Course Co-Directors
Michael H. Gold, MD
Dr. Michael H. Gold is the founder of Gold Skin Care Center, Advanced Aesthetics Medical Spa, The Laser & Rejuvenation Center, and Tennessee Clinical Research Center located in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Gold is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine, which is also in Nashville. He is a Visiting Professor of Dermatology for Huashan Hospital, Fudan University in Shanghai, China (11/2006), Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangzhou, China, as well as a Visiting Professor of Dermatology at Number One Hospital of China Medical University (11/2008) in Shenyang, China. Dr. Gold is a board-certified dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon who oversees the various facets of the Center’s operations: a combination of medical and surgical dermatology, cosmetic dermatology, aesthetic services, and research endeavors. Dr. Gold has earned a national and international reputation for providing patients with leading-edge technological advances and has expertise in all facets of dermatology and aesthetic care. The Tennessee Clinical Research Center is now one of the leading dermatologic research institutions in the U.S. Dr. Gold speaks on national and international fronts, focusing on dermatology issues related to the use of lasers and energy-based devices, as well as the use of fillers and toxins in aesthetic and cosmetic dermatology. He lectures in venues around the world and is a sought-after contributor to educational meetings globally.
Brian S. Biesman, MD, FACS
Dr. Biesman specializes in cosmetic and reconstructive eyelid and facial surgery and minimally invasive rejuvenation techniques including injectables (Botox and fillers) and technology-based solutions (laser skin resurfacing, and related techniques), and medical grade skin care. In addition Dr. Biesman is a nationally and internationally recognized authority on noninvasive body contouring techniques such as CoolSculpting® for the elimination of unwanted fat. Dr. Biesman serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, where he holds appointments in the divisions of Ophthalmology, Dermatology and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Faculty
Glynis Ablon, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
UCLA
Ablon Skin Institute and Research Center
Manhattan Beach, CA
Andrew F. Alexis, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Dermatology
Weil Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
Chytra Anand, MBBS, MSc, MD
Cosmetic Dermatologist & Innovator
Kosmoderma Healthcare
Bangalore, India
Mathew M. Avram, MD
Director, MGH Laser, Cosmetic and Dermatologic Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School Faculty Director for Dermatology Laser & Cosmetic Surgery Training; Harvard Medical School Affiliate Faculty, Wellman Center for Photomedicine President, American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery
Hilary Baldwin, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson
New Brunswick, NJ
Atta Behfar, MD, PhD
CEO, Co-Founder of RION Consultant, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Mayo Clinic Associate Program Director (Research), Cardiovascular Fellowship Director, Mayo Clinic Van Cleve Cardiac Regenerative Medicine Program Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, College of Medicine Deputy Director for Translation, Center for Regenerative Medicine Co-Director for Innovation in Biologics, Cardiovascular Medicine Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
Latanya T. Benjamin, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatric Dermatology
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
Brian Berman, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Co-Director, Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research, Aventura, FL
Vivian Bucay, MD
Founder/Owner Bucay Dermatology and Aesthetics
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Texas, Dept. Physician Assistant Studies
San Antonio, TX
Christopher G. Bunick, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Program in Translational Biomedicine
Yale Department of Dermatology
New Haven, CT
Cheryl Burgess, MD
Founder & President, Center for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Georgetown University Medical Center and George Washington University Hospital
Mariana Calomeni, MD
Mariana Calomeni Clinic
Rio de Janeiro-Brazil
Patrick J. Clark, PhD, CMLSO
Professor of Dermatology
Howard University College of Medicine
Medical Director
Washington, DC
Callender Dermatology & Cosmetic Center
Glenn Dale, MD
Joel L. Cohen, MD (FACMS)
Director, AboutSkin Dermatology and DermSurgery; Medical Director; AboutSkin Research; Associate Clinical Professor, University of California Irvine Department of Dermatology
Sebastian Cotofana, MD, PhD, PhD
Department of Dermatology, Erasmus Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Centre for Cutaneous Research, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
Sue Ellen Cox, MD
Medical Director Aesthetic Solutions Chapel Hill, NC Assoc Clinical Faculty UNC Dept of Dermatology Consulting Associate Duke Dept Dermatology Chapel Hill, NC
Doris Day, MD
Clinical associate professor, dermatology, NYU Langone Health
New York, NY
Steven Dayan, MD
Facial Plastic Surgeon, NYTimes Best Selling Author
Director Denova Research/Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
James Q. Del Rosso, DO
Research Director/Principal Investigator
JDR Dermatology Research
Las Vegas, NV
Senior Vice President of Clinical Research & Strategic Development
Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery
Maitland, FL
Catherine M. DiGiorgio, MD
Board Certified Dermatologist
CMD Dermatology Laser & Aesthetics
Boston, MA
Zoe Diana Draelos, MD
President, Dermatology Consulting Services, PLLC
High Point, North Carolina
Sabrina G. Fabi, MD
Dermatologist
Volunteer assistant clinical professor
UCSD
San Diego, CA.
Christina Feser, DO
Nashville Skin: Comprehensive Dermatology Center
International Clinical Research-Tennesee
Nashville, TN
John P. Fezza, MD
Center for Sight; Sarasota Memorial Hospital; Venice Hospital Laser and Surgical Center; St. Andrew’s Surgery Center
Rebecca Fitzgerald, MD
Dermatologist
Los Angeles, CA
Cheri Frey, MD
Program Director, Asst Professor
Howard University
Washington, DC
Dee Anna Glaser, MD
Professor, Interim Associate Chair, Director of Clinical Research, Director of Cosmetic and Laser Surgery, Department of Dermatology
Department of Dermatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Brad P. Glick, DO, MPH
Dermatologist and Principal Investigator
Clinical Asst. Prof. Dermatology
FIU Herbert Worthington College of Medicine
Miami, FL
David J. Goldberg, MD, JD
Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists Director, Cosmetic Dermatology and Clinical Research
Schweiger Dermatology Group
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
Former Director of Mohs Surgery and Laser Research
Icahn School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Law Fordham Law School
Emmy Graber, MD, MBA
The Dermatology Institute of Boston
Boston, MA
Lawrence J. Green, MD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington, DC
Julie C. Harper, MD
Owner, Dermatology and Skin Care Center of Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Adelaide A. Hebert, MD
Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics,
UTHealth McGovern Medical School,
Houston, TX
Michelle Henry, MD
Skin & Aesthetic Surgery Manhattan, NY
Brian Hibler, MD
Dermatologist
Private Practice
New York, NY
Thy Huynh, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology & Pediatrics
Lead Physician, Pediatric Dermatology
Director of Clinical Trials in Dermatology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Omar A. Ibrahimi MD, PhD
Connecticut Skin Institute
Stamford, CT
Naiem T. Issa, MD, PhD
Dermatologist
Forefront Dermatology, Vienna, VA
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
H. Ray Jalian, MD
Cosmetic Dermatologist
Rebecca Fitzgerald MD Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
Molly Katz, RN, BSN, CANS
Brian S. Biesman, MD, FACS
Nashville, TN
Mark D. Kaufmann, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery; Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Joely Kaufman, MD
Director of Skin Associates of South Florida
Voluntary Associate Professor University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Terrence Keaney, MD
Founder and Director, SkinDC
Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, George Washington University Hospital
Arlington, VA
Kristen M. Kelly, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Dermatology
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Leon Kircik, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN; Medical Director, Physicians Skin Care, PLLC Louisville, KY; DermResearch, PLLC, Louisville, KY; Skin Sciences, PLLC, Louisville, KY
Dario Kivelevitch, MD
Dermatology Residency Program Director, Baylor Scott & White Health
Assistant Clinical Professor, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Baylor University Medical Center, Clarity Dermatology
Dallas, TX
Douglass W. Kress, MD
Chief of Pediatric Dermatology
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Ted Lain, MD, MBA
Sanova Dermatology
Karan Lal, DO, MS
Double Board certified adult and pediatric dermatologist and fellowship trained Cosmetic dermatologist
Affiliated Dermatology Scottsdale, AZ
Northwell Health, NY
Mark Lebwohl, MD
Dean for Clinical Therapeutics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Dieter Manstein, MD, PhD
Director of the Manstein Lab at MGH
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Ellen S. Marmur, MD
Founder of Marmur MEdical and MMSkincare, Clinical Professor at Mount Sinai
Marmur Medical and MMSkincare
New York, NY
Natasha A. Mesinkovska, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Clinical Research,
Associate Professor of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology and Beckman Laser Institute
Director, Integrative Dermatology,
University of California Irvine
Irvine, CA
Randy B. Miller, MD
Cosmetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon
Cosmetic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgery
Stem Cell Research & Therapy
Miami, FL
Gilly Munavalli, MD, MHS, FACMS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Sheila Nazarian, MD, MMM
Plastic Surgeon
Teaching Professor, University of Southern California and University of California, Davis
Beverly Hills, CA
Mark S. Nestor, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Cosmetic Enhancement
Director, Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research
Voluntary Professor, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
President, American Cutaneous Oncology Society
Arisa Ortiz, MD
Director, Laser & Cosmetic Dermatology; Associate Clinical Professor, UC San Diego Health
Radhakrishnan (RK) Pillai, PhD
Vice President Research and Development
Ortho Dermatologics (Division of Bausch Health)
Petaluma, CA
Jason N. Pozner, MD, FACS
Sanctuary Plastic Surgery
Adjunct Clinical Faculty
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Boca Raton, FL
Evan Rieder, MD
Dermatologist, Psychiatrist
Weiser Skin
New York, NY
Darrell S. Rigel, MD, MS
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
Director, Melanoma Surveillance Clinic
Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine
New York, NY
Wendy E. Roberts, MD
Generational DermatologyTM (GDerm), Founder and Course Director, Generational & Cosmetic Dermatology
Rancho Mirage, CA
Adrian Rodriquez, MD
Nashville Skin: Comprehensive Dermatology Center
Partner Physician Dept. of Internal Medicine
Univ of TN Health Sciences Center
St. Thomas Midtown Hospital
Assistant Clinical Faculty
Nashville, TN
Thomas E. Rohrer, MD
Director of Dermatologic Surgery
SkinCare Physicians
Chestnut Hill, MA
E. Victor Ross, MD
Dermatologist, Scripps Clinic
Anthony M. Rossi, MD, FACMS
Assistant Attending of Dermatology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Weill Cornell Medical College
Lawrence A. Schachner, MD
Professor and Chair Emeritus
Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery
Professor Department of Pediatrics
LW Schelke, MD, PhD
Erasmus MC dept Dermatology
Rotterdam Zuid Holland
Todd Schlesinger, MD
Director, Dermatology and Laser Center of Charleston, Clinical Research Center of the Carolinas
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina College of Health Professions
Ava Shamban, MD
Board Certified Dermatologist
Owner of AVAMD and SKINFIVE
Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, CA
Nowell Solish, MD, FRCP
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Toronto
Linda Stein Gold, MD
Director of Clinical Research at the Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI
Yash J. Vaishnav, MD
Clinical Fellow Instructor, Oculofacial Plastic Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center/The Practice of Brian S. Biesman, MD
Nashville, TN
S. Randolph Waldman, MD
Lexington, KY
Jacqueline Watchmaker, MD
Dermatologist, Director of Laser Medicine at Southwest Skin Specialists
Southwest Skin Specialists
Scottsdale, AZ
Heather Woolery-Lloyd, MD
University of Miami Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
Miami, FL
Jashin J. Wu, MD
Founder and CEO
Dermatology Research Institute and Education Foundation
Irvine, CA
Saranya Wyles, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Pharmacology, and Regenerative Medicine
Program Director of Clinical Regenerative Medicine Education
Kogod Center on Aging Scholar
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Steve Yoelin, MD
Ophthalmology
Private Practice
Newport Beach, CA