2024 Reunion of Champions

Current Position: Clinical Professor of Medicine, Level IV, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Private Practice, Encino, California

Dermatology Residency: Division of Dermatology, Los Angeles, County King/Drew Medical Center. Chief Resident, 97% on National In-Service Exam.

Fellowships: Thomas E. Brittingham Fellow in Chemosurgery under the supervision of Fredric Mohs, M.D., Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin. Dermatologic Plastic Surgery Fellowship under the supervision of Ajaib Chhabra, M.D., Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery, and A. Paul Kelly, M.D., Chief of the Division of Dermatology, Los Angeles County King/Drew Medical Center.

Academic appointments: Clinical Instructor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, July 1984 – June 1985. Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, July 1985 – December 1986. Director of Dermatology, Wilmington VA Medical Center Wilmington, Delaware, July 1987 – June 1988. Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology, Chief of Cutaneous Surgery, Clinical Program Director, Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 1987 – June 1989. Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, July 1989 – December 1995; Director, Dermatologic Laser Surgery Division of Dermatology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, March 1993 – December 2018; Clinical Professor of Medicine Director, Mohs Surgery, Dermatologic Surgery and The Dermatology Laser Center, Division of Dermatology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, January 1996 – December 2018; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Level IV, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, 2019 – Present.

Professional Societies: Los Angeles Metropolitan Dermatological Society, Served as President; The International Society of Laser and Cosmetic Surgeons, Served as President; American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, Served on Board of Directors; American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery; American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Served on Board of Directors; California Society for Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery, Served as President; International Society for Dermatologic Surgery; American Academy of Dermatology; Served as Advisory Board Representative; American Dermatological Association.

Fellowship Director: Co-Director, Mohs Surgery, Cosmetics and Laser, UCLA, 1991– 1993; Director, Mohs Surgery, Cosmetics and Laser, UCLA, 1995 – 2016; Director, Mohs Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, UCLA, 2017 – 2018.

Investigator/Consultant History: Candela, Sharplan, Allergan, New Star, Inmode, Thermage, Laserscope, Radiancy, Syneron. Headed one of the eight investigational sites for the Candela pulsed dye laser prototype and headed one of the investigational sites for the second-generation pulsed dye laser.

Publications: 82. Co-authored the first publication on the treatment of capillary hemangiomas with the pulsed dye laser and well as one of the first publications on the use of C02 Laser for sun damage and wrinkles and Non Ablative laser treatment of wrinkles.

Journals: Co-founding Editor and Present Editor in Chief, Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy. Contributing Editor, Dermatologic Surgery.

Textbooks (Co-editor): 4. Aesthetic Dermatology, Principles and Practices of Cutaneous Surgery, Lasers in Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery, Comprehensive Aesthetic Rejuvenation: A Regional Approach.