2021 Faculty
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Jashin J. Wu, MD, FAAD
Founder and Course Director, San Diego Dermatology Symposium®
​Founder and CEO, Dermatology Research and Education Foundation™
Dirk Elston, MD, FAAD
Professor & Chair, 
Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery
Medical University of
South Carolina
Alice Gottlieb, MD, PhD, FAAD
Medical Director and Clinical Professor, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Dermatology
Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology,
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pearl Grimes, MD, FAAD
Director, The Vitiligo & Pigmentation Institute of
​Southern California 
Clinical Professor of Dermatology, University of California,
​Los Angeles
Tissa Hata, MD, FAAD
Professor of Medicine Dermatology
Clinical Service Chief and Director, Dermatology Clinical Trials Unit
University of California, San Diego
Roger Lo, MD, PhD, FAAD
Professor, Medicine/Dermatology & Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
Associate Chief, Division of Dermatology
Director, Dermatology STAR Residency Program
Director, Melanoma Clinic
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Natasha Mesinkovska, MD, PhD, FAAD
Director of Clinical Research
Assistant Professor
​Department of Dermatology
University of California, Irvine
Vineet Mishra, MD, FAAD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Dermatology
Department of Dermatology
University of California, San Diego
Ronald Moy, MD, FAAD
Managing Partner
​Moy Fincher Chipps
Taraneh Paravar, MD, FAAD
Associate Professor
​Department of Dermatology
University of California, San Diego
E. Victor Ross, MD, FAAD
Director, Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology
​Scripps Clinic
Peter Rullan, MD, FAAD
Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Department of Dermatology
​University of California, San Diego
Medical Director, Dermatology Institute
Kanade Shinkai, MD, PhD, FAAD
Professor, Clinical Dermatology
Endowed Chair, Dermatology Medical Student Education
Vice Chair of Education
UCSF Department of Dermatology
Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH, FAAD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Dermatology
Seattle Children’s Hospital
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seaver Soon, MD, FAAD
Medical Director,
The Skin Clinic MD
Staff Physician,
​Scripps Green Hospital