Theodore Rosen, MD

Dr. Ted Rosen is a native of Chicago. After attending Michigan State University as a National Merit Scholar, Dr. Rosen graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School cum laude. He trained in internal medicine at the University of Alabama and in dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine, where he currently serves as Professor and Vice-Chair of Dermatology and Chief of Dermatology at the Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Rosen previously served a term on the Board of Directors and is a past Vice-President of the American Academy of Dermatology. He was the 2017 recipient of the AAD Thomas G. Pearson Memorial Award for lifelong achievement in education, the 2019 recipient of Baylor’s prestigious Master Clinician award, and the 2021 recipient of the Robert J Freeman Memorial Mentoring and Leadership Award from the Texas Dermatology Society.

Dr. Rosen has written over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, 26 textbook chapters and 4 textbooks. He has been a visiting professor at over 75 university training programs and a plenary speaker for many city, state, national and international organizations, including the national dermatology societies of Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Hong Kong, Korea, China, Italy, Australia and New Zealand. He has also been a plenary speaker at the World Congress of Dermatology, Congress of Ibero-Latin American Dermatologists and the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. On a personal note, he is most proud of his role helping to raise four, productive, sane and debt-free adult children. Dr. Rosen is an avid numismatist, diehard Chicago Cub fan and life-long devotee of horror films. His most pressing bucket list item is a cameo role on the cable series “Walking Dead.”