
Faculty
Course Directors

Kenneth A. Arndt, MD
Director
SkinCare Physicians
Brown Medical School
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Jeffrey S. Dover, MD, FRCPC
Director
SkinCare Physicians
Brown Medical School
Yale Medical School
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Associate Directors

Murad Alam, MD, MBA
Vice Chair, Department of Dermatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

R. Rox Anderson, MD
Professor, Lancer Endowed Chair in Dermatology
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
2026 Faculty

Leora Aizman, MD
SkinCare Physicians
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Macrene Alexiades, MD, PhD
Dermatology and Laser Surgery Center of New York
Yale University School of Medicine
New York, New York
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Andrew F. Alexis, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Dermatology
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York

Jay (William G.) Austen, Jr., MD
Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chief, Division of Burn Surgery
Interim Chief of the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Ashish C. Bhatia, MD, FAAD, FASLMS
Co-Director
Oak Dermatology
Aurora, Illinois

Peter R. Bjerring, MD, DrSci(Med)
Professor, Department of Dermatology
Aalborg University Hospital
Aalborg, Denmark
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A. Jay Burns, MD
Owner/ National Medical Director
Resurrect Skin MD/ Cosmetic Physician Partners
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas
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Jean Carruthers, MD, FRCSC, FRC (OPHTH)
Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia

Henry HL Chan, MD, PhD, FRCP
Honorary Clinical Professor
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Dermatology & Laser Center
Hong Kong, China

Katie Coerdt, MD
SkinCare Physicians
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Joel L. Cohen, MD
Director, AboutSkin Dermatology and Aesthetics
Greenwood Village, Colorado

Ariel Eber, MD, FAAD
Assistant Professor, Director of Translational Laser Research
Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Roy G. Geronemus, MD
Medical Director
Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York
New York, New York

David Goldberg, MD
Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists, a Division of Schweiger Dermatology Group
New York, New York

Katharina Herberger, MD
Kompetenzzentrum Haut, Private Practice and Head of Translational Laser Research at the University Medical Center Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany

Sara Hogan, MD
Founder and Medical Director, Cosmedica Dermatology
Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology, The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Representative, George J. Hruza, MD, MBA, FAAD
Missouri State House
Adjunct Professor of Dermatology
St. Louis University
Former President, American Academy of Dermatology, ASDS, ASLMS, MSMA, SLMMS
Schweiger Dermatology
Chesterfield, MO

Shannon Humphrey, MD, FRCPC
Medical Director
Laser & Dermatologic Surgery Center
St. Louis University
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Omar Ibrahimi, MD, PhD
Founding Medical Director
Connecticut Skin Institute
Stamford, Connecticut

Michael Kaminer, MD
Co-Founder
SkinCare Physicians
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Bianca Kang, MD
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, Arizona

Kristen M. Kelly, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Dermatology
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

Suzanne L. Kilmer, MS, MD, FAAD
Owner/Medical Director
Sacramento Laser & Skin Surgery Center
Beckman Laser Institute
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California

Karen Kim, MD
SkinCare Physicians
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Jessica G. Labadie, MD
Dermatologist
SkinCare Physicians
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Dieter Manstein, MD, PhD
Director, Manstein Lab at MGH
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

David H. McDaniel, MD
Director
McDaniel Institute of Aging Research
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Natasha Atanaskova Mesinkovska, MD, PhD
Vice Chair, Dermatology Clinical Research
University of California Irvine
Irvine, California
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Fatima N. Mirza, MD, MPH
Chief Resident Physician, Dermatology
The Waren Alpert Medical School of Brown University SkinCare Physicians
Providence, Rhode Island

Tasneem F. Mohammad MD, FAAD
Senior Staff Physician, Department of Dermatology
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan

Arash Moradzadeh, MD, FACS
Facial Plastic Surgery
AMORAmd
Beverly Hills, California

Farah Moustafa, MD, FAAD
Director, Laser and Cosmetics
Assistant Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine
Brookline, Massachusetts

Gilly Munavalli, MD, MHS
Medical Director
Dermatology, Laser & Vein Specialists of the Carolinas
Charlotte, North Carolina

James Newman, MD, FACS
Medical Director
Premier Plastic Surgery
Palo Alto, California

Jeffrey Orringer, MD
Cosmetic Dermatology & Laser Center
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

David M. Ozog, MD
Chair, Department of Dermatology
Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan

Jason Pozner, MD, FACS
Physician
Sanctuary Plastic Surgery
Boca Raton, Florida

Zakia Rahman, MD, FAAD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
Stanford University School of Medicine / Stanford Center on Longevity
Redwood City, California
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Vincent Richer, MD FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of British Columbia Department of Dermatology and Skin Science
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Jason Rivers, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Professor
Medical Director, Pacific Derm
Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology & Skin Science
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Chris W. Robb, MD, PhD, FAAD
Skin and Allergy Center
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

E. Victor Ross, MD
Director of Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology
Scripps Clinic Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology
San Diego, California

Mona Sadeghpour, MD
Scripps Clinic Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology
Lone Tree, Colorado

Kathleen Cook Suozzi, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology
Director, Aesthetic Dermatology Program
Section of Dermatologic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Emil A. Tanghetti, MD
Medical Director
Center for Dermatology and Laser Surgery
Sacramento, California

Elizabeth Tanzi, MD, FAAD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology
George Washington Medical Center
Director, Capital Laser and Skin Care
Chevy Chase, Maryland

Nathan Uebelhoer, DO
Dermatologist
Coronado Dermatology
Coronado, California

Neelam Vashi, MD
Dermatology Institute of Boston
Adjunct Professor at Dept of Derm at
Virginia Commonwealth University
Boston, Massachusetts

Jordan V. Wang, MD, MBE, MBA
Medical Director
Laser & Skin Dermatology
Devon, Pennsylvania

Jacqueline Watchmaker, MD, FAAD
Dermatologist
Center for Aesthetic & Laser Medicine
Scottsdale, Arizona

Mara Weinstein Velez, MD, FAAD
Director, Cosmetic and Laser Dermatology
Associate Professor of Dermatology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Margaret A. Weiss, MD, FAAD
Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept Dermatology
U of Maryland
Past ASDS Board of Directors
Past Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Johns Hopkins U School of Medicine
Past President, Maryland Dermatologic Society
Hunt Valley, Maryland

Robert A. Weiss, MD
Director
Maryland Dermatology Laser, Skin and Vein Institute
Hunt Valley, Maryland

Albert Wolkerstorfer,
MD, PhD
Dermatologist
Deptartment of Dermatology, Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders
Amsterdam University Medical Center
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands

Douglas Wu, MD, PhD
Cosmetic Laser Dermatology
San Diego, California

Christopher B. Zachary, MBBS, FRCP
Professor and Chair Emeritus
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California
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Brian Zelickson, MD
Regional Medical Co-Director Midwest
University of Minnesota Medical School’s Department of Dermatology
St. Paul, Minnesota
Past Attendee Testimonial
"Great faculty and audience, excellent organization and facilities, the very best and most collegial discussions inside and outside the meeting."
- Kevin Smith, MD