Dermatology Faculty
Richard Edelson
Chair
Aaron B. and Marguerite R. Lerner Professor of Dermatology
Chair and Professor, Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine
Research Interests:Cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL); Human T cell physiology; Immunobiology of normal and diseased skin
Clinical Interests:Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL); dermatology; skin care
Richard Antaya
Professor of Dermatology, of Nursing and of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Dermatology
Medical Director, Yale Dermatology Associates
Research Interests:Acne patient education; Atopic dermatitis; Infantile hemangiomas
Clinical Interests:Pediatric dermatology; Pediatric dermatological surgery; Laser surgery; Hemangiomas and vascular malformations; Moles; Nevi; Atopic dermatitis; Psoriasis; Genetic skin diseases; Moluscum contagiosum; Warts
Jean Bolognia
Professor of Dermatology
Director, Pigment Lesion Clinic
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
Research Interests:Clinicopathologic correlations regarding various types of melanocytic nevi (moles) and melanoma; cutaneous side effects of chemotherapy
Clinical Interests:Melanoma; moles; birthmarks; skin cancer
Samuel Book
Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology
Clinical Interests:Skin cancer; Mohs micrographic surgery; basal cell carcinoma; squamous cell carcinoma; melanoma; botox
Marcus Bosenberg
Associate Professor of Dermatology and of Pathology
Research Interests:Melanocytic neoplasms; soft tissue tumors; cutaneous lymphoma; genodermatoses
Clinical Interests:Dermatopathology; melanoma; skin cancer
Irwin Braverman
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Dermatology
Research Interests:Connective tissue disorders; Vasculitis; Microcirculation of human skin; Mycosis fungoides; Aging in human skin; Cutaneous microcirculation
Clinical Interests:Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL); psoriasis; paraneoplastic disorders; Kaposi's sarcoma; connective tissue (collagen vascular) disorders; blistering diseases; diagnostic puzzles
Keith Choate
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Research Interests:Genodermatoses; Gene Discovery; Genetic Mosaicism
Clinical Interests:Genetic skin disorders including disorders of keratinization such as the ichthyoses
Jaehyuk Choi
Assistant Professor of and Instructor in Dermatology
Jennifer Choi
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Director, Yale Oncodermatology Clinic
Research Interests:Cutaneous side effects of chemotherapy and radiation; Melanoma treatment
Clinical Interests:Cutaneous side effects of chemotherapy and radiation; Melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer surveillance and treatment; Surveillance and management for patients at high risk for skin cancer; Psoriasis; Biologic therapy; Complex Medical Dermatology; Surgical/Procedural dermatology
Oscar Colegio
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Research Interests:Squamous cell carcinoma; basal cell carcinoma; melanoma; tumor-associated macrophages; immunology; hypoxia; epithelial-mesenchymal transitions; solid organ transplantation
Clinical Interests:Skin Diseases Associated with Solid Organ Transplantation; Skin Cancer; Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Basal Cell Carcinoma; Melanoma
Shawn Cowper
Associate Professor of Dermatology and of Pathology
Research Interests:Alopecia; cutaneous lymphoma; pathology informatics; nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy/nephrogenic systemic fibrosis
Clinical Interests:General dermatopathology; alopecia; cutaneous lymphoma; pathology informatics; nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy/nephrogenic systemic fibrosis; adnexal neoplasms
Anjela Galan
Assistant Professor of Dermatology and of Pathology
Research Interests:Malignant melanoma; Lyme disease; Bullous skin disorders
Clinical Interests:General dermatopathology; dermatology; pathology and molecular studies; skin neoplasms, including malignant melanoma; soft tissue tumors; Lyme disease
Michael Girardi
Professor of Dermatology
Director, Residency Program
Research Interests:Cancer; Carcinogenesis; Cellular Immunology; Chemotherapy; Dermatology; DNA; Immunobiology; Immunology; Receptors; Tumor Immunology
Clinical Interests:Cutaneous lymphoma (including mycosis fungoides, Sezary syndrom, lymphomatoid papulosis, and other variants of cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL) and cutaneous B cell lymphoma (cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma, cutaneous follicular cell lymphoma); connective tissue disorders and other complex medical dermatology disease (cutaneous lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, sarcoidosis); graft-versus host disease (GVHD); skin cancers and patients at high risk (melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma); Photopheresis Unit / Treatment Center
Earl Glusac
Professor of Pathology and of Dermatology
Director, Physician Associate Studies
Research Interests:Morphologic and immunohistochemical features of cutaneous lymphoproliferative, fibrohistiocytic, and melanocytic neoplasms
Clinical Interests:Melanocytic diseases; mycosis fungoides; histiocytic disorders
Ruth Halaban
Senior Research Scientist in Dermatology
Research Interests:Genes controlling differentiation, proliferation and malignant transformation of melanocytes; growth factors and receptor kinases; signal transduction; epigenetic modification and gene expression; markers for melanoma
Allison Hanlon
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Research Interests:genetic and molecular basis of skin cancer; skin cancer in the immunocompromised; tumor immunobiology; melanoma
Clinical Interests:Mohs micrographic surgery and reconstruction; skin cancer in the immunocompromised; melanoma
Douglas Hanlon
Associate Research Scientist in Dermatology
Research Interests:Transimmunization Therapy
Peter Heald
Professor Emeritus of Dermatology
Suguru Imaeda
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Director of Dermatology, Yale University Health Services
Director of Dermatology Service, Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Research Interests:Identification of MHC I and peptides involved in cutaneous T cell lymphomas and murine T cell
Clinical Interests:Cutaneous oncology; pigmented lesions; vitiligo; medical and surgical treatment of skin cancers
Ronald Kahan
Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology
Research Interests:Methods for simplifying and optimizing the treatment of leg vein pathology
Clinical Interests:Evaluation and treatment of leg vein pathology, including varicose veins, reticular veins and telangiectases, utilizing sclerotherapy, phlebectomy and lasers; laser treatment of facial telangiectases and erythema
Brett King
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Medical Director, Yale Dermatology-Middlebury
Research Interests:Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS); systemic sclerosis (scleroderma); pruritus (itch); warts
Clinical Interests:recalcitrant skin disease; psoriasis; autoimmune blistering diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris and bullous pemphigoid; autoimmune connective tissue diseases such as lupus, systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), and morphea; inflammatory disorders such as lichen planus, pityriasis rubra pilaris, sarcoidosis and granuloma annulare; pruritus (itch) and delusions of parasitosis; cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Rhonda Klein
Instructor in Dermatology
Chief, Dermatology, Bridgeport Hospital
Research Interests:Connective tissue diseases; autoimmune blistering diseases; psoriasis; biologic therapies; oncologic dermatology.
Clinical Interests:Connective tissue diseases; autoimmune blistering diseases; tropical dermatology; Psoriasis; atopic dermatitis; acne; skin cancer treatment and screening; inflammatory disorders, such as lichen planus, granuloma annulare, sarcoidosis; cutaneous infectious diseases; autoimmune diseases, including lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, and systemic sclerosis, as well as hereditary and autoimmune blistering diseases; surgical and cosmetic dermatology.
Christine Ko
Associate Professor of Dermatology and of Pathology
Research Interests:Adnexal tumors; benign and malignant epidermal tumors; vascular tumors
Clinical Interests:Dermatopathology; adnexal and keratinocytic neoplasms; clinical pathologic correlation of inflammatory dermatoses; general dermatology
Rossitza Lazova
Associate Professor of Dermatology and of Pathology
Director, Yale Dermatopathology Fellowship
Research Interests:Spitz nevi; Spitzoid melanocytic neoplasms; Malignant melanoma; Melanocytic nevi on special anatomic sites
Clinical Interests:General dermatopathology; melanocytic nevi on special anatomic sites; spitzoid and unusual melanocytic neoplasms; Melanoma; Spitz nevi
David Leffell
David P. Smith Professor of Dermatology and Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology and Plastic)
Deputy Dean for Clinical Affairs, Yale School of Medicine
Section Chief, Dermatologic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology
Research Interests:Molecular biology of basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma; wound healing; skin cancer epidemiology
Clinical Interests:Diagnosis and treatment of melanoma, basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer and rare tumors; Mohs surgery; plastic reconstruction.
Jennifer McNiff
Professor of Dermatology and of Pathology
Director, Yale Dermatopathology Laboratory
Research Interests:Histopathologic evaluation of inflammatory and neoplastic skin disease; Immunofluorescence studies; Cutaneous lymphoma and murine models of graft vs. host disease
Clinical Interests:General dermatopathology; pathologic diagnosis of inflammatory and neoplastic skin diseases; immunofluorescence in skin diseases; Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; immunobullous disorders.
Leonard Milstone
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Dermatology
Research Interests:Keratinocytes; Keratins; Ichthyosis; Iron; Oligonucleotide; Proteoglycans; Vitamin A; Gene Therapy; Genodermatoses
Clinical Interests:ichthyosis; inherited skin disease; disorders of keratinization
Viswanathan Muthusamy
Associate Research Scientist in Dermatology
Research Interests:melanoma; metastasis
Antonio Subtil
Associate Professor of Dermatology and of Pathology
Research Interests:Alopecia; Atypical melanocytic lesions and cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders
Clinical Interests:Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders; infectious diseases; alopecia; melanocytic lesions
Robert Tigelaar
Professor of Dermatology
Research Interests:Immunobiology of gdT cells; Immune system-skin interactions; Immunopathogenesis of contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Clinical Interests:General dermatology; autoimmune blistering skin diseases (pemphigus, pemphigoid, dermatitis herpetiformis, etc.); acne; eczema; atopic dermatitis; lymphoma; cancer
Mary Tomayko
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Research Interests:Immunologic memory; B cell response; Autoimmunity
Clinical Interests:General dermatology; Autoimmune blistering and connective tissue diseases; Dermatitis
