American Dermatological

AMERICAN DERMATOLOGICAL

ASSOCIATION, INC.

136th Annual Meeting

October 19th – 23rd, 2016

Bacara Resort and Spa

Santa Barbara, CA

New Members Inducted in 2016

Richard Antaya, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Orange, CT

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Tufts University, Boston, MA

 INTERNSHIP: Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI (Pediatrics)

 RESIDENCY: Tripler Army Medical Center, Hololulu, HI (Pediatrics); Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (Dermatology)

 FELLOWSHIP: Unaccredited Pediatric Dermatology fellowship at Duke with Neil Prose, MD

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Yale University School of Medicine/ Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, Milford Hospital, Milford, CT

 AREA OF INTEREST: Pediatric Dermatology

April W. Armstong, MD, MPH

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Los Angeles, CA

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Harvard Medical School

 INTERNSHIP: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital (Internal Medicine)

 RESIDENCY: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital (Dermatology)

 FELLOWSHIP: Harvard School of Public Health (MPH)

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Director of Clinical Research, Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI); Vice Chair/Director, Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research Director, Psoriasis Program; Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of USC

 AREA OF INTEREST: Psoriasis, Atopic Dermatitis, Chronic Inflammatory skin diseases, Skin Cancer, Psoriatic Telemedicine

Karen E. Edison, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Columbia, MO.

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Missouri - Columbia

 INTERNSHIP: University of Missouri - Columbia (Internal Medicine)

 RESIDENCY: University of Missouri - Columbia (Dermatology)

 FELLOWSHIP: Rovert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow - Institute of Medicine - United States Senate

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Philip C. Anderson Professor & Chair, Department of Dermatology; Medical Director, Missouri Telehealth Network and Show-Me ECHO; Director, Center for Health Policy; University of Missouri Health Care

 AREA OF INTEREST: Teledermatology, Melanoma detection

Lindy Peta Fox, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: San Franscisco, CA

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Texas,

Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

 INTERNSHIP: Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY

 RESIDENCY: Columbia University Medical Center

 CURRENT APPOINTMENTS: Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology, Director of Hospital Consultation Service, Director of Complex Medical Dermatology Fellowship, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco

 AREA OF INTEREST: Inpatient Dermatology

Michael Girardi, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Madison, CT

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Yale University School of Medicine

 INTERNSHIP: Yale-New Haven Hospital

 RESIDENCY: Yale University School of Medicine/ Yale-New Haven Hospital

 FELLOWSHIP: Yale University School of Medicine/ Yale-New Haven Hospital

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor, Vice Chair & Residency Program Director, Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine

 AREA OF INTEREST: Cutaneous lymphoma

Tom Helm, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Getzville, NY

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Albany Medical College

 INTERNSHIP: Cleveland Clinic Foundation

 RESIDENCY: Cleveland Clinic Foundation

 FELLOWSHIP: Cleveland Clinic Foundation

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Pathology, State University of New York at Buffalo

 AREA OF INTEREST: Dermatopathology

J. Mark Jackson, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Louisville, KY

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Texas A & M University

 INTERNSHIP: Scott and White Medical Center

 RESIDENCY: University of Louisville

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: University of Louisville Division of Dermatology

 AREA OF INTEREST: Medical Dermatology

Carrie Lynn Kovarik, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Cherry Hill, NJ

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Baylor College of Medicine

 INTERNSHIP: Baylor College of Medicine

 RESIDENCY: University of Texas Southwestern

 FELLOWSHIP: Stanford University; Dermatopathology

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Associate Professor of Dermatology, Dermatopathology, and Medicine (Infectious Diseases), University of Pennsylvania

 AREA OF INTEREST: Telemedicine, Access to Care, HIV/HPV, Infectious Disease dermatology, Dermatopathology

James Krueger, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: New York, NY

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Cornell University Medical College

 INTERNSHIP: Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital

 RESIDENCY: Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor and Laboratory Head, Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University; Senior Physician, The Rockefeller University Hospital; Chief Executive Officer, The Rockefeller University Hospital

 AREA OF INTEREST: Inflammatory Skin Diseases

M. Peter Marinkovich, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Redwood City, CA

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: St. Louis University School of Medicine

 INTERNSHIP: University of California (Medicine)

 RESIDENCY: Oregon Health Sciences University

 FELLOWSHIP: Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Portland, OR

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine

 AREA OF INTEREST: Bullous diseases, Psoriasis

Jeff Miller, MD, MBA

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Hershey, PA

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Jefferson Medical College

 INTERNSHIP: Hospital of University of Pennsylvania (Medicine)

 RESIDENCY: Hospital of University of Pennsylvania (Dermatology)

 FELLOWSHIP: Clinician Educator Fellowship, Department of Dermatology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; Staff Dermatologist, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

 AREA OF INTEREST: Leadership, Hair and Scalp Disorders, Health Services Research

Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Redmond, WA

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Stanford Medical School

 INTERNSHIP: Brigham and Women’s Hospital

 RESIDENCY: Mass General Hospital

 FELLOWSHIP: Howard Hughes Physician Postdoctoral Fellow with Stuart L. Schreiber, PhD, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor & Head, University of Washington Dermatology, George F. Odland Endowed Chair, Affiliate Investigator - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Professor, Adjunct of Pathology and Oral Health Sciences, Clinical Director, Skin Oncology, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

 AREA OF INTEREST: Merkel Cell Carcinoma

David Peng, MD, MPH

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Pasadena, CA

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of California

 INTERNSHIP: University of California, LA

 RESIDENCY: University of California, San Diego

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Department Chair, Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of USC

 AREA OF INTEREST: Melanoma

Adam Rubin, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Philadelphia, PA

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

 INTERNSHIP: Columbia University Medical Center

 RESIDENCY: Columbia University Medical Center

 FELLOWSHIP: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Pediatrics, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

 AREA OF INTEREST: Nail disorders in adults and children, histopathology of the nail unit, nail unit clinicopathologic correlations, pediatric dermatopathology, dermatopathology

Chrysalyne D. Schmults, MD, MSCE

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Boston, MA

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Yale University

 INTERNSHIP: Stanford University Medical Center

 RESIDENCY: New York University

 FELLOWSHIP: Skin Laser and Surgery Specialist's of NY & NJ

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Brigham and Woman’s Hospital

 AREA OF INTEREST: Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Clinical/Translational Research

Kanade Shinkai, MD, PhD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: San Franscico, CA.

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of California, San Francisco

 INTERNSHIP: University of California, San Francisco

 RESIDENCY: University of California, San Francisco

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco

 AREA OF INTEREST: Medical dermatology, medical education

New International Honorary Members

Masayuki Amagai, MD, PhD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Tokyo, Japan

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Keio University School of Medicine

 RESIDENCY: Keio University Hospital (Dermatology)

 FELLOWSHIP: Visiting Research Fellow, John R. Stanley's Lab, Dermatology Branch; National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine; Vice Dean, Keio University School of Medicine; Team Leader, Laboratory for Skin Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

 AREA OF INTEREST: Skin immunology, autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases

Henry Hin Lee Chan, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Hong Kong, HKSAR

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: The London Hospital Medical College, University of London

 INTERNSHIP: London Hospital, Medical School

 RESIDENCY: Charing Cross Hospital (London, UK), Leicester Teaching Hospital, Glenfield General (Leicester UK), St. Thomas Hospital (London, UK)

 FELLOWSHIP: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of London, AAD, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, AS Dermatologic Surgery, Asian Academy of Dermatology and Venerology, Hong Kong College of Physicians, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Private Practice; Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital; The University of Hong Kong and The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital; Visiting Scientist - Wellman Center for Photomedicine, MGH; Honorary Consultant - Department of Medicine in Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority, HKSAR and Honorary Consultant in Dermatology, The Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital

 AREA OF INTEREST: Ethnic skin and hair, HIV and skin, Atopic Eczema and Hyperpigmentation

Judith G. Dominguez-Cherit, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Mexico City, MX

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Facultad de Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

 INTERNSHIP: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico City, Mexico

 RESIDENCY: Hospital General “Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez” Mexico

 FELLOWSHIP: Hospital Clinic 1 Provincial Barcelona Espana-

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Chief of Department of Dermatology in the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion SZ, Member of the National System of Researchers Level II, Professor of Dermatology Medicine School UNAM

 AREA OF INTEREST: Skin Cancer, Dermatology Surgery, Nail-Diseases and Nail Surgery

Mauricio Goihman-Yahr, MD, PhD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Caracas, Venezuela

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Central University of Venezuela School of Medicine

 INTERNSHIP: Vargas Hospital, Central University of Venezuela

 RESIDENCY: Vargas Hospital, Central University of Venezuela (Department of Dermatology); Stanford University School of Medicine and Hospital (Department of Dermatology); University of Miami School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital (Department of Dermatology)

 FELLOWSHIP: Stanford University School of Medicine (Department of Medical Microbiology)

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor and Chairman, Chairs of Dermatology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine (Dermatology), Vargas School of Medicine, Central University of Venezuela; Corresponding Member, National Academy of Medicine, Venezuela; Private Practice, Caracas, Venezuela

 AREA OF INTEREST: Psychosomatic Dermatology, skin diseases related to internal medicine, including autoimmune ailments and Psoriasis

Branka Marinovic, MD, PhD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Zagreb, Croatia

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Zagreb School of Medicine

 INTERNSHIP: University Hospital Center Zagreb

 RESIDENCY: University Hospital Center Zagreb , School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Department of Dermatology and Venereology)

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, School of Medicine University of Zagreb

 AREA OF INTEREST: Bullous diseases, autoimmune skin diseases

Giovanni Pellacani, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Modena, Italy

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

 INTERNSHIP: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

 RESIDENCY: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Chairman of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

 AREA OF INTEREST: Melanoma and Skin Cancer, Non-invasive Diagnosis (Confocal Microscopy, Dermoscopy, Optical Coherence Tomography)

Erwin Tschachler, MD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Vienna, Austria

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Innsburck and University of Vienna, Faculty of Medicine

 INTERNSHIP: Various community hospitals in Salzburg, Villach, and Vienna, Austria

 RESIDENCY: University of Vienna, Faculty of Medicine (Dermatology)

 FELLOWSHIP: Max Kade Fellowship, NIH, NCI, Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Head of Research Division of Skin Biology and Pathobiology

 AREA OF INTEREST: Basic research in skin biology with focus on skin barrier, innate defense mechanisms of the skin, infectious skin diseases and the skin nervous system

New Associate Member

John Seykora, MD, PhD

 CITY OF RESIDENCE: Broomall, PA

 MEDICAL SCHOOL: Weill Cornell Medical College

 INTERNSHIP: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 RESIDENCY: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 FELLOWSHIP: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

 CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pathology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

 AREA OF INTEREST: Dermatopathology with focus on skin cancer and alopecia