WILLIAM ABRAMOVITS, MD
Dermatology Treatment & Research Center, Dallas, Texas
P: 972.661.2729 E: dra@dermcenter.us
Areas of Expertise: Clinical Research; Eczema; Atopic Dermatitis; Auto-Inflammatory Diseases; Psoriasis
LINDSAY SKYE ACKERMAN, MD
Medical Dermatology Specialists, PC, Phoenix, Arizona
P: 602.354.5770 E: ackerman.lindsay@gmail.com
Areas of Expertise: Managing Patients with Cutaneous Lymphomas; Severe Psoriasis; Autoimmune Cutaneous Diseases; Collagen Vascular Diseases; Blistering Disorders; Dermatologic Consultations; Clinical Research
A RAZZAQUE AHMED, MD/DSc/MPA
Center for Blistering Diseases, Boston, Massachusetts
P: 617.562.1040 E: arahmedmd@msn.com
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune Blistering Diseases; Comprehensive Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment; Clinical Research; Collaborative Lab Research; Development of Treatment Protocols for New Biologic Agents
MILAN ANADKAT, MD
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
P: 314.362.9859 E: manadkat@dom.wustl.edu
Areas of Expertise: Chemotherapy Induced Skin Reactions; Dermatologic Therapeutics; Collagen Vascular Disease; Autoimmune Bullous Disease; Graft-versus-Host Disease and Psoriasis
DANIEL BACH, MD/MPH
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
P: 310.917.3376 E: dbach@mednet.ucla.edu
Areas of Expertise: Inpatient Dermatology; Oncodermatology; Complex Medical Dermatology
JEAN BOLOGNIA, MD
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
P: 203.785.4092 E: jean.bolognia@yale.edu
Areas of Expertise: Pigmented Lesions including Melanoma
JEFFREY P. CALLEN, MD
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
P: 502.583.1749 E: jeffrey.callen@louisville.edu
Areas of Expertise: Lupus Erythematosus; Dermatomyositis; Vasculitis; Sarcoidosis; Morphea; Systemic Therapies for Dermatologic Disease; Bullous Disease
ADELA RAMBI CARDONES, MD
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
P: 919.684.3110 E: adela.cardones@duke.edu
Areas of Expertise: Immunodermatology; Graft-versus-Host Disease; Severe Cutaneous Drug Reactions; Demato-Oncology
STEVEN CHEN, MD/MPH/MS-HPEd
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
P: 617.643.5598 E: stchen@partners.org
Areas of Expertise: Cutaneous Lymphomas; Blistering Disorders; Inpatient Medicine; Inpatient Dermatology; Medical Education, Oncodermatology
JENNIFER CHOI, MD
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
P: 203.589.8212 E: Jennifer.choi@northwestern.edu
Areas of Expertise: Oncodermatology/Skin Disease and Cutaneous Toxicities Due to Chemotherapy and Radiation; Melanoma; Pigmented Lesions; Complex Medical Dermatology
JENNIE T. CLARKE, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
P: 801.585.1264 E: Jennie.clarke@hsc.utah.edu
Areas of Expertise: Rheumatologic Skin Disease
JONATHAN COTLIAR, MD
Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California
P: 310-222-2345 E: jcotliar@gmail.com
Areas of Expertise: Inpatient Dermatology; Complex Medical Dermatology; Adverse Drug Reactions; Graft-versus-Host Disease
EDWARD COWEN, MD/MHSc
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
P: 301.480-7196 E: cowene@mail.nih.gov
Areas of Expertise: Graft Versus Host Disease; Genodermatoses; Drug Reactions; Primary Immunodeficiency; Auto-inflammatory
LUIS A. DIAZ, MD
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
P: 919.843.6756 E: ldiaz@med.unc.edu
Areas of Expertise: Clinical Immunodermatology
JANET A. FAIRLEY, MD
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
P: 319.356.3609 E: lisa.lammer@uiowa.edu
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune Skin Disease; Skin Manifestations of Systemic Disease
RON J. FELDMAN, MD/PHD
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
P: 404.727.6770 E: ron.j.feldman@emory.edu
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune Blistering Diseases
JOHN R. FENYK, JR, MD
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minneapolis
P: 763.377.9707 E: fenyk001@umn.edu
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune and Immunobullous Disorders; Current Research in Phase II and III Immune Response Medicators in Warts; Actinic Keratoses; Basal Cell
ANTHONY P. FERNANDEZ, MD/PhD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
P: 216.445.8776 E: fernana6@ccf.org
Areas of Expertise: Complex Medical Dermatology; Dermatopathology; Connective Tissue Diseases; Psoriasis; Autoimmune Bullous Diseases; Cutaneous Lymphoma; Neutrophilic Dermatoses; Inpatient Dermatology; Systemic Immunosuppressive Agents
NICOLE M. FETT, MD/MSCE
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
E: fett@ohsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune Blistering Diseases; Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases; General Dermatology
DAVID FIVENSON, MD
David Fivenson, MD, Dermatology, PLLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan
P: 734.222.9630 E: fivensondermatology@comcast.net
Areas of Expertise: Immunobullous Diseases; Connective Tissue Diseases; Wound Healing; CTCL; Psoriasis; Atopic Dermatitis; Immunobiologic Therapie
LINDY FOX, MD
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
P: 415.353.9609 E: foxli@derm.ucsf.edu
Areas of Expertise: Inpatient Medical Dermatology; Inpatient Consultations
AMIT GARG, MD
Hofstra / North Shore School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York
P: 516.321.8541 E: amgarg@northwell.edu
Areas of Expertise: Big Data Research; Hidradenitis Suppurativa; Psoriasis; Hospital Based Dermatology
JOEL M. GELFAND, MD/MSCE
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
P: 215-662-2737 E: joel.gelfand@uphs.upenn.edu
Areas of Expertise: Psoriasis; Clinical Trials; Epidemiology
ANNA HAEMEL, MD
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
P: 608-630-0856 E: anna.haemel@ucsf.edu
Areas of Expertise: Rheumatology-Dermatology; Complex Medical Dermatology; Inpatient Dermatology; Internal Medicine
CHRISTOPHER HANSEN, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
P: 801-581-6465 E: christopher.hansen@hsc.utah.edu
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune Skin Diseases
JOANNA HARP, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College / New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
P: 817.458.6907 E: joh9090@med.cornell.edu
Areas of Expertise: Inpatient Dermatology
WARREN R. HEYMANN, MD
Heymann, Manders, Green and Sommer, LLC, Marlton, New Jersey
P: 856.596.0111 E: wrheymann@gmail.com
Areas of Expertise: Consultative Medical Dermatology
MARIA HORDINSKY, MD
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
P: 612.625.1493 E: hordi001@umn.edu
Areas of Expertise: Hair Diseases; (Alopecia Areata, Non-Scarring and Scarring Alopecias); Neurodermatology
SYLVIA HSU, MD
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
P: 215 219 6258 E: sylvia.hsu@tuhs.temple.edu
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune Bullous Diseases; Psoriasis
WILLIAM W. HUANG, MD/MPH
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
P: 336.716.2198 E: whuang@wakehealth.edu
Areas of Expertise: Referral Medical Dermatology; Graduate Medical Education; Patient-Provider Communication; Mentoring
CHRISTOPHER HULL, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
P: 801-581-6465 E: christopher.hull@hsc.utah.edu
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune Diseases
MARIA YADIRA HURLEY, MD
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
P: 314.256.3434 E: hurleyy@slu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Clinicopathologic Correlations; Dermatology/Dermatopathology; Cutaneous Lymphomas
WILLIAM JAMES, MD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
P: 215.662.7883 E: William.james@uphs.upenn.edu
Areas of Expertise: Allergic Contact Dermatitis Acne; Rosacea; Travel Acquired Diseases; Teledermatology; Tropical Diseases; Immunology; Difficult to Diagnose or Treat Diseases
JOSEPH L. JORIZZO, MD
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
P: 336.577.7919 E: jjorizzo@wakehealth.edu / joj9026@med.cornell.edu
Areas of Expertise: Rheumatologic; Medical Dermatology; General Complex Dermatology
YOUN H. KIM, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
P: 650.725.3292 E: younkim@stanford.edu
Areas of Expertise: Cutaneous Lymphoma
BRETT KING, MD/PhD
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
P: 203-675-9818 E: brett.king@yale.edu
Areas of Expertise: Alopecia Areata; Atopic Dermatitis; Vitiligo; Autoimmune Bullous Disease
RACHEL KORNIK, MD
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
P: 608.287.2620 E: rkornik@dermatology.wisc.edu
Areas of Expertise: Gynecologic Dermatology; All Aspects of Women’s Dermatological Health
DANIELA KROSHINSKY, MD/MPH
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
P: 312.545.5406 E: dkroshinsky@gmail.com
Areas of Expertise: Calciphylaxis; Inpatient Complex Medical; Pediatric Dermatology
GERALD KRUEGER, MD
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
P: 801.581.6465 E: gerald.krueger@hsc.utah.edu
Areas of Expertise: Psoriasis; Hair Loss
BERNICE KWONG, MD
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
P: 650.725.3292 E: bernicek@stanford.edu
Areas of Expertise: Cutaneous Side Effects of Anticancer Therapies; Graft-versus-Host Disease; Inpatient Dermato-Oncology Consults
EDEN LAKE, MD
Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
P: 847.804.0430 E: edenpappolake.gmail.com
Areas of Expertise: Medical Dermatology; Inflammatory Skin Conditions; Inpatient Dermatology
SANCY LEACHMAN, MD/PhD
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
P: 503.494.6024 E: leachmas@ohsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Melanoma; Vitiligo; Cancer Genetics
ALEX ORTEGA LOAYZA, MD
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
P: 919.619.4096 E: ortegalo@ohsu.edu
Areas of Expertise: Pyoderma Gangrenosum; Ulcers; Inflammatory Skin Conditions
AARON MANGOLD, MD
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale Arizona
P: 480-258-7412 E: mangold.aaron@mayo.edu
Areas of Expertise: Cutaneous Lymphoma; Complex Medical Dermatology
MELISSA MAUSKAR, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
P: 832-409-9553 E: Melissa.mauskar@utsouthwestern.edu
Areas of Expertise: Clinical Interests: In-Patient Dermatology; Vulvar and Genital Mucosal Dermatology
JOSEPH F. MEROLA, MD/MMSc
Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
P: 617.264.5943 E: jfmerola@bwh.harvard.edu
Areas of Expertise: Rheumatology-Dermatology; Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis; Connective Tissue Diseases; Clinical Trials; Clinical Research; Pharmacoepidemiology
ROBERT MICHELETTI, MD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
P: 215-662-2737 E: robert.micheletti@uphs.upenn.edu
Areas of Expertise: In-patient Dermatology; Vasculitis; Graft-versus-Host Disease; Infectious Diseases
ARASH MOSTAGHIMI, MD/MPA
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
P: 617-525-3191 E: amostaghimi@partners.org
Areas of Expertise: Inpatient Consultations; Medical Dermatology
ELIOT N. MOSTOW, MD
Northeastern Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), Akron, Ohio
P: 330.535.7100 x 212 E: emostow@NEOMED.edu
Areas of Expertise: Wound Healing; Process Efficiency and Error Reduction in Dermatology; Healthcare Leadership
DEDEE F. MURRELL, MD/MA (Cambridge) BMBCh (Oxford)
University of New South Wales, Sydney, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, Sydney, Australia
P: +61.2.9113.2543 E: D.Murrell@unsw.edu.au
Areas of Expertise: Bullous Diseases; Epidermolysis Bullosa; Clinical Trials
HALEY NAIK, MD/MHSc
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
P: 781-367-5876 E: haley.naik@uscsf.edu
Areas of Expertise: Hidradenitis Suppurativa; Complex Medical Dermatology; Auto Inflammatory Skin Diseases
VINOD NAMBUDIRI, MD/MBA
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
P: 914-907-2705 E: vnambudiri@partners.org
Areas of Expertise: Complex Medical Dermatology; Health Care Policy; Healthcare Leadership; Costs of Care; Medical Education
TARANEH PARAVAR, MD
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
E: tparavar@ucsd.edu
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune Connective Tissue Disease; Medical Dermatology
ABRAR A. QURESHI, MD/MPH
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
P: 401.444.7137 E: abrar_qureshi@brown.edu
Areas of Expertise: Translational Research in Skin and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Dermatomyositis; Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
JAMIE RHOADS, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
P: 801-581-6465 E: jamie.rhoads@hsc.utah.edu
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune Diseases
NATHAN ROJEK, MD
University of California, Irvine
P: 949-824-5515 E: nrojek@uci.edu
Areas of Expertise: Inpatient Dermatology; Infectious Diseases; Complex Medical Dermatology
CHERYL ROSEN, MD/FRCPC
Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
P: 416 262 3799 E: c.rosen@utoronto.ca
Areas of Expertise: Photosensitivity Disorders; Psoriasis; Vitiligo
MISHA ROSENBACH, MD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
P: 215.662.2737 E: misha.rosenbach@uphs.upenn.edu
Areas of Expertise: In-patient Dermatology; Sarcoidosis; Granulomatous Diseases; Undiagnosed Diseases
ART SAAVEDRA, MD/PhD
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
E: as4da@virginia.edu
Areas of Expertise: Infectious Disease; Graft-versus-Host Disease; Dermatopathology
KANADE SHINKAI, MD/PhD
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
P: 415.353.7890 E: kanade.shinkai@ucsf.edu
Areas of Expertise: Consultative Dermatology; Complex Medical Dermatology; Drug Eruptions; Neutrophilic Dermatoses; Medical Education
GIDEON P. SMITH, MD/PhD
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
P: 617 726 2914 E: gpsmith@mgh.harvard.edu
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune Connective Tissue Disease; Scleroderma; Lupus; Dermatomyositis; Sarcoid; Raynaud’s Disease; Clinical Trials; Novel Biologic and Immunosuppressive Therapies; Epidemiology; Public Health and Decision Analysis Research
RICHARD D. SONTHEIMER, MD
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
P: 801.581.6465 E: richard.sontheimer@hsc.utah.edu
Areas of Expertise: Rheumatologic Skin Diseases
ROBERT SWERLICK, MD
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
P: 404.727.3669 E: rswerli@emory.edu
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune Disease; Eczema; Thrombotic Disease; Vasculitis
RUTH ANN VLEUGELS, MD/MPH
Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
P: 615.498.2023 E: rvleugels@partners.org
Areas of Expertise: Connective Tissue Disease; Cutaneous Lupus; Dermatomyositis; Systemic Sclerosis; Medical Dermatology
KAROLYN WANAT, MD
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
P: 319.356.0556 E: karolyn-wanat@uiowa.edu
Areas of Expertise: Infectious Diseases; Inpatient Consults; Medical Dermatology; Granulomatous Diseases; Dermatopathology
VICTORIA WERTH, MD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
P: 215.823.4208 E: werth@mail.med.upenn.edu
Areas of Expertise: Cutaneous Autoimmune Diseases
ALAN ZHOU, MD
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
P: 312-695-0467 E: alan.zhou@northwestern.edu
Areas of Expertise: Cutaneous Lymphoma, Complex Medical Dermatology
JOHN ZONE, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
P: 801-581-6465 E: john.zone@hsc.utah.edu
Areas of Expertise: Autoimmune Diseases
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