Ask the Experts: Dermatology
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Expert Panel
Hilary Baldwin, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Diane Berson, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
Lawrence F. Eichenfield, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine (Dermatology), University of California - San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California; Chief, Pediatric & Adolescent Dermatology, Rady Children's Hospital & Health Center, San Diego, California
Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD, Professor of Dermatology, Pathology, and Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Director of Psoriasis & Skin Treatment Center, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina- Amy J. McMichael, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Director of Hair Disorders Clinic, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Thomas Stasko, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Director of Dermatologic Surgery, Department of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Guy Webster, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania