| |
Dr. Jeffrey Benabio is a partner physician in the department of dermatology of the Southern California Permanente Group in San Diego and a Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego. He has published numerous scientific articles and is a member and fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, and a member of the Telemedicine Association and the American Medical Association, among others. He is board certified in dermatology as well as medicine and surgery in the state of California. Dr. Benabio has a special interest in the uses of social media for education and building dermatology practice. He is the founder of The Derm Blog, an educational Web site which has had over 2 million unique visitors. Dr. Benabio is also a founding member and the skin care expert for Livestrong.com, a health and wellness Web site of Lance Armstrong’s the Livestrong Foundation. Dr. Benabio is @Dermdoc on Twitter. |
| |
Dr. Leslie S. Baumann is the CEO of Baumann Cosmetic & Research Institute in Miami, Florida. Dr. Baumann founded the Cosmetic Dermatology Center at the University of Miami in 1997, where she also served as a professor of dermatology. She is the author of Cosmetic Dermatology: Principles and Practice (McGraw Hill), which has been translated into 14 languages and become the most widely used cosmetic dermatology textbook around the world, and second textbook, Cosmeceuticals and Cosmetic Ingredients (McGraw Hill), was released in November 2014. Dr. Baumann also wrote the New York Times bestseller, The Skin Type Solution, and dermatologists worldwide have adopted her scientifically validated and widely adopted skin typing system. Dr. Baumann's has contributed to the Cosmeceutical Critique column in Dermatology News since January 2001. Dr. Baumann has received funding for clinical grants from Allergan, Aveeno, Avon Products, Evolus, Galderma, GlaxoSmithKline, Kythera, Mary Kay, Medicis Pharmaceuticals, Neutrogena, Philosophy, Topix Pharmaceuticals and Unilever. |
| |
Dr. Donna Bilu Martin is a board-certified dermatologist in private practice at Premier Dermatology, MD, in Aventura, Florida, specializing in cosmetic, medical, and surgical dermatology. She coauthored a published chapter in the 2008 textbook "Clinical and Basic Immunodermatology: Clinical Diagnosis and Management" (Springer, 2008) and numerous articles that have appeared in a variety of medical and dermatologic journals. Her work has been presented at national dermatology conferences. Dr. Bilu Martin is a volunteer instructor of dermatology at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. |
| |
Dr. Lily Talakoub is in private practice at McLean Dermatology Center in McLean, Va. A graduate of the Boston University School of Medicine, Dr. Talakoub did her residency in dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco. She is the author of multiple scholarly articles and a textbook chapter. Dr. Naissan Wesley is a Diplomat of the American Board of Dermatology and fellowship-trained Mohs micrographic surgeon.
The author of over 20 published articles in the field of ethnic skin, cosmetic dermatology, and dermatologic surgery, Dr. Wesley is the invited Guest Editor of the first "Skin of Color" issue of Seminars of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. She is a member of the Women's Dermatologic Society, American Academy of Dermatology, American College of Mohs Surgery, and American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. Dr. Wesley completed medical school and residency at the University of California San Francisco and a procedural dermatology fellowship with Drs. Tom Rohrer, Jeff Dover, Ken Arndt, and Michael Kaminer at Skin Care Physicians in Chestnut Hill, MA. She is the director of Mohs Surgery at Skin Care and Laser Physicians of Beverly Hills. |
| |
Dr. Joseph S. Eastern practices dermatology and dermatologic surgery in Belleville, N.J. He is a clinical associate professor of dermatology at Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education in South Orange, N.J. Dr. Eastern is a two-time past-president of the Dermatological Society of New Jersey, and currently serves on its executive board. He holds teaching positions at a number of hospitals and has delivered over 500 academic speaking presentations. He is the author of numerous articles and textbook chapters, and is a long-time monthly columnist for Dermatology News. |
| |
Dr. Brett Coldiron is a past president of the American Academy of Dermatology. He is currently in private practice, but maintains a clinical assistant professorship at the University of Cincinnati. He cares for patients, teaches medical students and residents, and has several active clinical research projects. Dr. Coldiron is the author of more than 80 scientific letters, papers, and several book chapters, and he speaks frequently on a variety of topics. |
| |
Dr. Alan Rockoff practices dermatology in Brookline, Mass. He is on the clinical faculty at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, and has taught senior medical students and other trainees for 30 years. Dr. Rockoff has contributed to the Under My Skin column in Dermatology News since January 2002. |
"The Mole" offers an insider's perspective on the news and practice trends in dermatology from the staff of Dermatology News as they report from dermatology meetings across the United States and around the world. |
