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, JD
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, JR, MD
Clinical Instructor, Howard University Department of Dermatology
Brian Berman, MD, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miami FL; CO-Director, Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research, Aventura, FL
Diane S. Berson, MD, FAAD
Associate Professor Dermatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Assistant Attending Dermatologist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Ashish C. Bhatia, MD
Oak Dermatology; Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine; Clinical Faculty, Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine
Mitchell Brin, MD
SVP, CSO, BOTOX & Neurotoxins at Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company; Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of California, Irvine
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
Jean Carruthers, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia
Suneel Chilukuri, MD, FAAD
Refresh Dermatology
Patrick Clark, PhD, CMLSO
CEO, Medical Laser Dynamics and Smarter U; Honorary Faculty, Children’s Hospital Number One, HCMC, Vietnam
Joel L. Cohen, MD, FAAD, FACMS
Director, About Skin Dermatology and Derm Surgery, Denver, Colorado; 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
James Q. Del Rosso, DO
Research Director, JDR Dermatology; Research, Thomas Dermatology, Las Vegas, Nevada
Christine Dierickx, MD
Director, Skinperium Clinic
Sabrina G. Fabi, MD, FAAD, FAACS
Cosmetic Laser Dermatology and Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego
Patricia Farris, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor at Tulane University
John P. Fezza, MD
Center for Sight
Jack Fisher, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Vanderbilt University, Plastic Surgery Department; Medical Director, NeoGraft; Past President, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2013-2014
Rebecca Fitzgerald, MD
Private Practice
Paul M. Friedman, MD
Director, Dermatology & Laser Surgery Center; Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology University of Texas Houston Medical School; Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology Weill Cornell Medical College; The Methodist Hospital
David J. Goldberg, MD, JD
Director, Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of NY/NJ; Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Past Director of Mohs Surgery and Laser Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Chief, Dermatologic Surgery, UMDNJ- Rutgers Medical School; Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham Law School
Andy Goren, MD
Applied Biology
Jeremy B. Green, MD, FAAD
Skin Associates of South Florida; Skin Research Institute; Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Miami Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery
Julie C. Harper, MD
The Dermatology & Skin Care Center of Birmingham, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Janine Hopkins, MD
Dr. Janine Hopkins, Hopkins Dermatology
George J. Hruza, MD, MBA
Adjunct Professor of Dermatology and Otolaryngology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri
John H. Joseph, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Facial Plastic Surgery, UCLA; Clinical Instructor, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, USC-Keck School of Medicine
Mark Kaufmann, MD
Chief Medical Officer The Derm Group; Associate Clinical Professor Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Bruce Katz, MD
Affiliations: Clinical Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai; Director, Juva Skin & Laser Center; Past Director, Cosmetic Surgery & Laser Clinic, Mt Sinai Hospital; Attending Physician, Mt Sinai Hospital
Terrence Keaney, MD
Founder and Director, Skin DC Assistant Clinical Faculty of Dermatology and Urology, George Washington Hospital Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Howard University Hospital Director, Laser and Lipoatrophy Clinic, VA Hospital, Washington, DC
Kristen M. Kelly, MD
Professor, Departments of Dermatology and Surgery, University of California, Irvine
Brian M. Kinney, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Southern California; Past President, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation; Former Chairman, Board of Trustees, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
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
Professor, Universidad de Monterrey; Professor, Universidad del Valle de Mexico
Mark Lebwohl, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Guy Massry, MD
Beverly Hills Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Beverly Hills, California; Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive surgery; Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
Natasha A. Mesinkovska, MD, PhD
Dermatology, Beckman Laser Institute, University of California
Michael Milane, MD, MPH, MBA
CEO, Greenway Therapeutix
Gary D. Monheit, MD
Private Practice, Total Skin and Beauty Dermatology Center, Birmingham, Alabama; Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Deanne Mraz Robinson, MD
President and Co-Founder, Modern Dermatology of CT; Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Yale New Haven Hospital
Gilly S. Munavalli, MD, MHS, FACMS
Medical Director, Dermatology, Laser & Vein Specialists of the Carolinas, PLLC, Charlotte, NC; Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Winston-Salem, NC
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
Sheila Nazarian, MD, MMM
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
Mark S. Nestor, MD, PhD
Director of the Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research® and the Center for Cosmetic Enhancement® Aventura, Florida; Voluntary Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery and Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Arisa Ortiz, MD
Director of Laser & Cosmetic Dermatology, University of California San Diego
Galen Perdikis, MD
Chair and Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jason Pozner, MD
The founder of the Sanctuary Plastic Surgery and co-owner of Sanctuary Medical Aesthetic Center in Boca Raton, Florida
Jason Rivers, MD, FRCPC, FCDA, FAAD
Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia
Adrian Rodriguez, MD
Comprehensive Dermatology Center; Assistant Clinical Faculty, University of TN Health Sciences Center, Nashville, TN
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
Director, Scripps Clinical Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology Center
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
Ava Shamban, MD
Founder and Director, AVA MD; Founder and Director, SKINFIVE
Sachin M. Shridharani, MD, FACS
Founder and Director of LUXURGERY
Nowell Solish, MD, FRCP
Affiliations: Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Toront
Linda Stein Gold, MD
Director of Clinical Research at the Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI
Emil A. Tanghetti, MD
Medical Director, Center for Dermatology and Laser Surgery
Elizabeth Tanzi, MD
Founder and Director, Capital Laser & Skin Care; Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, George Washington University School of Medicine
Ruth E. Tedaldi, MD
Founding Partner and President, Dermatology Partners, Inc; Joint Chief and Medical Officer & Joint Chair of the Physician Advisory Board for Regimen MD
Ines Verner, MD
Verner Clinic
S. Randolph Waldman, MD
Waldman Schantz Turner Plastic Surgery Group, Director, Lexington, KY
Carlos Wambier, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Clinician Educator; Director of Cosmetic Dermatology Research, Department of Dermatology, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Jonathan S. Weiss, MD
Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
