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) technology-based solutions (laser skin resurfacing, skin
tightening, and related techniques), and the use of topical agents. Dr. Biesman is an internationally recognized
authority in facial aesthetics and serves as a Clinical Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
Nashville, TN, where he holds appointments in the divisions of Ophthalmology, Dermatology and Otolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery.
2025 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
Benjamin Ascher, MD
Plastic Surgeon Board Certified
Lecturer & Clinical Assistant, Paris Academy
IMCAS Honorary President & Founder
THINKIN Medical Director
Paris, France
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
Michael Baron, MD, MPH, DFASAM, FAPA
Medical Director, Tennessee Medical Foundation – Physician Health Foundation
President, Federation of State Physician Health Programs
Nashville, TN
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
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
Diane S. Berson, MD, FAAD
Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
Vince Bertucci, MD, FRCPC
Co-Director, Cosmetic Dermatology & Laser Fellowship, University of Toronto
Consultant Dermatologist, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto
Founder & Medical Director, Bertucci MedSpa, Woodbridge
Woodbridge, ON Canada
Christopher G. Bunick, M.D., Ph.D.
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
Anne Chapas, MD
Medical Director, UnionDerm
Instructor of Dermatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
Patrick J. Clark, PhD, CMLSO
Professor of Dermatology
Howard University College of Medicine
Medical Director
Washington, DC
Callender Dermatology & Cosmetic Center
Glenn Dale, MD
Suneel Chilukuri, MD
Director of Cosmetic Surgery
Refresh Dermatology
Chief of Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery
Houston, TX
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
Steven Dayan, MD
Facial Plastic Surgeon, NYTimes Best Selling Author
Director Denova Research/Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Seemal R. Desai, MD, FAAD
Innovative Dermatology
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Dermatology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
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
Merrick D. Elias, DO, FAAD
Board Certified Dermatologist
Elias Dermatology, LLC
Pembroke Pines, FL
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
Paul M. Friedman, MD
Director, Dermatology & Laser Surgery Center
Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology, UT Medical School
Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, The Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
Roy G. Geronemus, MD
Director, Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY
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
Adelaide A.
Hebert, MD
Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics,
UTHealth McGovern Medical School,
Houston, TX
Thy Huynh, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology & Pediatrics
Lead Physician, Pediatric Dermatology
Director of Clinical Trials in Dermatology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Naiem T. Issa, MD, PhD
Dermatologist
Forefront Dermatology, Vienna, VA
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Carolyn Jacob, MD
Founder and Director
Chicago Cosmetic Surgery and Dermatology, SC
Chicago Cosmetic and Dermatologic Research, PLLC
Chicago Skin Science, LLC
Clinical Assistant Professor, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology
Chicago, IL
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
Arielle N.B. Kauvar, MD
Fellow, American College of Mohs Surgery
Director, New York Laser & Skin Care
Clinical Professor of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine
New York Laser & Skin Care
New York, NY
Terrence
Keaney, MD
Founder and Director, SkinDC
Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, George Washington University Hospital
Arlington, VA
Suzanne L. Kilmer, MD
Founder, Laser & Skin Surgery Center of Northern California
Clinical Professor, University of California
Davis and past president of ASLMS
Sacramento, 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
James L. Kirkland, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Advanced Gerotherapeutics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California,
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota,
Principal Investigator, NIH Translational Geroscience Network
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
Jessica G. Labadie, MD, FAAD
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
SkinCare Physicians
Chestnut Hill, MA
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
Randy B. Miller, MD
Cosmetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon
Cosmetic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgery
Stem Cell Research & Therapy
Miami, FL
Ardalan Minokadeh, MD, PhD
Dermatologist
Skin Care & Laser Physicians of Beverly Hills
Los Angeles, CA
Gilly Munavalli, MD, MHS, FACMS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine
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
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
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
Vivian Shi, MD
Professor and Director of Clinical Trials
Department of Dermatology, University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Linda Stein Gold, MD
Director of Clinical Research at the Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI
Jacqueline Watchmaker, MD
Dermatologist, Director of Laser Medicine at Southwest Skin Specialists
Southwest Skin Specialists
Scottsdale, AZ
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
Gil Yosipovitch, MD
Professor of Dermatology
Stiefel Chair of Medical Dermatology
Director Miami Itch Ctr
Dr Philip Frost Department of Dermatology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine