Dr. Mark G. Lebwohl, MD graduated summa cum laude from Columbia College in 1974 and graduated from Harvard
Medical School in 1978. He completed residencies in internal medicine and dermatology, both at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Lebwohl has been practicing dermatology since 1983. He is professor and chairman of the Department of Dermatology of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. 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. Dr. Lebwohl has 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. He was a member of the Scientific Assembly Council, and chaired Academy 2001 in California and the AAD annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in 2004. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the AAD for 2011–2015.
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 was editor of the dermatology section of Scientific American Medicine, now called ACP Medicine. Dr. Lebwohl has chaired numerous symposia and has written, edited, or co-edited several books including the first atlas devoted entirely to cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease, and the leading book on dermatologic therapy, Treatment of Skin Disease. The second edition of The Skin and Systemic Disease has been published in English and in French, and both English and Portuguese versions of Treatment of Skin Disease have been published. Other books include Difficult Diagnoses in Dermatology, Psoriasis, Mild-to-Moderate Psoriasis and Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis. He has authored or co-authored over 400 publications including articles, chapters and abstracts. Dr. Lebwohl is actively involved in clinical trials of many new dermatologic treatments.
Perry Robins MD
New York, NY
James M. Spencer MD
St. Petersburg, FL
Dr. Derick, a native of Chicago’s northwest suburbs, received her B.S. degree summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame.
She then attended the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and received her medical degree with Honors.
he was given the American Medical Women’s Association Award for outstanding scholastic achievement, as well as the
atherine Dobson prize for her clinical research.
Following an Internal Medicine internship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Dr. Derick returned to the University of Chicago Hospitals for her Dermatology residency. During her final year, she served as Chief Resident and received a Women’s Dermatologic Society’s mentorship award to study cutaneous laser surgery.
Dr. Derick has published several scholarly articles and delivered presentations on the national level. She has been featured as an expert in cosmetic dermatology on NBC News. Dr. Derick has been quoted in such media sources as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, CNN.com, Shape Magazine, Cooking Light, Delicious Living, Woman’s World, and many more.