Lawrence Charles Parish, MD, MD (Hon), Editor-in-Chief

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1 Lawrence Charles Parish, MD, MD (Hon), Editor-in-Chief Doctor Lawrence Charles Parish received his MD degree from Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, interned at the Philadelphia General Hospital (Blockley), and was a resident in dermatology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He was the first Fellow in Medical Journalism at the Journal of the American Medical Association. He is in the private practice of dermatology in Philadelphia, where is also Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology and Director of the Jefferson Center for International Dermatology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He has served on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and has been Visiting Professor of Dermatology at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, and Zagazig University School of Medicine, Zagazig, Egypt. He has received an honorary degree from the Sofia Faculty of Medicine in Bulgaria. His dermatology interests include decubitus ulcers, tropical dermatology, arthropod infestations, cutaneous bacterial infections, and the history of dermatology, for which he is President of the History of Dermatology Society and Honorary Member of the European Society for the History of Medicine. His list of publications approaches 600 contributions and 60 chapters or books. Doctor Parish is also Editor-in-Chief of SKINmed and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Dermatology. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, Acta Dermatologica Croatia, and Cutis. Doctor Parish is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, Founder of the Section on Dermatology of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, President of the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology, and a Member of the American Dermatological Association. He has Honorary or Corresponding Membership in the Brazilian, British, Bulgarian, French, Istanbul, Israeli, Italian, and Polish dermatology societies and is the recipient of the Andreas Bello Award, First Class.

2 Larry E. Millikan, MD., Senior Deputy Editor Section Editor for Dermatologist Distinction Doctor Larry E. Millikan received his MD degree from the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, following which he took his internship in the US Navy then as senior flight surgeon on the USS Lake Champlain and as flight surgeon to VR3 Maguire AFB NJ, following which he trained in dermatology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He then returned to Missouri, becoming Professor and Vice- Chairman under the late Dr. Philip C. Anderson. Subsequently, he served for 25 years as Professor and Chairman of Dermatology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, being elected Professor and Chair Emeritus in the Katrina aftermath. During his tenure, he organized the popular annual All That Jazz CME program In addition to membership in the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Dermatological Association, Women s Dermatologic Society, and the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology, he serves on the editorial boards of several dermatology publications and is Deputy Editor of SKINmed. His interests include medical education, clinical dermatology, tropical dermatology, dermatologic surgery, mycology, and infectious diseases. Hirak B. Routh, MBBS, Managing Editor Doctor Hirak Routh received his medical degree from Mymensingh Medical College in Bangladesh, where he also did post-graduate training. He then worked for the Ministry of Health in Iran before coming to Philadelphia to study dermatology at the Jefferson Center for International Dermatology at Thomas Jefferson University.

3 He is currently Senior Vice-President at Paddington Testing Company, Inc. in Philadelphia, where he has conducted numerous clinical trials in all phases of development of dermatologics. He has published on a variety of subjects ranging from tropical dermatology to balneology and from the history of the usage of soap to traditional Indian medicine. Mohamed A. Amer, MD, Editorial Board Member Professor Mohamed A. Amer, Cairo, Egypt received his MB, BCH in 1964 from Ain Shams University, Diploma in Dermatology and Venereology in 1969, Diploma in Medicine in 1971, and his MD in 1974, also from Ain Shams University. He is currently Emeritus Professor Dermatology and Venereology at Zagazig University in Zagazig, Egypt, where also he was at one-time President of the University. He is currently Visiting Professor of Dermatology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA and Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. He is best known for having organized the Zagazig Conference of Dermatology and Venereology, a biennial event held in Cairo since 1980, now known as the Cairo Derma Congress. In addition to being Editor-in-Chief of the African Journal of Dermatology, he is currently on the Editorial Board of SKINmed, Turkish Journal of Dermatopathology, Egyptian Journal of Dermatology, Egyptian Journal of Andrology and Reproduction, and Kosmetische Medizin, to mention just a few of the publications. Professor Amer serves as a member of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Higher Education and the Egyptian Food and Drug Administration. He is Vice-President of the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology, President of the African Association for Dermatology and Venereology, and President of the Mediterranean Association of Dermatology and Venereology. He is currently in the private practice of dermatology in Cairo.

4 Jean Bolognia, MD, Editorial Board Member Jean Bolognia, MD, is Professor of Dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, where she also attended medical school. This was followed by an internship and residency in both Internal Medicine and Dermatology at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She has served as President of the Medical Dermatology Society, the Women s Dermatologic Society, and the American Dermatological Association, in addition to serving as Vice-President of the Society of Investigative Dermatology, the American Board of Dermatology, and the International Society of Dermatology. She has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology and the International League of Dermatological Societies. In the latter organization, she currently serves as Secretary-General. Doctor Bolognia is the senior editor of the textbook Dermatology, which is now in its fourth edition, and a shorter book, Dermatology Essentials. Her list of publications includes over 200 contributions and book chapters. Doctor Bologna has been the recipient of the 2018 Samuel J. Zakon Lectureship of the History of Dermatology Society. Sarah Brenner, MD, Editorial Board Member Section Editor for Bibliography

5 Professor Sarah Brenner is a graduate of Tel Aviv University, completing her medical training at the University of Graz Medical School in Austria and at the Sackler School of Medicine of Tel Aviv University. She took her post-graduate training in the Department of Dermatology at Ichilov Hospital, an affiliate of the Sackler School of Medicine of Tel Aviv University. From 1989 until 2008, she was Head of the Department of Dermatology at the Sourasky Medical Center of Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, She has Guest Edited an issue on the role of gender in dermatologic disease, which evolved into the book, An Illustrated Manual of Gender Dermatology, and another on women s dermatology, from which developed the textbook Women s Dermatology: from Infancy to Maturity and the Atlas of Women s Dermatology: from Infancy to Maturity. Christopher B. Bunker, MA, MD, FRCP, Editorial Board Member Chris Bunker is Consultant Dermatologist at University College and Chelsea & Westminster, Hospitals, London, UK. He has a personal Chair at Imperial College and University College, London, UK. He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, UK and Westminster Medical School, London, UK and trained in Dermatology at The Middlesex and University College Hospitals, London, UK. He was awarded the Cambridge University Sir Walter Langdon-Brown prize for his MD thesis. He is a Past-President of the British Association of Dermatologists, St John's Hospital Dermatological Society, the Dermatology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, and the Dowling Club. He has delivered the Royal College of Physicians Ingram Lecture (twice), the Dowling Oration, and the Neil Smith Lecture. He is currently the UK Board Member of the European Academy of Dermatovenereology and Secretary of the British Skin Foundation. His clinical and research interests include toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), melanoma, male genital dermatoses, and HIV dermatology and has been invited to lecture on these topics frequently in the UK and abroad. He has published over 330 papers, case reports, books, and chapters, including on TEN. His publication metrics are: h-index 35; i10-index 138; citations 5,336; Research Gate 45.93; top 97.5%.

6 Philip R. Cohen, MD, Editorial Board Member Section Editor for Dermatologic Disquisitions and Other Essays Doctor Philip R. Cohen is Professor of Dermatology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, whose faculty he joined in Dr. Cohen joined the faculty in January He received his BA degree from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA and his medical degree from New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. Doctor Cohen completed one-year of medical internship, medical residency, and dermatology research fellowship at The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, following which he took his Dermatology Residency at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. He completed two more fellowships: Dermatopathology at The University of Texas - Houston Medical School and Mohs Micrographic Surgery at the Dermatologic Surgery Center, Houston. His interests include medical dermatology - particularly cutaneous manifestations of treatment in oncology patients - and mentoring students in writing medical literature. He has about 800 publications in peer-reviewed literature. Doctor Cohen ran 20 Houston marathons and several half marathons. He is married to Dr. Razelle Kurzrock, an oncologist; they have 4 children--and more recently, 3 basenjis--together.

7 Mauricio Goihman-Yahr, MD, PhD, Editorial Board Member Section Editor for Clio Dermatologica Mauricio Goihman-Yahr, MD, PhD is Emeritus Professor of Dermatology and Immunology at the Vargas School of Medicine of the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas. He received his MD from the Central University of Venezuela and his PhD in medical microbiology and immunology from Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, CA He was Professor of Dermatology for many years, serving as Chairman at one time, and Founding Professor of Immunology at the Central University. He is currently in private practice in Caracas and maintains interests in clinical dermatology, immunology, and leprosy. Among his many honors are the Andrés Bello Award (First Class) from the Government of Venezuela in 1985 and the José Maria Vargas Award (First Class) from the Central University. He holds membership in several societies, including Sigma Xi, American Academy of Dermatology, and Society for Investigative Derrmatology. Doctor Goihman-Yahr has served as president of the Venezuelan Society of Dermatology and the Venezuelan Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. He has been elected an Honorary Member of the American Dermatological Society and a Corresponding Member of National Academy of Medicine(Venezuela). In addition to having authored over 180 scientific papers and 28 book chapters, he has served on the editorial boards of Dermatologí Venezolana, International Journal of Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, and Medicina Cutánea IberoLatinaamericana. He has also been Editorial Consultant to The Lancet.

8 Jane M. Grant-Kels, MD, Editorial Board Member Jane M. Grant-Kels, MD is Vice Chair of the Department of Dermatology, Director of the Cutaneous Oncology Center and Melanoma Programs, and Professor of Dermatology, Pathology, and Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT. She is also founding chair emeritus of the Department of Dermatology, founding director emeritus of the dermatology residency program, and founding director emeritus of the dermatopathology laboratory. She attended Smith College and Cornell University Medical College. She then trained in pediatrics and dermatology at Cornell s New York Hospital. Following her residency, she completed a dermatopathology fellowship at New York University under the late A. Bernard Ackerman. She serves on numerous editorial boards related to her field and is Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Medicine and founding Co-editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Women s Dermatology. Recently, she has become Deputy Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Doctor Grant-Kels has published over 310 manuscripts and 95 chapters, guest edited 20 special issues of journals, including Pediatric Dermatology and Kids Are Note Just Little People for Clinics in Dermatology, and edited or co-authored six books. She was a member of the Board of the Women s Dermatologic Society and is presently on the Board of the American Academy of Dermatology and Vice-President elect (2017). Her areas of interest are pigmented lesions, confocal microscopy, dermatoscopy, and dermatoethics. Andrzej Grzybowksi, MD, PhD, MBA, Editorial Board Member Section Editor for Caretaker of the Skin

9 Andrzej Grzybowski is Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology at the University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland and Director of the Institute for Research in Ophthalmology of the Foundation for Ophthalmology Development, Poznan, Poland. His professional expertise includes clinical ophthalmology, history of dermatology, parameterizations in science, and history of ophthalmology. He is active in many organizations, including Euretina (Co-opted Board member), American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (International Fellow; Member of the Global One Advisory Board and Museum of Vision s Program Committee), International Council of Ophthalmology (program coordinator for WCO in ), Cogan Society, EVER, ESCRS (curator of ESCRS Archive), and representative for Poland for the International Society of Refractive Surgery) International Council. He is a Life Member (LIV) and Chairman of LIV) of the European Academy of Ophthalmology and Treasurer. He has been active contributor to major ophthalmic conferences worldwide, including AAO (Achievement Award 2017), APAO (International Coordinator), WCO (Programme Coordinator), Euretina, ESCRS, EVER, and ISOPT. Professor Grzybowski has delivered invited lectures at many national and international ophthalmic meetings, He also serves on the Editorial Boards of Acta Ophthalmologica, Graefes Archive for Experimental and Clinical Ophthalmology, Translational Vision Science and Technology (ARVO journal), and Neuro-Ophthalmology. He has been author of more than 350 peerreviewed international publications (total IF higher than 700), and reviewer for more than 20 journals. For Clinics in Dermatology, he has guest edited the issues on The Eye and the Skin and Leprosy. Aditya K. Gupta, MD, PhD, MBA, FRCPC, Editorial Board Member Doctor Gupta received his medical degree from the University of Southampton, UK. He then completed his internship at the University of Toronto, Ontario, and a dermatology residency and clinical research fellowship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, following which he received his PhD from the University of Göteborg, Sweden. He is Professor of Dermatology at the University of Toronto School of Medicine. He has organized and conducts an active clinical trial units in London, Ontario and is the director of a basic research laboratory. His clinical research has focused on superficial fungal infections (onychomycosis, tinea pedis, tinea capitis), psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, acne, actinic keratosis, and skin cancer. Doctor Gupta has over 663 publications, is on 15 journal editorial boards, and reviews for over 25 journals.

10 For Clinics in Dermatology, he has guest edited several issues, including the one devoted to nails. Doctor Gupta is an active member of the Council for Nail Disorders, a diplomate of), a fellow of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), a fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (FAACS), a fellow of the American Society for Laser Medicine, a fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (FECMM), a member of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, a fellow of the Academy of Translational Medicine Professionals (FAcadTM), a fellow of the Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research (CPI) and a Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP). Jan Gutermuth, MD, PhD, Editorial Board Member Professor Jan Gutermuth studied medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz/ Germany and trained in dermatology and allergology at the Humboldt University Berlin (Charité) and Technische University Munich (TUM). After a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute/ NIH, he served as physician and scientific group leader at the Department of Dermatology and Allergology of the TUM and the TUM Center for Allergy and Environment (ZAUM) and the Helmholtz Center Munich. In 2013, he was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology of the Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium. His interest lies in immunodermatoses, especially atopic dermatitis and their modulation using specific and nonspecific immunotherapy. Current projects address the role of autoreactivity in type 2 immune mediated diseases. Professor Gutermuth serves on the Immunology Board of the European Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) and is a member of the Royal Belgian Society of Dermatology and the Belgian Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology. He also serves on the Editorial Board of the International Archives of Allergy and Immunology (IAAI). He has received a number of scientific awards from the European Society of Dermatological Research (ESDR), EAACI, and the German Society for Dermatological Research (ADF).

11 Andreas Katsambas, MD, Editorial Board Member Professor Andreas Katsambas is Emeritus Professor of Dermatology and Venereology at the University of Athens in Greece and is Head of the Dermatology Clinic at Hygeia Hospital in Athens. He has served as President of the Hellenic Society of Dermatology and Venereology from 1997 through 2001 and again from 2003 through He has been Secretary-General of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology ( ) and President ( ). In 2011, he was elected as an International Member of the American Dermatological Association. His publications exceed over 360, with an h-index = 40 and over 5900 citations. He has authored or edited several books, three of which are in English, and some have been translated into four other languages. He has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Archives of Dermatology (JAMA Dermatology), Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, and the International Journal of Dermatology. As a Member of the Editorial Board of Clinics in Dermatology, he has Guest Edited the issue on Acne and more recently Acne, Rosacea, and Hidradentitis Suppurativa. George Kroumpouzos, MD, PhD, Editorial Board Member George Kroumpouzos, MD, PhD is Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, and Professor of Dermatology, Collaborator, at Jundiaí Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is the Medical Director of GK Dermatology, PC, South Weymouth, MA and Attending Dermatologist at the Dermatoepidemiology Unit of Brown Medical School.

12 Doctor Kroumpouzos is a Board Member of the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology. His expertise is in the fields of obstetric/gynecologic dermatology, procedural dermatology, psychocutaneous disease, and disorders of pigmentation. He has authored more than 67 peer-reviewed contributions, 27 book chapters, and 2 monographs. The Text Atlas of Obstetric Dermatology is one of three books he has edited. For Clinics in Dermatology, he has guest edited the issue on The Skin and Pregnancy. Passionate about teaching, he has delivered lectures as an invited speaker and chaired expert panels at over 80 national and international meetings. Doctor Kroumpouzos has served on the Editorial Board of several dermatology journals. He is the recipient of several accolades, including awards by the International Union Against Cancer and the Dean s Excellence in Teaching at Brown Medical School. Mark G. Lebowhl, MD, Editorial Board Member Doctor Mark Lebowhl graduated sum cum laude from Columbia College in New York in 1974 and received his MD in 1978 from Harvard Medical School in Boston. He completed residencies in both internal medicine and dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He is the Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Professor and Chairman of the Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Among his accomplishments are serving as President of the New York Dermatological Society, the Manhattan Dermatologic Society, and the New York State Society of Dermatology, ad well as Chairman of the Dermatology Section of the New York Academy of Medicine. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) for and served as the President in For the AAD, he has been a member of the Scientific Assembly Council, chaired Academy 2001 in California, and chaired the AAD Annual Meeting in Washington, DC in Doctor Lebwohl is Chairman Emeritus of the Medical Board of the National Psoriasis Foundation and is the Founding Editor of Psoriasis Forum and the Journal of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. He is Editor of the Dermatology Section of Scientific American Medicine, formerly ACP Medicine. He has chaired numerous symposia and has written, edited, or co-edited several books, including the first atlas devoted entirely to cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease, and the leading book on dermatologic therapy, Treatment of Skin Disease. The second edition of The Skin and Systemic Disease has been published in both English and French, while English, Chinese, Portuguese, and Polish versions of Treatment of Skin Disease are available. Other books include Difficult Diagnoses in Dermatology and Psoriasis, Mild-to-Moderate Psoriasis and Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis. He has authored or co-authored over 500 publications including peer-reviewed contributions, invited papers, and book chapters. Doctor Lebwohl is actively involved in clinical trials of many new dermatologic treatments.

13 Antonio Ledo, MD, PhD, Editorial Board Member Professor Antonio Ledo received his MD degree from the University of Valladolid (Spain) with the Extraordinary Achievement Award and his PhD from the University Complutense of Madrid. He continued his dermatology studies with Dr. Arthur Rook in Cambridge, UK and pursued his interest in immunology with Dr. Robin Coombs, also in Cambridge. He has served as Head of Dermatology at the Ramon y Cajal Hospital in Madrid and Professor of Dermatology at the University of Alcalá, also in Madrid. Professor Ledo is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology and several other dermatology societies, including those in Columbia, Costa Rica, France, Peru, and Portugal. He is a Fellow of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology. In 1987, Professor Ledo served as President of the XI Congress of the Colegio Ibero Latinoamericano de Dermatología. He has contributed over 500 papers to Spanish journals and has 52 publications in international journals. The Ledo Family has been a medical family for two centuries. The first member received his MD in 1825 and became a professor of surgery. His son was a professor of pediatrics. Since 1896, there have been four generations of dermatologists with the fifth qualifying in Jasna Lipozenc ic, MD, PhD, Editorial Board Member Professor Jasna Lipozenc ic is a graduate of the Zagreb University School of Medicine in Croatia and completed her dermatology and venereology training at the University Department of Dermatology and Venereology of the University Clinical Hospital Center in Zagreb. She was University Professor of Dermatology and Venereology in the

14 same institution and was Chief of the Department and Head of Cathedra of Dermatovenereology in the Zagreb University School of Medicine until becoming emerita. She is a subspecialist in dermatologic oncology, pediatric dermatology, allergology, and clinical immunology. She is a member of ten international societies, including the American Academy of Dermatology, as well as an honorary member of the Austrian and German Dermatological Societies and of the Hungarian Sexually Transmitted Society. Professor Lipozencic is President of the Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences, was a member of the Board of Directors of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology and is a member of the Committee for Allergology, Clinical Immunology, and Biological Preparation of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Professor Lipozenc ic was Editor-in-Chief of Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica and serves on the Editorial Board of several other journals, including SKINmed, Dermatologia Kliniczna, and Acta Dermatovenerologica Albanica. Her interests include allergy and clinical immunology in dermatology, especially atopic dermatitis and in vivo diagnostic procedures, psoriasis, STDs, epidermal malignant tumors, and corrective dermatology. Her published scientific contributions exceed 950. Professor Lipozenc ic has guest edited the issues on Sexually Transmitted Infections and Bullous Diseases in Clinics in Dermatology. Oumeish Yousef Oumeish, MD, FRCP (Glasgow), Editorial Board Member Doctor Oumeish was born in Salt City Jordan and attended high school in Amman, Jordan. He took his medical education at the Alexandria University Medical School (Egypt), following which he joined the Royal Medical Services Jordan Armed Forces, where he trained in medicine and dermatology for 6 years. Subsequently, he earned the Diploma in Dermatology from the University of London and the Diploma in Sexually Transmitted Diseases from the University of Liverpool. Doctor Oumeish also served a fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School in Boston. During his medical career, Dr. Oumeish has been Administrative Director for King Hussein Medical Center and Chief of both the Department of Medicine and the Department of Dermatology. He completed his army career as a major general and has practiced in the private sector in Amman as Director of the Jordan Laser Center and the Amman Clinic. Additional accolades include being Visiting Professor of Dermatology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA and President of the Jordan Private Medical Association. Since 2017, he has served as a senator in the Jordan Parliament. He has had a special interest in leishmaniasis, for which he organized several conferences in Amman, as well as in pediatric dermatology, psoriasis, and melanoma. He has severed on the editorial boards of ten medical journals. Doctor Oumeish has received numerous international awards, including the Jordan Royal Medical Services Shield, the Jerusalem Cross of the Roman Catholic Church, and the Jordanian Military Merit of Award Medal of the Second Order. For Clinics in Dermatology, he has guest edited several issues, including one on The Skin and Pregnancy.

15 Joseph Pace, MD, FRCP, Editorial Board Member Doctor Joseph Pace received his MD from the University of Malta, following which he took post-graduate training in the UK at Edinburgh, Stoke-on-Trent, and Manchester at the Manchester Skin Hospital. Following a tour as Chief of Dermatology at a hospital in Saudi Arabia, he returned to practice in Malta and established the Skin Department at Boffa Hospital. He has organized many international meetings in Malta, including MaltaDerm and RheumaDerm, where he brought together rheumatologists and dermatologists. He has served as President of the World Medical Association, Founder of the Psoriasis Association of Malta, Secretary-Treasurer of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, and Vice-President of the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology (IACD). Among the many accolades he has received include giving the Samuel J. Zakon Lectureshp in the History of Dermatology and being Visiting Professor Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Doctor Pace has written on ACE inhibitor inducted pemphigus, non-venereal syphilis, and cutaneous leishmaniasis. His additional editorial responsibilities have included serving on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. Currently, he is a member of the Editorial Board of SKINmed. Yoon Kee Park, MD, PhD, Editorial Board Member Doctor Yoon Kee Park received his MD from Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul Korea, where he also took his training in dermatology. He served on the faculty for several years, rising to the position of chairman. At once time, he served as Consultant of Dermatology for both the 14 th and 15 th presidents of the Republic of Korea. He currently works in an administrative capacity.

16 Among his many accomplishments are serving as president of the Korean Dermatological Association, Korean Cosmetic Dermatological Association, and the Korean Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. He has served on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Dermatology and Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, and Photomedicine. He has written over 200 scientific papers and has 16 books or chapters to his credit Vesna Petronic-Rosic, MD, MSc, Editorial Board Member Co-Section Editor for Investigational Dermatology Doctor Petronic-Rosic is a graduate of the Belgrade University School of Medicine in Belgrade, Serbia, where she completed her dermatovenereology training, as well as a master s degree in dermatovenereology. She remained on the faculty there, before moving to the United States for a dermatopathology fellowship, followed by a dermatology residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and a second dermatopathology fellowship at the University of Chicago Hospitals. She is Professor and Chief of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Section of Dermatology. In addition to membership in the American Academy of Dermatology and the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, she is an active member of the Chicago Dermatological Society and the CAP Team Leader for the University of Chicago Medical Center. She also participates as the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Network Expert Dermatologist and is Deputy Editor of SKINmed. Her interests include clinical and cosmetic dermatology, as well dermatopathology. Joo Young Roh, MD, MS, PhD, Editorial Board Member

17 Joo Young Roh, MD is Professor of Dermatology at Gachon University Gil Medical Center in Incheon, Korea. She received her MD degree from Korea University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea and completed her residency training at the Korea University Hospital and received her Master and PhD degrees from the Korea University Graduate School of Medicine, also in Seoul. She became board certified in dermatology in Professor Roh has taken additional training as a postdoctoral fellow at Seoul National University Hospital Cancer Research Center and has studied the pathomechanisms of autoimmune bullous diseases, including pemphigus vulgaris and bullous pemphigoid, as a research fellow at the Dermatology Branch of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Her research interests include the immunobiology of atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and autoimmune bullous disease. She actively participated in the establishment of the Korean Treatment Guidelines for Atopic Dermatitis and Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria. This has led her to be involved in many clinical trials for atopic dermatitis and psoriasis, which have often focused on target molecules. Professor Roh is a board member of the Korean Atopic Dermatitis Association, Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology, and Korean Society for Psoriasis. She is currently serves as Secretary-General of the Korean Society for Immunodermatology. She is also an international member of the Society for Investigative Dermatology and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Professor Roh serves on the Editorial Board of the Annals of Dermatology and has authored more than 110 papers in peer-reviewed academic journals. Franco Rongioletti, MD, Editorial Board Member Franco Rongioletti, MD is Professor and Chairman of the Dermatology Unit at the University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. He received his M.D. from the University of Genoa, where he also took his dermatology training. He has been Assistant Professor of Dermatology in Strasbourg, France, Associate Professor of Dermatology in Genoa, and Voluntary Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. He is a member of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV), American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), Italian Society of Dermatology (SIDeMaST), and the International Society of Dermatopathology (ISDP), as well as being an Honorary Member of the Societé Francaise de Dermatologie (SFD). Professor Rongioletti serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie, and Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia. His fields of interest include clinico-pathological correlation, dermatopathology, deposition disorders, mucinoses, and skin oncology. He is the author of several chapters and books, as well as over 225 publications relating to the skin.

18 Marti Jill Rothe, MD, Editorial Board Member Marti Jill Rothe, MD took her undergraduate work in the Honors Program at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL and received her MD from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, where she also took her internship. For dermatology training, she went to the Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Since 1988, she has been a faculty member at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, CT and attained the rank of professor in Her clinical interests include complex medical dermatology, phototherapy, contact dermatitis, comparative dermatology, and the care of patients at high risk for skin cancer. Doctor Rothe most recently has Co-Guest Edited the three-part series for Clinics in Dermatology, entitled Kids are not just little people. She also has edited an issue of The International Journal of Women s Dermatology, which has highlighted the career of Jane M. Grant-Kels, MD, another member of the Editorial Board of Clinics in Dermatology. Doctor Rothe enjoys mentoring medical students, particularly in the preparation of manuscripts for the dermatologic literature. Virender Sehgal, MD, Editorial Board Member Professor Virender Sehgal, New Delhi, India began his academic career as Reader in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) from at a time when the specialty of dermatology was virtually non-existent in India. Through dedicated, devoted, and committed endeavors, the specialty is now wellrecognized, and there are professorships of dermatology in most Indian institutions. Professor Sehgal has been responsible for establishing seven units/departments in the country, bringing each one to a post-graduate level. He has been Professor and the Head of Department in the Goa Medical College ( ), University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS), Safdarjung Hospital ( ), and Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), where he was acting dean for several years, and associated Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital ( ). He served as Director-Professor, Principal, and Medical Superintendent, Lady Harding

19 Medical College and associated Sucheta Kriplani and Kalawati Saran Hospitals, New Delhi ( ), Director- Professor and Medical Superintendent, UCMS-GTB Hospital ( ). Through his endeavors, he has developed several schools of thought, most notably in tropical dermatology and cutaneous tuberculosis. In addition to his scientific publication, he has written popular books in these areas. He has served as a peer reviewer for the British Journal of Dermatology, American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, International Journal of Leprosy, Journal of Dermatology (Japan), Acta Dermato-Venereologica, and Dermatology. He has been on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Dermatology and SKINmed. His ResearchGate Publications number more than 575 and with a score of Nanette Silverberg, MD, Editorial Board Member Nanette B. Silverberg, MD is Chief of Pediatric Dermatology for Mt Sinai Health Systems, Site Director of Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology for Mt Sinai West, St. Luke s, and Beth Israel hospitals in New York. She is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai and formerly Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Doctor Silverberg trained in both Pediatrics and Dermatology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Following her year as Chief Resident in Dermatology, she spent an additional year as Fellow in Pediatric Dermatology at the Children s Memorial Hospital of Chicago of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. Her clinical work has focused on pediatric skin disease. Doctor Silverberg has published over 200 contributions, with more than three dozen publications and chapters on the topics of pediatric inflammatory skin disease, especially vitiligo, pediatric contact allergy, and atopic dermatitis. In her nearly two decades of clinical experience, she has written and conducted research on a variety of significant dermatologic topics that affect children including such inflammatory skin disorders as atopic dermatitis, vitiligo, and psoriasis and such viral entities as molluscum contagious and warts. Doctor Silverberg is Senior Associate Editor of Cutis and a Member of the Board of Vitiligo Support International. She has been the recipient of multiple teaching awards and has been cited by Castle Connelly and the New York Times as a Super Doctor. For Clinics in Dermatology, she has guest edited issues on Atopic Dermatitis and Pediatric Dermatology.

20 Rodney Sinclair, MD, Editorial Board Member Professor Rodney Sinclair, MB BS, MD, FACD was appointed Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne in 2004 and Director of Dermatology at the Epworth Hospital as of He held the position of Director of the Department of Dermatology at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia between 2005 to He is Past-President of the Skin and Cancer Foundation of Victoria ( ) and a Founding Member and Past- President of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research. In addition, he is a Founding Member and Past- President of the Australasian Hair and Wool Research Society. His areas of research interest focus on hair biology and in particular, hair fiber structure, female pattern hair loss, alopecia areata, cicatricial alopecia, and the genetics of hair diseases. He conducts research in psoriasis, diseases of the nail, non-melanoma skin cancer, and melanoma. He has published over 400 peer review scientific papers in these areas as well as 13 books, 50 chapters in multi-author textbooks, and 39 case reports. His publications receive over 900 citations per year. In 2010, he convened the World Congress for Hair Research in 2010 and in 2006, the World Congress of Cosmetic Dermatology of the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology. He was Chairman of the Hair Symposium at the World Congress of Dermatology in Vancouver, BC. Professor Sinclair is Secretary General of the International Society of Dermatology Congress which will be held in Melbourne in 2021 and is President of the World Congress of Hair Research which will also be held in Melbourne in He is Assistant Editor of the Australasian Journal of Dermatology. He is also a member of the editorial boards of: Experimental Dermatology, British Journal of Dermatology, International Journal of Dermatology, Hair Transplant Forum, and Hair: Therapy and Transplantation and Trichology. He is a world leader in the diagnosis and treatment hair disease, nail disease, and psoriasis and the epidemiology and management of skin cancer. Professor Sinclair has co-authored Therapeutic guidelines- Dermatology, the Section of Dermatology in the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, and the Section on Hair Disease in both Rook s and Bologna's textbooks Professor Sinclair is Director of Sinclair DIRECT (Dermatology Investigational Research, Education and Clinical Trials).

21 Sarah Stein, MD, Editorial Board Member Co-Section Editor for Investigational Dermatology Sarah Stein, MD is Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, where she is the Director of both Pediatric Dermatology and the Dermatology Residency Program. She received her BA degree from Haverford College and her MD degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Doctor Stein completed her pediatrics residency training at the New England Medical Center/Tufts University and her dermatology residency training at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Doctor Stein is an expert in the diagnosis and management of childhood skin diseases. She has a special interest in the presentation of skin disease in children of color. She is a member of the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance and collaborates on research initiatives to better characterize and manage pediatric skin disorders and associated systemic manifestations. Doctor Stein is a member of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Academy of Pediatrics. For her efforts both as a clinician and teacher, she has been chosen as a Senior Faculty Scholar in the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence and is a fellow in the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators at the University of Chicago. She has been received the Department of Medicine's Excellence in Education and Clinical Care Award and the Department s Postgraduate Teaching Award. Stephen P. Stone, MD, Editorial Board Member Section Editor for Comment and Controversy Doctor Stephen P. Stone is Professor and Director of Clinical Research in the Division of Dermatology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, IL. He graduated from Tufts University and received his MD

22 from New York University School of Medicine. After serving with the U.S. Navy, he completed a residency in dermatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He has received numerous honors and citations throughout his distinguished career including Best Doctors in America, Who s Who in Medicine and Health Care and Who s Who in America. He is past Editor-in-Chief of Dialogues in Dermatology, the American Academy of Dermatology s audio journal. He served as the 67th president of the American Academy of Dermatology. Doctor Stone has given more than 190 lectures and Grand Rounds presentations outside of his university, including such venues as Beijing, Shanghai, Xi an, and Guangzhou, China, the Icelandic Dermatology Association, in Reykjavik, the Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira Dermatologia, in Curitiba and Salvador, Brazil, the Philippine Dermatological Society Annual Meeting in Manila, the Canadian Dermatological Association, Dermatrends III in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Hong Kong, and the World Congress of the International Society of Dermatology in Prague, Czech Republic. His particular interests include psoriasis and other inflammatory skin diseases, acne, occupational dermatology, and skin cancer. He has been an investigator or sub-investigator in more than 40 clinical studies, more than half involving the treatment of psoriasis. Nikolai Tsankov, MD, PhD, Editorial Board Member Professor Nikolai Tsankov, Sofia Bulgaria, received his MD degree from the Medical University of Sofia, following which he trained in dermatology and venereology in Sofia, earning a PhD in He took further training at l Hôpital St Louis in Paris, France, and in 1995 received a Doctor of Medical Sciences degree. He served as Professor and Head of Dermatology and Venereology in Sofia and was Dean of the Medical Faculty from He is currently Head of Dermatology and the Scientific Council at Tokuda Hospital in Sofia. In addition to practicing dermatology, he has a keen interest in climatology and has participated in several scientific tours to Antarctica. Professor Tsankov is also a student of psoriasis and dermatologic therapeutics. He has written over 320 scientific papers and participated in the preparation of 58 textbooks and monographs. He has been on the program of nearly 70 international conferences and congresses. In addition to being a Member of the Editorial Board of Clinics in Dermatology, he is Editor-in-Chief of Dermatologia i Venerologia and the CEEDVA (Central East-European Dermato-Venereological Association) Bulletin. He serves on the Editorial Board of several other journals in Serbia, Croatia, and Turkey, as well as the European Journal of Dermatology. He has been elected to Honorary Membership in 18 international dermatological societies. Professor Tsankov has been President of the Bulgarian Society of Dermatology and is a Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Science. For Clinics in Dermatology, he has Guest Edited the issue on Systemic Diseases.

23 Maria M (Lina) Tsoukas, MD, PhD, Editorial Board Member Book Review Editor Maria M (Lina) Tsoukas MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of Dermatology, Residency Program Director, and Department Head at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago (UIC). She received her MD and PhD degrees from the University of Athens Medical School in Athens. Doctor Tsoukas then pursued her research fellowship at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA and continued her clinical training with a combined medical-surgical internship at the Newton- Wellesley Hospital Tufts, a dermatology residency at Roger Williams Medical Center-Boston University Program in Providence, RI. At the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, she pursued a clinical fellowship in procedural dermatology. She is Board Certified in Dermatology in USA and Greece. She specializes in medical and surgical dermatology, cutaneous laser surgery, and aesthetics. Doctor Tsoukas clinical and research work is focused on skin cancer, high risk cancer patients, chronic immunosuppression, transplant patients, and field cancerization therapies including photodynamic therapy. At UIC. she has initiated a multidisciplinary approach in mole monitoring and mapping, skin care in neurocutaneous syndromes, surgical dermatology, cutaneous laser surgery, and cosmetic dermatology. Doctor Tsoukas is committed to finding for each patient just the right solution, assuring the best possible outcomes. In addition to English, she speaks her native Greek, as well as German. Yalçin Tüzün, MD, Editorial Board Member Yalçın Tüzün, MD is Professor of Dermatology and Venereology at Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty in Turkey. He had completed a residency in dermatology at the same institution and has been practicing dermatology as a specialist in Istanbul since His work centers on psoriasis, acne, vitiligo, nail diseases,

24 urticaria, and Behçet s disease. A familial condition, presenting with follicular atrophoderma and scrotal tongue that was described by him in 1987, has been known as Tüzün syndrome since He is a member of the Turkish Medicine Academy, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, and International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology (IACD). He is also a charter member of the Society of Cosmetology and Dermatology Academy in Istanbul, which was constituted in Since that year, he has also been Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of the Turkish Academy of Dermatology. Professor Tüzün is the author of over 30 books and 300 scientific contributions with his publications being referenced more than 2000 times, according to the Science Citation Index (SCI). He has Guest Edited several issues of Clinics in Dermatology, including the series on regional dermatoses and The Red Face Revisited. Guy Webster, MD, PhD, Editorial Board Member Doctor Guy Webster received both his MD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He took his dermatology training at the Skin and Cancer Unit of New York University School of Medicine, following which he joined the faculty of Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, where he became Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology at Jefferson and Vice-Chairman for Clinical Affairs for the Department. He is currently a clinical professor at the same institution and is in the private practice of dermatology in Hockessin, DE. His main dermatologic interests are in inflammatory skin diseases, especially acne and rosacea, and has authored many papers on the subjects. He holds membership in the American Association for Acne and Rosacea, American Academy of Dermatology, Society for Investigative Dermatology, American Dermatological Association, and Masters Dermatology Society.

25 Oliverio Welsh, MD, Editorial Board Member Doctor Oliverio Welsh, Monterey, Mexico, received his Dr. Sc., Magna Cum Laude from the School of Medicine of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) in He took his dermatology training at the University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann Arbor, completing the program in Since that time, he has practiced in Monterey, Mexico, where he was Titular Professor of Dermatology and since 2004, Emeritus Professor Active at UANL. He also has been the Founder and Chairman of the Mycology Laboratory, Vice-Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, and Founder of the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory in Dermatology. Among his accolades are the Nuevo Leon Medal of Civic Merit in the area of Scientific Research, Level 3 of the National Mexican System of Researchers, and Dr. José Eleuterio González Medal Award for Academic Development and Dermatologic Research by UANL in Doctor Welsh delivered the 2016 Eugene J. Van Scott Lecture of the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology Congress in Panama City, Panama. He has published more the 115 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and 34 book chapters. Doctor Welsh has given more than 350 lectures world-wide and is a Titular Member of the Mexican Academy of Medicine. For Clinics in Dermatology, he has guest edited the series on fungal diseases of the skin. Ronni Wolf, MD, Editorial Board Member Ronni Wolf, MD received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine of Bonn University, Germany and completed his dermatology training in the Department of Dermatology, Beilinson Hospital, Petah-Tiqva, Israel. He is Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology Emeritus at the Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel and former Head of the Dermatology Unit of the Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel. He is currently in private practice in Tel Aviv, Israel. He has received international recognition through the eponymic Wolf s isotopic response.

26 In addition to serving on the Editorial Board of Clinics in Dermatology, for which he has guest edited several issues, including the series on Controversies, he is an editorial board member of SKINmed, Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatia, and Journal of the Turkish Academy of Dermatology. He previously participated as an Editorial Board member of the: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, International Journal of Dermatology, and Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. Doctor Wolf has edited 24 books and monographs, has written 370 publications in peer reviewed scientific journals, and has had over 80 invited presentations in scientific meetings. His areas of interest: adverse drug eruptions, emergency dermatology, immunodermatology, and contact dermatitis. He is a member of the Israel Society of Dermatology and Venereology, American Academy of Dermatology, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, International Society of Dermatology (former Board of Directors), International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology (Board of Directors) and honorary member of both the Macedonian Dermatology Association and the Turkish Academy of Dermatology. John E. Wolf, Jr., MD, MA, Editorial Board Member Doctor Wolf is Professor and Chair of the Department of Dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He is a graduate of Rice University (Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2003) and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston (M.A. 1963; M.D. with High Honors 1965). He completed a medical internship at Cornell University/Bellevue Hospital in New York, before serving two years as a Peace Corps physician in the Micronesian Islands. He was subsequently a dermatology resident at the University of California Medical School in San Francisco, a fellow in Tropical Dermatology in Guadalajara, Mexico, and senior registrar at St. John s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin in London, UK. Doctor Wolf was a history major at Rice University, has served as historian of several scientific societies, and has made numerous presentations on the history of dermatology. He has authored more than 170 publications and delivered more than 1,000 professional lectures, including presentations in 27 foreign countries. He has participated in many radio, television, and print media interviews, (including The Wall Street Journal and NBC s Today Show) and has had numerous listings in Best Doctors in Houston, TX and America.

27 Uwe Wollina, MD, Editorial Board Member Doctor Uwe Wollina received his MD degree from Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany. He is head of the Department of Dermatology and Allergology at the Municipal Hospital in Dresden, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Technical University of Dresden and Lecturer at the University of Jena. He has served on the faculty of the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena. Doctor Wollina had received research grants for internships from the dermatology departments of the universities of Cologne, Dresden, and Palermo, Italy. In 2015, he became a Professore e Contratto at the Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Rome, Italy, for Dermatology. His sub-specializations are allergology, dermatopathology, and environmental medicine. He has received the Certificate of Appreciation in 2014 from the International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS), an honorary degree from the Sofia Faculty of Medicine in Bulgaria, and the Diploma Associatio Medicorum Bohemicum J.E. Purkyne & Societas de Dermatovenereologica Bohemia. Doctor Wollina s dermatology interests include dermatosurgery, dermato-oncology, rosacea, acne inversa, nail diseases, and esthetic medicine. He is a member of the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology, the European Society of Cosmetic and Aesthetic Dermatology, the International Society of Dermatology, the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, the German Society of Dermatology, the German Society of Oncology. He is an Honorary Member of the Indian Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and the Jordanian Dermatological and Venerological Society. His list of publications approaches 1800 contributions and 140 chapters or books. He is Editor-in-Chief of Psoriasis: Targets and Therapies; Cosmetic Medicinem and Clinical Medical Investigations and former Editor-in- Chief of the Journal of Wound Healing. He serves on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica, Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft (JDDG), Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery, Der Hautarzt, Indian Journal of Dermatology, Indian Dermatology Online Journal, Mikologia Lekarska, Przegląd Dermatologiczny/Dermatology Review, Skin Appendages Disorders, and Our Dermatology Online Journal. For Clinics in Dermatology, he has Guest Edited issues on Twenty-first Century Lifestyle and Dermatology, Common Skin Diseases: Unusual presentations, and Twenty-first Century Lifestyle and Dermatology.

28 Gil Yosipovitch, MD, Editorial Board Member Gil Yosipovitch, MD obtained his medical degree from the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Dermatology from the Rabin Medical Center affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine. He is Professor of Dermatology at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami and Director of the Miami Itch Center, which serves as an institutional hub for patient-focused care, research collaborations, and interactions among investigative dermatologists, neuro-medical, and other biomedical scientists. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Miami, Dr. Yosipovitch was Founding Chair of the Department of Dermatology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia and directed the first translational, clinical and research center dedicated to the study of chronic itch in the USA. He has received numerous grants from government, industry, and private foundations to pursue his investigations into the causes and cures of diseases of the skin and has contributed more than 400 papers to books and peer reviewed journals and has edited three books. Doctor Yosipovitch is the Founder and Past-President of the International Forum for the Study of Itch and has served on the editorial boards of six key dermatology in addition to Clinics in Dermatology, including The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Experimental Dermatology, and Acta Dermato-Venereologica. Doctor Yosipovitch presented the Marion B. Sulzberger Lectureship at the 2016 American Academy of Dermatology Meeting for his work on itch. Other accolades include the Heinz Maurer Prize by the German Dermatology Society in 1998, the inaugural Jeffrey Bernhard Award at the World Conference of Itch in Boston in 2013, and the Medal of Wroclaw Medical University, Poland in During his 11 years of tenure at Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, he received both the Clinical Investigator Award and the Friends of Students Award for Teacher of the Year. He has given more than 400 invited lectures to dermatology groups and organizations around the world and has mentored more than 30 fellows, PhD students, and post-doctoral fellows.