Amy S. Paller, M.D., F.A.A.D.

Amy Paller, MS, MD is the Walter J. Hamlin Chair and Professor of Dermatology, Professor of Pediatrics, and Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center (SBDRC) at Northwestern. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Brown University and her medical degree from Stanford University.  Dr. Paller completed residency training in both Pediatrics and Dermatology at Northwestern University and her postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of North Carolina. She served as Chief of Pediatric Dermatology at Northwestern’s Children’s Hospital until she became Chair of Dermatology in 2004. An author of almost 500 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Paller has also edited the major textbooks in dermatology: Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology in General Medicine and Hurwitz’s Clinical Pediatric Dermatology. She is an NIH-funded investigator in both her laboratory-based and clinical research. She has directed the Pediatric Dermatology Clinical Trials Unit at Northwestern/ Lurie Children’s for the past 25 years and has been the lead investigator on several landmark trials in pediatric skin disease, including related to atopic dermatitis (AD). She has developed new patient-related outcomes scales and has defined skin and blood biomarkers for children with AD.  Her laboratory focuses on skin innervation in inflammatory diseases and topically delivered gene regulation through nanotherapy. Dr. Paller was the inaugural President of the International Eczema Council and served as Vice President of the International Society for Atopic Dermatitis. She has been President of the Society for Investigative Dermatology and Women’s Dermatologic Society, inaugural co-President of the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance, and is currently President of the International Society for Pediatric Dermatology. She has served on Council and the Board of Scientific Councilors for NIAMS, and on numerous boards for dermatology patient advocacy organizations, including the National Eczema Association’s Scientific Advisory Committee. She has received several honors for her scholarship, leadership and mentorship, among them election to the American Association of Physicians and the American Dermatological Association, and awarding of the Stephen Rothman Award from the Society for Investigative Dermatology, Mentor of the Year, Rose Hirschler, and the Wilma Bergfeld, MD Visionary & Leadership awards from the Women’s Dermatological Society, the Clarence S. Livingood, MD Memorial Award from the AAD, the Founder’s Award from the Chicago Dermatological Society, and the inaugural Paula Stern Outstanding Women in Science and Medicine Award from Northwestern.