Dr. Blair Jenkins, MD PhD is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Dermatology. Dr. Jenkins earned her bachelor’s degree at Yale University. She completed her MD, PhD, and residency training at Columbia University in New York City. She was co-Chief resident in her final year of dermatology residency.

Dr. Jenkins has a long-standing interest in treating patients with itchy skin conditions such as eczema, chronic hives, lichen planus and prurigo nodularis. She recognizes the negative impact chronic itching can have on quality of life and strives to help patients with these conditions find relief. Dr. Jenkins is also invested in treating conditions that disproportionately affect patients with skin of color, such as pigment disorders and scarring hair loss. She conducts research related to both itch and skin of color.

Chronic itch, eczema, skin of color