PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2013-2018 | Assistant Clinical Instructor, Division of Dermatology UCLA Medical Center |
2014-Present | Director, Dermatologic/Mohs Micrographic Surgery Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
2015-Present | Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept of Medicine Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
2018-Present | Co-Director, Cutaneous Malignancies Tumor Board Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
2019-Present | Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept of Pathology Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
EDUCATION
9/97-6/01 | UCLA, Los Angeles, CA B.S., June 2001 (summa cum laude) Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Specialization: Business & Administration |
8/01-6/08 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Medical Scientist Training Program M.D., May 2008 Field of Study: Medicine |
8/01-6/08 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Medical Scientist Training Program Ph.D., June 2006 Field of Study: Cellular and Molecular Pathology |
6/08-6/09 | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Internship: Internal Medicine, Preliminary Program |
7/09-6/12 | University of California, Los Angeles Residency: Dermatology |
7/12-6/13 | University of California, Los Angeles Fellowship: Procedural Dermatology |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professional Societies | |
2007-2008 | Chair, Western Medical Research Forum |
2009-Present | Fellow, American Academy of Dermatology |
2009-Present | Member, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery |
2009-Present | Member, Los Angeles Metropolitan Dermatological Society |
2013-Present | Fellow, American College of Mohs Surgery |
2017-2018 | Member, ACMS NRO Complications Subcommittee |
2018-Present | Member, ACMS Private Sector Advocacy Group |
2018-Present | Board of Directors, Los Angeles Metropolitan Dermatologic Society |
Editorial Boards | |
2013-Present | Journal of Dermatologic Surgery |
2013-Present | Lasers in Medicine and Surgery |
2018-Present | Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy |
Consulting | |
2013-Present | Consultant, Gerson Lehrman Group |
2014-Present | Luminary/Consultant, InMode Aesthetic Solutions |
2015-Present | Surgeon Advisory Board, Theracell, Inc. |
2015-Present | Consultant/Board of Directors, Joie Aesthetics |
2016-Present | Board of Directors, OQ Aesthetic Solutions, Inc. |
2018-Present | Board of Directors, High Beauty, Inc. |
Community Service | |
2001-2013 | Instructor, COPE Health Solutions |
2005-Present | Co-Founder/Co-Chair, PASHA Health |
2016-Present | Advisory Board, International Society for Children with Cancer |
Teaching/Mentoring Activities | |
2013-Present | Faculty, Greenway’s Superficial Anatomy & Surgery Course |
2014-2017 | Faculty, ASDS Pre-conference Workshop |
2014-Present | Dermatology Faculty, Cedar-Sinai Medicine Residency Program |
2015-Present | Mohs Faculty, UCLA/WLA VA Department of Dermatology |
2018-Present | Co-Director, Cedars-Sinai Cutaneous Tumor Board |
2018-Present | Faculty, ASDS Flap Workshop |
2018-2019 | Sub-Chairman, LA Multi-Specialty Cosmetic Academy |
HONORS AND SPECIAL AWARDS
2000 | Richard Carleton Meeker, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Award |
2000 | Edie and Lew Wasserman Research Scholar Award |
2000 | Vice Provost Recognition of Research Award |
1997-2001 | Provost’s Honors List |
1997-2001 | UCLA Honors Collegium |
2000-2001 | Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society |
2000-2001 | National Dean’s Honors List |
2001 | UCLA Outstanding Senior of the Year Award |
2001 | Phi Beta Kappa |
2001 | UCLA Research Scholar |
2001 | UCLA Dept of Molecular, Cell, and Dev. Biology Research Award |
2003 | COPE Alumni Achievement Award for Service |
2003 | UCLA Nutrition Bytes Outstanding Research Manuscript |
2004 | WSCI Edwin E. Osgood Award for Excellence in Research |
2005 | UCLA Cellular and Molecular Pathology Research Award |
2005 | UCLA Department of Medicine Research Day Award |
2005 | WSCI/WSMRF Research Award |
2006 | Irvine H. Page Young Investigator Award |
2008 | Edith and Carl Lasky Award for Excellence in Research |
2013 | Theodore Tromovitch Award at the Annual Mohs College meeting |
2017 | Southern California Top Doctors in Dermatology |
2018 | Southern California Top Doctors in Dermatology |
2019 | Southern California Top Doctors in Dermatology |
2019 | LA-MCA Leadership Award |
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
7/03-7/04 | Medical Scientist Training Program Research Fellowship Project: Identification of the Molecular Signaling Mechanisms Mediating the Inflammatory Response Induced by Oxidized Phospholipids in Endothelial Cells. Role: Principal Investigator |
7/04-7/06 | American Heart Association Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship Project: Identification of the Molecular Signaling Mechanisms Mediating the Inflammatory Response Induced by Oxidized Phospholipids in Endothelial Cells. Role: Principal Investigator |
5/10-5/11 | National Psoriasis Foundation Discovery Research Grant Project: The Intersection between Tissue Macrophages and Host Lipid Metabolism in Psoriasis. Role: Principal Investigator |
6/17-Present | Castle Biosciences Investigator Grant Project: Clinicopathologic Studies of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Role: Principal Investigator |