Invited Speaker Biographies
Invited Speaker Biographies
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DSSA Invited Speakers
Prof Jean Bolognia , MD , is Professor of Dermatology at the Yale University School of Medicine . She has served as President of the Medical Dermatology Society , the Women ’ s Dermatologic Society and the American Dermatological Association , in addition to serving as Vice-President of the Society of Investigative Dermatology , the American Board of Dermatology , and the International Society of Dermatology . She has also been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology and the International League of Dermatological Societies and is currently Secretary-General of the latter organization . Jean is the senior editor of the textbook Dermatology , which is now in its fourth edition , and Dermatology Essentials . She is also the co-founder of the Clinical Scholars program of the SID and author of over 200 articles and book chapters .
Dr . Chrysalyne Schmults is a graduate of Yale College and Yale School of Medicine and performed her residency at NYU . She is Associate Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School . She was part of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years before becoming Director of the Brigham and Women ’ s Hospital ( BWH ) Mohs and Dermatologic Surgery Center in 2007 . In 2008 , she founded the BWH High-Risk Skin Cancer Clinic which cares for patients with multiple skin cancers , severe sun damage , or tumors at high risk for recurrence . It has become a referral center for patients with locally advanced and metastatic basal and squamous cell carcinoma ( BCC and SCC , respectively ) in need of advanced multidisciplinary care and clinical trials . The clinic is one of only a handful world-wide that is dedicated to this patient population .
Dr . Schmults has developed new staging systems for SCC and BCC which for the first time identified the subset of patients in need of studies of staging and adjuvant treatment . She was a member of the AJCC 8th edition SCC task force which was informed by her BWH SCC staging system and is the editor of the first textbook on high-risk SCC . In 2012 , Dr . Schmults launched a unique 2-year ACGMEaccredited Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology fellowship program which integrates a MPH degree into the curriculum to combat the shortage of dermatologic surgeons trained in clinical research methodology .
Graduates have attained faculty positions at high caliber academic centers and are actively engaged in research . Together with Dr . Ncoza Dlova and Dr . Vishal Patel , Dr . Schmults lead a 4-year project to train dermatology residents and faculty in