This is me too. Like everyone, I am still the same person on the inside, regardless of what I look like this week.

I have been having fun with my hair color (since so much of it is gray) and there are so many people wearing fun colors these days. Purple, blue - you never know what you will see when you get to your appointment.

I wanted to get a big dinosaur for my front yard…but, the neighbors probably appreciate this more. AND, I can take this one everywhere I go!

I like to go fun places, including a walk around the lake, driving around the U.S. and sometimes I have even been to other countries! I like to get to know where ever I am. I do love a good roadside attraction.

I am married to my husband, Evan, who I met in college. We have two kids (now teenage years/off to college). We have had mostly cats and dogs, but I did have a hamster in college. We live near the Twin Cities in Minnesota.

I like to read books and watch TV. I walk my dogs, cross country ski (just learning to skate ski), ride my e-bike and sit on my deck or my living room and look at nature.

We love the Fair and go often! We even got a bench with “Asch” on it for my parents 50th wedding anniversary. The love of the Fair runs in the family.

I highly recommend a MN State Ski Pass if you like cross country skiing. Our state parks have many nicely groomed trails through beautiful places.

I may crack jokes, play with babies and make silly faces with my patients - and this is all the JOY of caring for children and teens. But, I don’t let that hide the fact that I take my medical knowledge very seriously. I moved all over the country to get top-notch training, and I work hard to keep that training up to date with state of the art knowledge.

I went to Temple University in Philadelphia for 4 years of medical school, where I earned my MD (Medical Doctor) degree (2005-2009).

After that, I went to the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for a 3 year residency (like an apprenticeship) in Pediatrics. That’s where doctors take care only of kids and teenagers. (2009-2012).

After THAT, I moved to San Francisco to the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) for a 3 year Dermatology residency. That’s how doctors learn to become experts in skin disease (2012-2015).

And THEN, I moved back to Minnesota, and spent ANOTHER 1 year at Mayo Clinic in Rochester for a fellowship (still like an apprenticeship) in Pediatric Dermatology. That’s for skin doctors who want to know the most about taking care of kids with special skin problems(2015-2016).

Between college (Grinnell College ‘99) and medical school, I got a Masters degree in Immunology at UMN (3 years), and worked at 3M.

FIRST (Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types) - member (2016-present), Chair of Medical, Scientific Advisory Board (2022-2024), Board of Directors (2022- present)

Chair of Teledermatology Committee, Society for Pediatric Dermatology (2021-2023)

Middle Country Mentorship Group, Society for Pediatric Dermatology (Founder and member) - solo pediatric dermatologists from the Central and Mountain Time Zones

Section on Telehealth, American Academy of Pediatrics, member

Section on Dermatology, American Academy of Pediatrics, Education committee member

Adjunct Faculty University of Minnesota Dermatology Department

Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University (starting Dec 2023)

Principal Investigator, Pediatric Dermatology ECHO, UMMC Telehealth Center of Excellence : ECHO to start Spring 2024

Dr. Asch does still participate in academic endeavors, despite her outside the box practice - a sampling of some publications. This list for physicians trying to determine if I am legit…feel absolutely free to ask me for my CV anytime! Happy to email it!

A sampling of publications:

Reinhart, JP, Aird, JL, Stephens, MC, Asch, S, Orandi, AB, Tollefson, MM. Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor-induced morphea and psoriasiform dermatitis in a pediatric patient with Crohn's disease. Pediatr Dermatol. 2022; 1- 4. doi:10.1111/pde.15182

Sun Q, Asch S, Bayart C, Bayliss SJ, Benjamin L, Bruckner A, DiGiovanna JJ, Fleckman P, Funk T, Lucky A, Nelson CA, Newell B, Polcari I, Teng J, Williams ML, Gan G, Deng Y, Paller AS, Choate KA. Development and Initial Validation of a Novel System to Assess Ichthyosis Severity. JAMA Dermatol. 2022 Apr 1;158(4):359-365. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.5917. PMID: 35171201

Asch S, Sugarman JL. Epidermal Nevus Syndromes: new insights into whorls and swirls. Pediatr Dermatol. 2018 Jan;35(1):21-29.

Cronin M, North JP, Berger T, Mahadevan U, Cohen S, Asch S. Cutaneous Chaetomium globosum infection in a vedolizumab- treated patient. Cutis. 2021 Aug;108(2):E13-E16. doi: 10.12788/cutis.0329. PMID: 34735323.

Asch S, Vork DL, Joseph J, Major-Elechi B, Tollefson MM. Comparison of Bleach, Acetic Acid, and other Topical Anti-infective Treatments in Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study on Antibiotic Exposure. Pediatr Dermatol. 2019 Jan;36(1):115-120. doi: 10.1111/pde.13663. Epub 2018 Oct 10. PMID: 30303549.

Swink SM, Vivar KL, Pickford J, Breuning L, Wassel C, Hand JL, Milstone L, Casteolo-Soccio L, Asch S. Use of Telemedicine for Rare Disease: Patient Advocacy Group as a Conduit to Expert Physician Panel for Specialized Teledermatology. Pediatr Dermatol. 2020 Nov 23. doi: 10.1111/pde.14460. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33230835.

Zhang AJ, Boyd AH, Asch S, Warshaw EM. Allergic contact dermatitis to slime: The epidemic of isothiazolinone allergy encompasses school glue. Pediatr Dermatol. 2019 Jan;36(1):e37-e38. doi: 10.1111/pde.13681. PMID: 30318714.

Oza V, Asch S, Mathes E. 3 day old with palmar pustules. JAMA Pediatrics. 2016 Feb 1;170(2):171-2.

Mamlouk M. Asch S, Mathes E. PHACE and congenital hypothyroidism. Clinical Imaging. 2016 Mar-Apr;40(2):237-40.

Education for patients, families and their doctors are where Dr. Asch likes to put effort.

She contributes to “Focus on Subspecialties” for the AAP News (to help keep pediatricians up to date), Pediatric Dermatology: Atopic Dermatitis and another on Capillary Malformations.

She contributes to the fabulous AAP website HealthyChildren.org with topics such as Scabies and Acne.

She was pleased to contribute to HCPLive with a brief interview in 2022 on Pediatric Vitiligo.

She gives talks at local and national conferences, and enjoys being invited to speak at various Pediatrics Grand Rounds.