Dr. Hok Bing Thio
Professor
Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam
Netherlands
Biography
Hok Bing Thio, MD, PhD, born 2 April 1960 in Surabaya (Indonesia), is a full-time dermatologist consultant at the Department of Dermatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His PhD thesis (1999) was entitled “Clinical and basic aspects of fumarates in psoriasisâ€, and his main research interests are basic and clinical immunology, particularly the immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) of the skin, psoriasis and atopic dermatitis (AD). Dr Thio has been the principal supervisor/investigator of clinical studies and translational research on psoriasis and AD. Dr Thio has authored and co-authored several papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Research Interest
Interaction of the immune system and the gut and skin microbiomes, fumarates as immunomodulatory agents, sarcoidosis, multiple sclerosis and lupus erythematosus.