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 Biesman, MD
Dr. Biesman specializes in cosmetic and reconstructive eyelid and facial surgery and minimally invasive rejuvenation techniques including injectables (Botox and fillers) and technology-based solutions (laser skin resurfacing, and related techniques), and medical grade skin care. In addition Dr. Biesman is a nationally and internationally recognized authority on noninvasive body contouring techniques such as CoolSculpting® for the elimination of unwanted fat. Dr. Biesman serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, where he holds appointments in the divisions of Ophthalmology, Dermatology and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Faculty
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 President, American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery
Eliot F. Battle, MD
CEO, Cultura Dermatology & Laser Center
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
Eric F. Bernstein, MD, MSE
Director, Main Line Center for Laser Surgery; Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania; Clinical Professor (Adjunct), Department of Dermatology, Temple University
Mitchell Brin, MD
SVP, CSO, BOTOX & Neurotoxins at Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company; Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of California, Irvine
Cheryl Burgess, MD, FAAD
Founder & President, Center for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Georgetown University Medical Center and George Washington University Hospital
Jean Carruthers, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia
Benjamin P. Caughlin, MD, FACS
Facial Plastic Surgeon, Many Faces of Chicago
Suneel Chilukuri, MD, FAAD
Refresh Dermatology
Patrick Clark, PhD, CMLSO
Clinical Instructor, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; Visiting Faculty, Childern’s Hospital Number One, Ho Chi Min City, Viet Nam
Joel L. Cohen, MD (FAAD, FACMS)
Director, AboutSkin Dermatology and DermSurgery; Medical Director; AboutSkin Research; Associate Clinical Professor, University of California Irvine Department of Dermatology
Sebastian Cotofana, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Anatomy, Department of Medical Education, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA; Associate Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Albany Medical Centre, Albany, NY, USA
Doris Day, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology, NYU Langone Medical Center; Private Practice, New York, NY
Steven H. Dayan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois; Director, Denova Research
Christine Dierickx, MD
Director, Skinperium Clinic
Lawrence Eichenfield, MD
Distinguished Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Vice Chair, Department of Dermatology Chief, Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology, University of California, San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego
Sabrina G. Fabi, MD, FAAD, FAACS
Cosmetic Laser Dermatology and Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego
Steven Fagien, MD, FACS
Private Practice Aesthetic Oculoplastic Surgery Boca Raton, Florida
Patricia Farris, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Tulane University School of Medicine; Member of the Board of Directors, AAD; Staff Dermatologist, Sanova Dermatology
John P. Fezza, MD
Center for Sight; Sarasota Memorial Hospital; Venice Hospital Laser and Surgical Center; St. Andrew’s Surgery Center
Jack Fisher, MD
Jack Fisher, MD
Rebecca Fitzgerald, MD
Rebecca Fitzgerald, MD
Andrew S. Frankel, MD, FACS
Facial Plastic Surgeon, Andrew Frankel Beverly Hills
Paul Friedman, MD
Dermatology & Laser Surgery Center
Dee Anna Glaser, MD
Center for Specialized Medicine; Professor, Department of Dermatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
David J. Goldberg, MD, JD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Director, Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists; Director of Cosmetic Dermatology and Clinical Research, Schweiger Dermatology Group
Andy Goren, MD
Chief Medical Officer Applied Biology, Inc. Irvine, California, USA; Medical Advisor and a Co-Researcher Trichology Unit, Ramon y Cajal Hospital Madrid, Spain; External Co-Investigator, Department of Dermatology, The Warren Alpert Medical School Brown University; Visiting Professor, Dermatology Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Clinical Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice Zagreb, Croatia; Medical Doctor (Part-Time Expert), Skin & Cosmetic Research Dept. Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital Shanghai, China; Visiting Medical Doctor, Department of Dermatology and Venereology L.T.M. Medical College Sion Mumbai, India; Global Medical Director, Hairmore Group Beijing, China
Julie C. Harper, MD
Owner, Dermatology and Skin Care Center of Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Adelaide A. Hebert, MD
Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, UTHealth McGovern Medical School, Houston
Michelle Henry, MD
Skin & Aesthetic Surgery Manhattan, NY
Deirdre Hooper, MD
Audubon Dermatology
George J. Hruza, MD, MBA,FAAD
Medical Director, Laser & Dermatologic Surgery Center; Adjunct Professor of Dermatology and Otolaryngology, St. Louis University; President, Missouri State Medical Association; Immediate Past President, American Academy of Dermatology
Shannon Humphrey, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology & Skin Science, University of British Columbia; Medical Director, Humphrey Cosmetic Dermatology
John H. Joseph, MD
Plastic Surgeon, John H. Joseph, MD
Michael S. Kaminer, MD
Founding Partner, Skincare Physicians; Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Brown Medical School
Bruce Katz, MD
Clinical Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai Director; Juva Skin & Laser Center; Attending Physician, Mt Sinai Hospital; Past Director, Cosmetic Surgery & Laser Clinic, Mt Sinai Hospital
Joely Kaufman, MD
Director, Skin Associates of South Florida
Mark Kaufmann, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery; Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Arielle Kauvar, MD
Clinical Professor, Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Terrence Keaney, MD
Co-Founder, SkinDC, Washington, DC; Clinical Associate Professor, George Washington University; Assistant Clinical Faculty, Howard University Departments of Dermatology; Director, Laser and Lipoatrophy Clinic, Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital, Washington, DC
Kristen M. Kelly, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology, University of California, Irvine; Faculty, Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine
Suzanne Kilmer, MD
Founder and Director, Laser & Skin of Northern California
Brian M. Kinney, MD, FACS, MSME
Clinical Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Southern California (USC); Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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
Dario Kivelevitch, MD
Texas Dermatology Associates
Hector G. Leal Silva, MD, PhD
Head Professor, Postgraduate Course: Procedural Dermatology and Technology for Dermatologists, University of Monterrey; Head Professor, Skin and Skin Annexes, Basic Sciences, Universidad del Valle de Mexico; iDerma, Specialist of the Skin and Cosmetic Surgery. Director & CEO. Monterrey, Mexico
Mark Lebwohl, MD
Dean for Clinical Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Wendy W. Lee, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Dermatology, Oculofacial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Orbit and Oncology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Ellen S. Marmur, MD
Founder, Marmur Medical; Creator, MMSkincare; Associate Clinical Professor, Dermatology Mount Sinai-Icahn School of Medicine
George Martin, MD
Medical Director, Dr. George Martin Dermatology Associates
David H. McDaniel, MD, FAAD
Anne Arundel Dermatology; Director, McDaniel Laser & Cosmetic Center’s Cosmetic Dermatology Fellowship Program
Alan Menter, MD
Baylor Scott & White
Natasha Mesinkovska, MD, PhD
Vice-Chair for Clinical Research and Associate Professor, University of California Irvine Department of Dermatology; Chief Scientific Officer, National Alopecia Areata Foundation
Michael Milane, MD
CEO, Greenway Therapeutix
Jami Miller, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program
Gary D. Monheit, MD
Private Practice, Total Skin and Beauty Dermatology Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Gilly Munavalli, MD, MHS, FACMS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Susan George Murrmann, MD, FACOG, FAAMFM
Founder, McDonald Murrmann Center for Wellness and Health 360 and McDonald Murrmann Center for Laser and Aesthetics; Instructor, University of Tennessee Memphis
Mike Nayak, MD
Nayak Plastic Surgery
Sheila Nazarian, MD, MMM
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California; Founder, Nazarian Plastic Surgery; Founder, Spa26; Founder, The Skin Spot; Founder, Nazarian Institute
Mark S. Nestor, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Cosmetic Enhancement Director, Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research; Voluntary Professor, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; President, American Cutaneous Oncology Society
Joe Niamtu, III DMD
Medical Director, Niamtu Cosmetic Facial Surgery
Arisa Ortiz, MD
Director, Laser & Cosmetic Dermatology; Associate Clinical Professor, UC San Diego Health
Galen Perdikis, MD
Chair and Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jason N. Pozner, MD, FACS
Sanctuary Plastic Surgery, Boca Raton, FL; Adjunct Clinical Faculty Cleveland Clinic, Florida Weston, FL
Zakia Rahman, MD, FAAD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Adrian Rodriguez, MD
Nashville Skin: Comprehensive Dermatology Center, Partner Physician Dept. of Internal Medicine, Univ of TN Health Sciences Center, St. Thomas Midtown Hospital, Assistant Clinical Faculty, Nashville, TN Tennessee Dermatology Society, Board of Directors Nashville Academy of Medicine, Board of Directors Tennessee Medical Association, Board of Directors TSLMS, Board of Directors American Academy of Dermatology, Board of Directors, Class of 2026
Rod J. Rohrich, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine; Founding Partner, Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute, Dallas, TX
E. Victor Ross, MD
Dermatologist, Scripps Clinic
Mark G. Rubin, MD
Private Practice, Beverly Hills, California; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University; Emeritus Associate Professor of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego
Nazanin Saedi, MD
Associate Professor Director, Laser Surgery and Cosmetic Dermatology Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Thomas Jefferson University
Lawrence A. Schachner, MD
Stiefel Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Dermatology, University of Miami of Medicine
Todd Schlesinger, MD
Director, Dermatology and Laser Center of Charleston, Clinical Research Center of the Carolinas; Clinical Instructor, University at Buffalo Department of Dermatology; Affiliate Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine; Clinical Preceptor, Medical University of South Carolina College of Health Professions; Clinical Instructor, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rhea Seddon, MD
Author and Speaker
Ava Shamban, MD
CEO/Owner of AVA MD & SKIN FIVE
Sachin M. Shridharani, MD, FACS
LUXURGERY Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Clinic, New York, NY; Attending Physician, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
Nowell Solish, MD, FRCP
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Toronto
Linda Stein Gold, MD
Director of Clinical Research at the Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI
W. Grant Stevens, MD, FACS
Founder & Medical Director, Marina Plastic Surgery and the Marina Med Spa; Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery University of Southern California
Ruth Tedaldi, MD
President, Dermatology Partners, Inc
Emil A. Tanghetti, MD
Medical Director, Center for Dermatology and Laser Surgery
S. Randolph Waldman, MD
Founder and Director, Waldman Schantz Turner Plastic Surgery Center
Susan H. Weinkle, MD
Collaborative Associate Professor, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa FL; Medical Staff, Manatee Surgical Center, Bradenton, FL; Physician Specialist Blake Medical Center, Bradenton, FL; Physician Specialist, Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, FL
