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William Richard Faber William Richard Faber (1940) dedicated much of his career to the fight against leprosy. After obtaining his medical degree, he was employed in Uganda from 1967 to 1969 as a medical officer for the Ugandan government. In 1971 he began his training in dermatology with Professor Cormane in Amsterdam, where he first met Leiker. His study of the immunological aspects of leprosy culminated in his 1978 PhD thesis “Leprosy. Clinical and Immunological Studies”. In subsequent years, the number of new cases of leprosy decreased. Still, leprosy care comprises of more than just a proper diagnosis and treatment of the infection. Because neuropathic complications often call for life-long medical care, Faber set about organising multidisciplinary care, in close cooperation with the departments of Radiology, Rehabilitation, Traumatology and Surgery. From 1981 onwards, Faber divided his time between a part-time position at the AMC and a new role as dermatologist at Amersfoort hospital De Lichtenberg. Over the course of time, the leprosy clinic’s focus shifted from leprosy care to a wider range of tropical skin diseases. Tropical skin conditions, such as cutaneous leishmaniasis in travellers, expats and military personnel returning from tropical regions were diagnosed in increasing numbers.[4,5,6] In 1987, the leprosy clinic was transformed into an outpatient clinic for Tropical Dermatology. In 1995 Faber was appointed Professor of Tropical Dermatology. This gave him the opportunity to share his knowledge with medical students, doctors preparing for deployment in the tropics and dermatology residents. Faber has been involved in many organizations such as the NLR (Netherlands Leprosy Relief). He has also been a supporter of the Bethesda Foundation’s fight against leprosy in Suriname and the Gastmann-Wichers Foundation’s efforts to stimulate leprosy research. The latter’s research has dealt with the immunology of leprosy, rehabilitation and neuropathic foot complications, epidemiology and history, and led to many publications and PhD theses.[7-10] Henry John Christiaan de Vries After Faber’s retirement, Henry John Christiaan de Vries (1967) took over his professorship. His research topics are: STI in men who have sex with men (MSM), lymphogranuloma venereum, HPV related anal dysplasia, cutaneous leishmaniasis, and leprosy. The clinic for tropical dermatology became known as the skin infections clinic in 2011 with his inaugural lecture about “Skin infections, in particular leprosy”, thus accentuating the department’s expertise in skin infections, both with and without a tropical association. Borderline tuberculoid leprosy. 34 BWEADVSMGFINCORR:Opmaak 1 21-07-2014 17:39 Pagina 34