ADA Annual Past Meetings

Each year, the ADA hosts a five-day annual meeting featuring the most recognized leaders in dermatology research, education, organizational medicine, and patient care, furthering the advancement of all aspects of scientific endeavor in Dermatology. Learn from your peers, earn CME and MOC credits and network during this collegial meeting of the experts in the field.

2011

Napa, CA

Program Info

2016 ADA Inductees

Richard Antaya MD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Orange, CT

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Tufts University, Boston, MA

INTERNSHIP: Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI (Pediatrics)

RESIDENCY: Tripler Army Medical Center, Hololulu, HI (Pediatrics); Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (Dermatology)

FELLOWSHIP: Unaccredited Pediatric Dermatology fellowship at Duke with Neil Prose, MD

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Yale University School of Medicine/ Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, Milford Hospital, Milford, CT

AREA OF INTEREST: Pediatric Dermatology

April W. Armstong, MD, MPH

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Los Angeles, CA

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Harvard Medical School

INTERNSHIP: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital (Internal Medicine)

RESIDENCY: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital (Dermatology)

FELLOWSHIP: Harvard School of Public Health (MPH)

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Director of Clinical Research, Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI); Vice Chair/Director, Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research Director, Psoriasis Program; Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of USC

AREA OF INTEREST: Psoriasis, Atopic Dermatitis, Chronic Inflammatory skin diseases, Skin Cancer, Psoriatic Telemedicine

Karen E. Edison, MD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Columbia, MO.

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Missouri - Columbia

INTERNSHIP: University of Missouri - Columbia (Internal Medicine)

RESIDENCY: University of Missouri - Columbia (Dermatology)

FELLOWSHIP: Rovert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow - Institute of Medicine - United States Senate

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Philip C. Anderson Professor & Chair, Department of Dermatology; Medical Director, Missouri Telehealth Network and Show-Me ECHO; Director, Center for Health Policy; University of Missouri Health Care

AREA OF INTEREST: Teledermatology, Melanoma detection

Lindy Peta Fox, MD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: San Franscisco, CA

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

INTERNSHIP: Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY

RESIDENCY: Columbia University Medical Center

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS: Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology, Director of Hospital Consultation Service, Director of Complex Medical Dermatology Fellowship, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco

AREA OF INTEREST: Inpatient Dermatology

Michael Girardi, MD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Madison, CT

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Yale University School of Medicine

INTERNSHIP: Yale-New Haven Hospital

RESIDENCY: Yale University School of Medicine/ Yale-New Haven Hospital

FELLOWSHIP: Yale University School of Medicine/ Yale-New Haven Hospital

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor, Vice Chair & Residency Program Director, Department of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine

AREA OF INTEREST: Cutaneous lymphoma

Tom Helm, MD

J. Mark Jackson, MD

Carrie Lynn Kovarik, MD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Cherry Hill, NJ

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Baylor College of Medicine

INTERNSHIP: Baylor College of Medicine

RESIDENCY: University of Texas Southwestern

FELLOWSHIP: Stanford University; Dermatopathology

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Associate Professor of Dermatology, Dermatopathology, and Medicine (Infectious Diseases), University of Pennsylvania

AREA OF INTEREST: Telemedicine, Access to Care, HIV/HPV, Infectious Disease dermatology, Dermatopathology

James Krueger, MD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: New York, NY

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Cornell University Medical College

INTERNSHIP: Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital

RESIDENCY: Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor and Laboratory Head, Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University; Senior Physician, The Rockefeller University Hospital; Chief Executive Officer, The Rockefeller University Hospital

AREA OF INTEREST: Inflammatory Skin Diseases

M. Peter Marinkovich, MD

Jeff Miller, MD, MBA

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Hershey, PA

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Jefferson Medical College

INTERNSHIP: Hospital of University of Pennsylvania (Medicine)

RESIDENCY: Hospital of University of Pennsylvania (Dermatology)

FELLOWSHIP: Clinician Educator Fellowship, Department of Dermatology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; Staff Dermatologist, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

AREA OF INTEREST: Leadership, Hair and Scalp Disorders, Health Services Research

Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Redmond, WA

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Stanford Medical School

INTERNSHIP: Brigham and Women's Hospital

RESIDENCY: Mass General Hospital

FELLOWSHIP: Howard Hughes Physician Postdoctoral Fellow with Stuart L. Schreiber, PhD, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor & Head, University of Washington Dermatology, George F. Odland Endowed Chair, Affiliate Investigator - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Professor, Adjunct of Pathology and Oral Health Sciences, Clinical Director, Skin Oncology, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

AREA OF INTEREST: Merkel Cell Carcinoma

David Peng, MD, MPH

Adam Rubin, MD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Philadelphia, PA

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

INTERNSHIP: Columbia University Medical Center

RESIDENCY: Columbia University Medical Center

FELLOWSHIP: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Pediatrics, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

AREA OF INTEREST: Nail disorders in adults and children, histopathology of the nail unit, nail unit clinicopathologic correlations, pediatric dermatopathology, dermatopathology

Chrysalyne D. Schmults, MD, MSCE

Kanade Shinkai, MD, PhD

New International Honorary Members

Masayuki-Amagai, MD, PhD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Tokyo, Japan

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Keio University School of Medicine

RESIDENCY: Keio University Hospital (Dermatology)

FELLOWSHIP: Visiting Research Fellow, John R. Stanley's Lab, Dermatology Branch; National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine; Vice Dean, Keio University School of Medicine; Team Leader, Laboratory for Skin Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

AREA OF INTEREST: Skin immunology, autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases

Henry Hin Lee Chan, MD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Hong Kong, HKSAR

MEDICAL SCHOOL: The London Hospital Medical College, University of London

INTERNSHIP: London Hospital, Medical School

RESIDENCY: Charing Cross Hospital (London, UK), Leicester Teaching Hospital, Glenfield General (Leicester UK), St. Thomas Hospital (London, UK)

FELLOWSHIP: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of London, AAD, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, AS Dermatologic Surgery, Asian Academy of Dermatology and Venerology, Hong Kong College of Physicians, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Private Practice; Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital; The University of Hong Kong and The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital; Visiting Scientist - Wellman Center for Photomedicine, MGH; Honorary Consultant - Department of Medicine in Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority, HKSAR and Honorary Consultant in Dermatology, The Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital

AREA OF INTEREST: Ethnic skin and hair, HIV and skin, Atopic Eczema and Hyperpigmentation

Judith G. Dominguez-Cherit, MD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Mexico City, MX

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Facultad de Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

INTERNSHIP: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion "Salvador Zubiran", Mexico City, Mexico

RESIDENCY: Hospital General "Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez" Mexico

FELLOWSHIP: Hospital Clinic 1 Provincial Barcelona Espana-

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Chief of Department of Dermatology in the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion SZ, Member of the National System of Researchers Level II, Professor of Dermatology Medicine School UNAM

AREA OF INTEREST: Skin Cancer, Dermatology Surgery, Nail-Diseases and Nail Surgery

Mauricio Goihman-Yahr, MD, PhD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Caracas, Venezuela

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Central University of Venezuela School of Medicine

INTERNSHIP: Vargas Hospital, Central University of Venezuela

RESIDENCY: Vargas Hospital, Central University of Venezuela (Department of Dermatology); Stanford University School of Medicine and Hospital (Department of Dermatology); University of Miami School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital (Department of Dermatology)

FELLOWSHIP: Stanford University School of Medicine (Department of Medical Microbiology)

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor and Chairman, Chairs of Dermatology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine (Dermatology), Vargas School of Medicine, Central University of Venezuela; Corresponding Member, National Academy of Medicine, Venezuela; Private Practice, Caracas, Venezuela

AREA OF INTEREST: Psychosomatic Dermatology, skin diseases related to internal medicine, including autoimmune ailments and Psoriasis

Branka Marinovic, MD, PhD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Zagreb, Croatia

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Zagreb School of Medicine

INTERNSHIP: University Hospital Center Zagreb

RESIDENCY: University Hospital Center Zagreb , School of Medicine University of Zagreb (Department of Dermatology and Venereology)

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, School of Medicine University of Zagreb

AREA OF INTEREST: Bullous diseases, autoimmune skin diseases

Giovanni Pellacani, MD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Modena, Italy

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

INTERNSHIP: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

RESIDENCY: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Chairman of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

AREA OF INTEREST: Melanoma and Skin Cancer, Non-invasive Diagnosis (Confocal Microscopy, Dermoscopy, Optical Coherence Tomography)

Erwin Tschachler, MD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Vienna, Austria

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Innsburck and University of Vienna, Faculty of Medicine

INTERNSHIP: Various community hospitals in Salzburg, Villach, and Vienna, Austria

RESIDENCY: University of Vienna, Faculty of Medicine (Dermatology)

FELLOWSHIP: Max Kade Fellowship, NIH, NCI, Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Professor of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Head of Research Division of Skin Biology and Pathobiology

AREA OF INTEREST: Basic research in skin biology with focus on skin barrier, innate defense mechanisms of the skin, infectious skin diseases and the skin nervous system

New Associate Member

John Seykora, MD, PhD

CITY OF RESIDENCE: Broomall, PA

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Weill Cornell Medical College

INTERNSHIP: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

RESIDENCY: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

FELLOWSHIP: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pathology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

AREA OF INTEREST: Dermatopathology with focus on skin cancer and alopecia

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