erythropoietin in porcine endotoxemia, Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica, 2011