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EDUCATION AND AWARDS

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

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