Jeffrey J. Miller, MD is assistant professor of Dermatology in the Department of Dermatology at the Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. He has his MBA from Penn State University – McKeesport. Dr. Miller served his fellowship as a clinical educator at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and completed his residency in Dermatology at the same hospital in Philadelphia. He received his MD from Jefferson Medical College.
Dr. Miller has 16 years of experience in practicing Dermatology and has published articles on the topic in medical journals. He is co-author of Lookingbill and Marks’ Principles of Dermatology, 5th Edition.
Related Author: James G. Marks, Jr., MD
“There are many misconceptions about who can get skin cancer and how you get skin cancer. The fact that melanoma is the most preventable cancer, yet still on the rise, shows that more education is needed.” – Darrell S. Rigel, MD
As the weather gets warmer and the sun starts to shine, more people are spending time outside. While enjoying the outdoors is recommended, ignoring the harmful effects caused by the sun’s rays is not. 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in his or her lifetime – don’t let it be you!
In a study conducted by MELA Sciences, Inc., only 24% of Americans have had a skin check by a dermatologist. “Annual skin cancer screenings are critically important because they can catch skin cancer, including melanoma, in its earliest, most curable stage,” explains Elsevier Author, Darrell Rigel, MD. Besides getting your skin checked regularly, what else can you do to prevent skin cancer? Dr. Rigel has the answers! In a recent interview, Dr. Rigel presents three easy tips to lower your risk of getting skin cancer.
Darrell S. Rigel, MD is a Clinical Dermatology professor at New York University Medical Center. He is a dermatologist with a special interest in skin cancer and melanoma – he is a highly cited authority on the topic. Dr. Rigel is co-author of Cancer of the Skin, which is a leading text within the dermatology field.
To learn more, visit Dr. Darrell Rigel’s Elsevier Authors bio page! Find out more about dermatology and skin cancer by visiting Elsevier’s dermatology author bio pages!
Mark G. Lebwohl, MD is the Sol and Clara Kest Professor and Chairman of Dermatology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He is a co-author of the highly regarded and award-winning text, Treatment of Skin Disease, 3rd Edition.
After graduating summa cum laude from Columbia College in 1974, Dr. Lebwohl received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1978. He completed residencies in internal medicine and dermatology, both at Mount Sinai, and he is board certified in internal medicine and dermatology.
Dr. Lebwohl has served as president of the New York Dermatological Society, the Manhattan Dermatologic Society, and the New York State Society of Dermatology, and as chairman of the Dermatology Section of the New York Academy of Medicine. He has also served as chairman of the Psoriasis Task Force of the American Academy of Dermatology, and has directed the AAD’s annual Psoriasis Symposium, Diagnostic Update Symposium, and Therapeutics Symposium.
Dr. Lebwohl is chairman of the Medical Board of the National Psoriasis Foundation. He is the founding editor of Psoriasis Forum as well as medical editor of the bulletin of the National Psoriasis Foundation, Psoriasis Advance. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and is editor of the Dermatology Section of Scientific American Medicine, now called ACP Medicine. Dr. Lebwohl has chaired numerous symposia and has written or edited several books which have been translated into numerous foreign languages. He has authored or co-authored over 500 publications including articles, chapters, and abstracts.
Dr. Lebwohl’s clinical interests include actinic keratosis, CTCL/mycosis fungoides, cutaneous lymphoma, eczema, pruritus, psoriasis, skin cancer, and vitiligo, and he is actively involved in clinical trials of many new dermatologic treatments.
Dr. Lebwohl has been the recipient of numerous awards including the President’s Volunteer Service Award, the American Academy of Dermatology Bronze Award, Best Teacher and Mentor of the Millenium Award (from dermatology residents at Mount Sinai), and Presidential Citation form the American Academy of Dermatology. Dr. Lebwohl has also been named a Best Doctor in New York magazine and listed in Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors.
“Cosmetic dermatology is such a fast moving field—the fastest-moving field in all of dermatology—so updates are crucial.” – Dr. Jeffrey Dover
One of the big new areas in the field is how we’re using existing fillers. Fillers have been around for a couple of years, but the techniques have completely changed. Unless someone has the chance to travel to meetings all over the world, they’re never really going to be able to keep up with the new and evolving techniques—that’s what makes these new editions so special. We include detailed descriptions and videos by experts that show exactly how the techniques are done, how the fillers are mixed, and where they’re placed. It’s a great learning experience.
Whenever a book gets updated it’s important to make it way better than the previous edition and that’s exactly what we’re doing. This edition has more photographs and more and higher-quality videos that show techniques performed by true experts. We’ve also added small vignettes to highlight exactly what’s new and how the experts address each of those areas. The new books have more detailed case studies in which the expert editors describe how individual patients are affected by the conditions that we show. The cases are described in detail with questions and answers so the reader gets a feel for what’s happening in clinical practice, making it more practical and not so academic.
We’ve hand-picked some of the best dermatologic surgeons in the world to work with on this series. The editors are true experts—people who do this on a daily basis in their practice, who don’t just write about it or teach about it. They’re the ones who have written each of these chapters and produced these videos specifically for this series. It’s all brand new material. There’s nothing like it anywhere else.
We’re combining two volumes of Lasers and Lights into one so we’ll have a comprehensive volume with everything you need to know. Plus, we’re highlighting the most important and exciting advances in the area of lasers and lights in that one volume.
Another one of the exciting new volumes is the update on botulinum toxins. We now have several of these toxins, and Alastair and Jean Carruthers, who are world experts in this, are heading up our effort to edit the third edition of Botulinum Toxin.
The reason we’re working on a new edition of Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology is that cosmetic dermatology is such a fast moving field—the fastest moving field in all of dermatology, so updates are crucial. That’s why this new edition is so exciting.
Jeffrey S. Dover, MD, FRCPC is a director of SkinCare Physicians of Chestnut Hill in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He is also an associate clinical professor of dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine, an adjunct professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Dermatology at Brown Medical School.
Dr. Dover is the author of more than 350 scientific publications and he has co-authored and edited more than 40 textbooks. He is an editor of the Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology series. Dr. Dover has served as president of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery and as vice president of the American Society of Lasers in Medicine and Surgery. He was also president of the New England Dermatological Society.
Dr. Dover has received many honors and is listed as one of the best cosmetic surgeons in the U.S. by Town & Country and among the top dermatologists in multiple editions of Boston Magazine, Who’s Who of American Medicine, Guide to Top Doctors, and The Best Doctors in America. Dr. Dover is also a recipient of the Leon Goldman Award as well as the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery’s Ellet Drake Award.
Related Authors: Murad Alam, MD; Alastair Carruthers, MA, BM, BCh, FRCP(Lon), FRCPC; George J. Hruza, MD; Jean Carruthers, MD, FRCSC
Bernard A. Cohen, MD is Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University and Director of Pediatric Dermatology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He is also Director of the Cutaneous Laser Center, Editor of DermAtlas, and Program Director of Hopkins’ eMedicalDermatology Review. Dr. Cohen is author Pediatric Dermatology, the 4th edition of which is due to publish at the end of 2013.
A Baltimore native, Bernard “Buddy” Cohen received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, followed by a year as chief resident in pediatrics at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Cohen then completed an additional residency and chief residency in dermatology at Johns Hopkins.
An expert on the use of cutaneous laser surgery, Dr. Cohen is researching the best and newest treatments for the most prevalent skin conditions afflicting children. To increase the accessible information on dermatological disorders and diseases, Dr. Cohen developed and edits a diagnostic electronic tool and archive, the DermAtlas, which provides photos of thousands of skin disorders with summaries of their manifestations and, frequently, suggested treatments. Dr. Cohen and his colleagues are developing multi-center studies of ringworm in the scalp; head lice; eczema; wart therapies; and new topical anesthetics, in use but currently studied only in adults.
Dr. Cohen’s research interests include hemangiomas and vascular malformations; infections and infestations; and pediatric pharmacotherapeutics. His clinical interests include hemangiomas and vascular malformations, acquired and congenital nevi in children, infections and infestations in children, bullous diseases in children, and teledermatology.
Dr. Cohen has been named a U.S. News Top Doctor in the top 1% of his specialty.
Kathryn A. Zug, MD is Professor of Surgery (Dermatology) in the Department of Surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover and Lebanon, New Hampshire. She is a co-author of Dermatology DDx Deck, 2nd Edition and Skin Disease, 3rd Edition.
Dr. Zug received her medical degree from Brown-Dartmouth Program in Medicine in Providence, Rhode Island, followed by an internship at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence and a residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire. Dr. Zug is board certified in dermatology. On staff at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center since 1995, she is affiliated with the Blood & Marrow Transplantation Program, Lymphoma/Leukemia Program, Melanoma/Skin Cancer Program, and the Interdisciplinary Cutaneous Lymphomas Clinic, as well as the Dermatology Residency Program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Dr. Zug’s areas of clinical interest and expertise include contact dermatitis, cutaneous lymphoma, cutaneous T-Cell lymphoma, general medical dermatology, and occupational dermatology. She recently spoke in France to some 800 European colleagues on the findings from a decade of research on cases of eczema-like symptoms among patients, data gathered by the North American Contact Dermatitis Group (NACDG), of which she is one of 13 members and secretary-treasurer. Dr. Zug is also a past president of the American Contact Dermatitis Society.
Related Authors: Thomas P. Habif, MD; James L. Campbell, Jr., MD, MS; M. Shane Chapman, MD; James G. H. Dinulos, MD
H. Peter Soyer, MD, FACD, is the professor and chair of the Dermatology Research Centre at the University of Queensland School of Medicine in Brisbane, Australia. He is also the director of the Department of Dermatology at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. Dr. Soyer is the co-author of Dermoscopy, 2nd Edition.
An international authority on mole and melanoma screening, Dr. Soyer focuses his research on dermatooncology and dermatopathology. Within the dermatology field he is considered among the pioneers of the dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions, a non-invasive diagnostic method. He also led the development of the morphologic classification system currently used worldwide. Another of Dr. Soyer’s contributions to the field was his foundation of a Web platform for freely available teleconsultations in dermatology.
Dr. Soyer was the co-founder and past president of the International Dermoscopy Society and also of the International Society of Teledermatology, organizing the First World Congress of Teledermatology in Graz in 2006. In 2012, Dr. Soyer served as the congress president for the World Congress of Dermoscopy. He is a member of the Faculty of 1000 for Dermatopathology, and serves on the editorial board of several leading journals.
Dr. Soyer is regularly invited to chair discussions and speak on dermoscopy and teledermatology at the American and European Academy of Dermatology meetings. Over the past ten years he has been a speaker at over a hundred international conferences. Dr. Soyer has authored over 450 articles in the field of dermatology in addition to five books and several book chapters.
Joseph L. Jorizzo, MD is Professor and Former (Founding) Chair of the Dermatology Department at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Adjunct Professor of Dermatology at the Weill Cornell School of Medicine. He is a co-author of the two-volume set, Dermatology, 3rd Edition and Dermatological Signs of Internal Disease, 4th Edition.
Dr. Jorizzo received his undergraduate medical degrees from Boston University’s AB/MD program and completed his internship in internal medicine, residency, and chief residency in dermatology at North Carolina Memorial (UNC) Hospital. He also served as a fellow at St. John’s Hospital Dermatology Institute in London.
Dr. Jorizzo has been on a myriad of councils, committees, and advisory boards. He has participated on the editorial boards of the Archives of Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, and Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, among others. He is a member of many professional societies, including the American Dermatologic Association Society of Investigative Dermatology, Dermatology Foundation, Women’s Dermatology Association, and the American Academy of Dermatology, where he served as Vice President.
Dr. Jorizzo has authored and co-authored over 200 articles and abstracts, including chapters in major rheumatology and gastroenterology books. He has been the recipient of a number of national and international honors, including multiple America’s Best Doctors listings. He has spoken at hundreds of dermatology meetings in the U.S. and around the world.
Related Author: Jean L. Bolognia, MD; Julie V. Schaffer, MD
James L. Campbell, Jr., MD, MS is Adjunct Associate Professor of Dermatology of the Department of Surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover and Lebanon, New Hampshire. He is a co-author of Dermatology DDx Deck, 2nd Edition and Skin Disease, 3rd Edition.
Dr. Campbell received his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School and completed his residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He is board certified in dermatology.
Dr. Campbell is the founder of Dermatology and Skin Health in Dover, New Hampshire, which provides comprehensive care and treatment for conditions of the skin, hair, and nails. What began as a solo general dermatology practice more than ten years ago has become a fully staffed facility that offers aesthetic services in conjunction with meeting patients’ needs for quality, compassionate dermatologic care. Dr. Campbell’s practice offers state-of-the-art services in the treatment of skin cancer, dermatology and cosmetic dermatology. The practice name was based on the title of the highly regarded dermatology textbook Skin Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, which Dr. Campbell first co-authored in 2000.
Related Authors: Thomas P. Habif, MD; M. Shane Chapman, MD; James G. H. Dinulos, MD
William L. Weston, MD is Emeritus Professor in the Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital and University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, Colorado. He is the author of Pediatric Dermatology DDx Deck and lead author of Color Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology, 4th Edition, which is used by clinicians worldwide and has been published in 4 languages.
Dr. Weston received his medical degree from the University of Colorado at Denver, performed his internship and residency at the Colorado Medical Center. He is board certified in pediatrics, dermatology, and dermatological immunology.
Dr. Weston created the Genetic Skin Disorders Clinic at the University of Colorado in 1998. His scientific and clinical interests include cutaneous immunology, cutaneous virology, and pediatric dermatology.
Author of more than 200 published articles, Dr. Weston was on the board of directors of the American Academy of Dermatology from 1980-1983. He has been named in Best Doctors in America, and has received the Alvin H. Jacobs Award (Dermatology) from the American Academy of Pediatrics, as well as the Career Teaching Scholar Award (Department of Pediatrics) from the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
