Authors

Saba M. Ali

Ali is a fourth-year medical student at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. She is enrolled in an accelerated 6-year medical program. Ali received her BS from the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, as part of her combined BS/MD. She has currently applied for a residency position in dermatology.

Roger T. Anderson, PhD

Dr. Anderson is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences/Social Sciences and Health Policy at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Ivonne Arellano, MD

Dr. Arellano graduated from the medical school of the Universidad La Salle in 1985 and performed her residency at the Hospital General de Mexico until 1990. She then specialized in Cutaneous Oncology before becoming Professor of Dermatology at the Facultad Mexicana de Medicina, Universidad La Salle, a post that she still holds.

Dr. Arellano also acts as Coordinator of the Dermatologic Surgery Department at the Hospital General de Mexico in Mexico City, and she runs a private practice at the Hospital Dalinde.

Dr. Arellano is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology and the International Society of Dermatologic Surgery, as well as the Sociedad Mexicana de Dermatologia, Sociedad Mexicana de Cirugia Dermatologica y Oncologica and Sociedad Medica del Hospital General de Mexico. She holds positions on the editorial board of Dermatologma Midica, Cosmitica y Quirzrgica, and acts as an article revisor for Revista Medica Hospital General de Mexico.

Dr. Arellano has given over 150 lectures in national and international dermatological courses and congresses. Her research interests include cutaneous oncology and surgery, pigmentary disorders in Hispanic populations, and dermatological disease in immunosuppressed patients.

Rajesh Balkrishnan, PhD

Dr. Balkrishnan is the Merrell Dow Professor of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research at the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, with a primary appointment within the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration. He also holds joint appointments as Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and the Division of Health Services, Management, and Policy, School of Public Health.

Anthony V. Benedetto, DO

Dr. Benedetto is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He is also Medical Director of the Dermatologic SurgiCenter in Philadelphia.

Timothy G. Berger, MD

Timothy G. Berger, MD, is Professor of Clinical Dermatology in the Department of Dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the Director of Clinics for the Department of Dermatology as well as the Executive Vice Chair of the department and Director of the residency program. Dr. Berger has published more than 125 scientific articles, 12 book chapters, and 2 books.

Paul Bergstresser, MD

Dr. Bergstresser is the Dr. James N. Gilliam Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He received his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine and trained in dermatology at the University of Miami. He is certified by the American Board of Dermatology in dermatology and in dermatological immunology/diagnostic and laboratory immunology.

Dr. Bergstresser's research interests have included dermatological immunology and photobiology.

Joseph B. Bikowski, MD

Joseph B. Bikowski, MD is Clinical Assistant Professor, Dermatology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio and Director, Bikowski Skin Care Center, Sewickley, Pennsylvania

Christine Bodemer MD, PhD

Dr. Bodemer is Professor in Dermatology and Coordinator of the French Centre for Genetic Skin Diseases, Centre de reference sur les Maladies Génétiques à Expression Cutanée (MAGEC) at the Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades in Paris.

K. Robin Carder, MD

Dr. Carder is Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics as well as Director of Pediatric Dermatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

Mei Chen, PhD

Dr. Chen is Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Jack B. Cohen, DO

Jack B. Cohen, DO, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Joel L. Cohen, MD

Joel L. Cohen, MD is the Director of AboutSkin Dermatology and DermSurgery in Englewood and Lone Tree, Colorado.  He is the a Past President of the Colorado Dermatologic Society, and the Past Chair of the ASDS Patient Education Committee.  He is also on the volunteer faculty as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado Department of Dermatology.

Melissa Costner, MD

Melissa Costner, MD, is Director of the Rheumatic Skin Disease Clinic at the University of Texas Medical Center at Dallas. Reference to any products, service, or other information does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by members of the Editorial Board.

Taciana Dal’Forno, MD

Dr. Dal'Forno is a dermatologist, certified by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology and based in Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil. She is training for her doctorate in medical sciences at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She has completed both internal medicine and dermatology residencies.

Michel Develoux, MD

Michel Develoux, MD; Université Pierre -et-Marie-Curie-Paris 6 and Department of Parasitology, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France.

Scott Dinehart, MD

Scott Dinehart, MD, is Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Dinehart is a past president of the Association of Academic Dermatologic Surgeons and the Arkansas Dermatological Society, and he has served on the board of directors of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, and the Association of Academic Dermatologic Surgeons.

Lisa M. Donofrio, MD

Dr. Donofrio, Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine and Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Tulane University School of Medicine, has a private practice at the Savin Center for Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery in New Haven, Connecticut, and the Laser and Skin Surgery Center in New York City.

Zoe Diana Draelos, MD

Zoe Diana Draelos, MD, is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Rhett Drugge, MD

Rhett Drugge, MD, is the founder of the Internet Dermatology Society and the Chief Editor of the Electronic Textbook of Dermatology. Reference to any products, service, or other information does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by members of the Editorial Board.

Dr. Joseph Eastern, MD

Dr. Eastern is Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education. He received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He completed an internship at Memorial Hospital Medical Center and a residency in dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine.

Dr. Eastern is active in many dermatological societies, and he is President of the Dermatological Society of New Jersey. He holds teaching positions at a number of hospitals and has delivered over 500 academic speaking presentations. For many years, he has given a course in office efficiency at annual meetings of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Haines Ely, MD

Dr. Ely is Professor of Dermatology at UC Davis in Davis, California, and he also maintains a private practice. Dr. Ely's main interest is dermatological therapy.

Hiva Fassihi, MA, MB, BChir

Dr. Fassihi is a dermatology resident within the Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust in London. After qualifying in medicine at the University of Cambridge, she trained as a research fellow at the Genetic Skin Disease Group at St. John's Institute of Dermatology and the Fetal Medicine Unit within the Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust.

Lindy P. Fox, MD

Dr. Fox is Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology and Director of the Hospital Consultation Service in the Department of Dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco. She attended medical school at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. She completed internship training in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and Dermatology residency training at Columbia University Medical Center, both in New York City. Dr. Fox's clinical interests focus on the diagnosis and management of complex dermatologic conditions, especially skin signs of systemic disease, cutaneous disorders in the immunocompromised patient, severe cutaneous reactions to medications, and skin diseases in the hospitalized patient. Dr. Fox is a past recipient of the Dermatology Foundation Medical Dermatology Career Development Award.

Joel M. Gelfand, MD

Dr. Gelfand is Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Associate Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania, and Medical Director of the Clinical Studies Unit in the Department of Dermatology. He is a board-certified dermatologist whose clinical work focuses on general dermatology and psoriasis. His research focuses on clinical trials and epidemiology. His clinical trials research is aimed at improving trial efficiency through the development and validation of surrogate endpoints and the use of efficient statistical designs. He has designed and conducted clinical trials to evaluate novel therapies for psoriasis, hidradenitis, and cutaneous T cell lymphoma. Dr. Gelfand’s epidemiologic research focuses on the natural history of diseases associated with psoriasis. He has published extensively on the epidemiology of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, the impact of psoriasis on health-related quality of life, and the risk of various comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, lymphoma, and myocardial infarction associated with psoriasis.

Anita C. Gilliam, MD, PhD

Dr. Gilliam is Associate Professor of the Department of Dermatology and Director of the Dermatopathology Laboratory at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Michael Girardi, MD

Dr. Girardi is Associate Professor and Director of Residency Training for the Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. He directs a National Cancer Institute-funded laboratory that has contributed to the understanding of the role of gamma/delta T cells in cancer immunosurveillance, alpha/beta T cells in cancer progression, and the NKG2D-ligand system in tumor immunoevasion. Dr. Girardi is a clinical expert in cutaneous lymphoma and Director of the Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) Unit at Yale for the treatment of cutaneous lymphoma and graft-versus-host disease.

David J. Goldberg, MD

David J. Goldberg, MD, is Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Director of the Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of New York & New Jersey.

Mitchel P. Goldman, MD

Dr. Goldman is Founder and Medical Director of La Jolla Spa MD in California. A graduate of Boston University and the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Goldman is a Volunteer Clinical Professor in Medicine/Dermatology at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Goldman is board-certified by both the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, American College of Phlebology and the American Society of Liposuction Surgery. He has authored and/or co-authored 18 textbooks on dermatology, sclerotherapy, ambulatory phlebectomy, cutaneous laser surgery, cellulite and dermatologic surgery as well as over 250 peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters. Dr. Goldman is a recent recipient of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery's 21st Century Achievement Award. 

Ken Gordon, MD

Dr. Gordon is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Dermatology at Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine. He is also the Director of the Chicago Psoriasis Center at Loyola University. Dr. Gordon received his medical degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard University, a clinical residency in dermatology at Northwestern University Medical School in the Department of Dermatology, and a postdoctoral fellowship in immunology at Northwestern University in the Department of Microbiology/Immunology.

Dr. Gordon’s chief clinical interest is psoriasis, and his research focuses on the immunological aspects of psoriasis.

Steven J. Goulder, MD

Steven J. Goulder, MD, is Chief of Dermatologic Surgery at Loyola University Chicago and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Dermatology at Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Goulder is an associate member of the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, a fellow of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery, a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, and a diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology.

Rebat M. Halder, MD

Dr. Halder is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Howard University's College of Medicine in Washington, DC.

Karen Taraszka Hastings, MD, PhD

Dr. Taraszka Hastings is Assistant Professor of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix. Dr. Hastings received her medical and graduate degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed internal medicine internship, dermatology residency, and post-doctoral research training at Yale University School of Medicine. Her research interests include lymphocyte trafficking, antigen presentation and the generation of immune responses to cutaneous malignancies.

Michael R. Hinckley, MD

Dr. Hinckley is a dermatology resident at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Utah.

Bruce G. Howard, MD

Dr. Howard is a retired dermatologist living in Durango, Colorado. He retired from a 35-year career in solo private practice in Santa Maria, California, in 1998 and retired again in 2006 as an employee of a group practice and of the Santa Barbara Public Health Department. While in active practice, Dr. Howard held many medical leadership positions at the local, county, and state levels. He also completed multiple short-term volunteer dermatology assignments in Central America, Asia, and the South Pacific.

Heidi Jacobe, MD

Dr. Jacobe is Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She is also Director of the Phototherapy Unit at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the North Texas Veterans Administration Medical Center.

Michel Janier, MD, PhD

Dr. Janier is Associate Professor of Dermatology-Venereology in the STD Clinic at the Hopital Saint-Louis in Paris.

Alexa Boer Kimball, MD, MPH

Alexa Boer Kimball is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Stanford University Medical Center.

Stacy A. Klepeiss, MD

Dr. Klepeiss recently received her MD from Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She will pursue a Dermatology residency at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, upon completing a preliminary year of medicine.

David A. Kriegel, MD

Dr. Kriegel is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.

Marie-Therese Leccia, MD, PhD

Dr. Leccia is a dermatologist at the University Center Hospital of Grenoble in France.

Percy Lehmann, MD

Dr. Lehmann is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology, Allergology, and Environmental Medicine at Klinikum Wuppertal, University of Witten-Herdecke, in Düsseldorf.

Ellen Marmur, MD

Dr. Marmur is Chief of the Division of Dermatologic and Cosmetic Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.

John A. McGrath, MD, FRCP

Dr. McGrath is Professor of Molecular Dermatology and Head of the Genetic Skin Disease Group at St. John's Institute of Dermatology within the Division of Genetics and Development, The Guy's King's College and St. Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College London. He is also honorary Consultant Dermatologist at St. John's Institute of Dermatology within the Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust in London. He trained in clinical dermatology in London and in molecular genetics at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

W.H. Irwin McLean, PhD, DSc, FRSE

Dr. McLean is Professor of Human Genetics and Head of Human Genetics Research at Ninewells Medical School at the University of Dundee in Scotland. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Don Mehrabi, MD

Dr. Mehrabi is a board-certified dermatologist practicing in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from his dermatology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 2005, where he performed a clinical trial on vitiligo treated by phototherapy and topical immunomodulators. His clinical interests include the management and treatment of vitiligo as well as laser medicine.

Frank O. Nestle, MD

Dr. Nestle is Senior Physician and University Lecturer in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Zürich Medical School. Dr. Nestle received his medical degree from the University of Wurzburg Medical School. He completed his residency in dermatology at the University of Zürich Medical School. Dr. Nestle also completed a research fellowship in pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.

Sau Hu Nguyen, MD

Dr. Nguyen is a Dermatologist in the Department of Dermatology at Tenon Hospital in Paris.

Ival Peres Rosa, MD

Dr. Peres Rosa is a Collaborating Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Unifesp-EPM, São Paulo, SP, in Brazil. He is also a past president of the Brazilian Society of Dermatologic Surgery.

David S. Rubenstein, MD, PhD

David S. Rubenstein, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Marcio Rutowitsch, MD, PhD

Marcio Rutowitsch, MD, PhD, is President of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology and Head of the Dermatology Sector of Hospital dos Servidores do Estado HSE in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Neil S. Sadick, MD

Dr. Sadick is founder of the Sadick Research Group and has a private practice in New York City that offers patients anti-aging and skin rejuvenation treatments. He has published more than 300 scientific books, articles, and papers. Dr. Sadick is also a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and was also recently named Global Advisor to Christian Dior, where he will assist the company in developing new products.

Joel Schlessinger, MD

Joel Schlessinger, MD, is a board-certified dermatologist and President of the American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery. Dr. Schlessinger is in private practice in Omaha, Nebraska, and is the founder and owner of LovelySkin.com.

Dr. Schlessinger has been involved in some trials in dermatology, lasers, and cosmetic surgery including treatments ranging from psoriasis to Reloxin, a new Botox competitor under development, and Perlane, a new wrinkle filler.

In his spare time, Dr. Schlessinger has written extensively for medical publications on topics ranging from psoriasis treatments to cosmetic surgery. He is on the editorial board of Cosmetic Dermatology, a peer-reviewed journal, and several other publications and serves on committees for the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. He regularly speaks at the American Academy of Dermatology meetings.

Gary G. Schwartz, PhD, MPH, PhD

Dr. Schwartz is Associate Professor, Cancer Biology; Associate Professor, Public Health Sciences; and Scientific Director, Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, MD

Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, MD, is in private practice in dermatology and dermatologic surgery in Houston, Texas. Dr. Gibbs is also Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and a past president of the Texas Dermatological Society.

Patricia Senet, MD

Patricia Senet, MD, is a dermatologist at Hôpitaux de Paris.

Tsippora Shainhouse, MD

Dr. Shainhouse is a graduate of the University of Toronto School of Medicine and a board-certified pediatrician. She was a clinical research fellow in pediatric dermatology at the Children's Hospital of San Diego and is currently completing her general dermatology residency in New York. She has been involved in research for the past 11 years and has a special interest in both pediatric and procedural dermatology.

Daniel Siegel, MD

Daniel Siegel, MD, is Clinical Professor of Dermatology at State University of New York and Surgical Director of Long Island Dermatologic Surgery in Stony Brook, New York.

Eric L. Simpson, M.D.

Dr. Eric Simpson has joined the Department of Dermatology at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Simpson was an outstanding physician in our Dermatology Residency program, and we are delighted he has chosen to remain as a faculty member. Dr. Simpson received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas after completing his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

In the clinic, Dr. Simpson specializes in all aspects of general dermatology such as atopic dermatitis (eczema), contact dermatitis, psoriasis and skin cancer.

He is also actively involved in clinical research studying new approaches for eczema treatment and prevention. He has recently received a grant from the National Eczema Association to study the role of the skin barrier in initiating atopic dermatitis.

Dr. Simpson works both at our OHSU Center for Health and Healing clinics and at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles, Oregon.

Mariana Soirefmann, MD

Dr. Soirefmann is a dermatologist, certified by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology and based in Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil. Dr Soirefmann is training for her master's in medical sciences in clinical dermatology at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She has completed both family and community medicine and dermatology residencies.

Luis Fernando Tovo, MD, PhD

Dr. Tovo is a dermatologist, certified by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology and based in São Paulo – SP – Brazil. Dr. Tovo is the main author of "Guidelines for Cutaneous Melanoma" and "Guidelines for Basal Cell Carcinoma" of the Brazilian Medical Association. His field of research is skin cancer.

Ben M. Treen, MD

Dr. Treen is in private practice in Piedmont, South Carolina.

Arthur Tykocinski, MD

Dr. Tykocinski, a pioneer of follicular unit hair transplantation, is a dermatologist with a private practice on hair restoration. Well known for his density studies and the stick and place technique, Dr. Tykocinski is a frequent international speaker. Since 2004, he has been a strong defender of the coronal technique. Dr. Tykocinski is also a member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) and of the ISHRS Media Relations Committee.

Jouni Uitto, MD, PhD

Dr. Uitto is Professor and Chair of the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology as well as Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He is also Director of the Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

Thomas Keith Vaughan, MD

Dr. Vaughan has over 12 years of experience using various EHR systems. He is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington, and he is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, at the University of Washington. Dr. Vaughan received his medical degree from Oral Roberts University School of Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and completed a dermatology residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.

Guy Webster, MD, PhD

Guy Webster, MD, PhD, is Professor and Vice Chairman of Jefferson Medical College's Department of Dermatology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

Bruce U. Wintroub, MD

Bruce U. Wintroub, MD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Dermatology and Associate Dean at the University of California, San Francisco. He is now the President of the Dermatology Foundation and a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. Dr. Wintroub has published more than 100 articles and book chapters and edited 5 books.

David T. Woodley, MD

Dr. Woodley is the founding Chair of the Department of Dermatology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and Director of the Residency Training Program in Dermatology. His research interests are in autoimmune bullous diseases of the skin – especially epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) – wound healing, and gene therapy for hereditary skin diseases such as dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) and chronic skin wounds. Dr. Woodley has had continuous federal funding for his research since 1982 and has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Research (ASCI). He is a member of the USC/Norris Cancer Center and the USC Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology. His previous academic appointments were as Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of North Carolina, Professor and Associate Chair of Dermatology at Stanford University, and Professor and Chair of Dermatology at Northwestern University.

Magda Blessmann Weber, MD

Dr. Blessmann Weber graduated from the medical school of the Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre and performed her residency at the Santa Casa Hospital em Porto Alegre, Brazil. She then specialized in Pediatric Dermatology.

Dr. Blessmann Weber is a dermatologist certified by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology and based in São Paulo - SP - Brazil and is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology. She also acts as a professor of dermatology at the Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre and is the coordinator of the psicodermatology ambulatory.

Dr. Blessmann Weber works in researches of quality of life in the University too.

Gil Yosipovitch, MD

Dr. Yosipovitch is a Professor of Dermatology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, and Regenerative Medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has completed both internal medicine and dermatology residencies. He founded in 2005 and is the current president of the International Forum for the Study of Itch (IFSI), which is a multidisciplinary international association of clinical practitioners, researchers, and scientists dedicated to improving understanding and treatment of itch. Dr Yosipovitch's major clinical interests are the cutaneous manifestations of systemic diseases and pruritus. His current research activities focus on the neurophysiology of itch, the pharmacology of anti- pruritics and the evaluation of skin physiology using skin bioengineering techniques. He recently edited a book, Itch Basic Mechanisms and Treatment, published in 2004.