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U.S. Virtual Magic Wand® (VMW) Participants
2023
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Adarsh Ravishankar, MD
- University of Minnesota
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Ajay Nair Sharma, MD, MBA
- University of California, Irvine
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Andjela Nemcevic, MD
- NYU Langone's Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology
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Anisha Guda, MD
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Benjamin Tran, MD
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Christine Pham, MD
- University of California, Irvine
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Christopher Torres, MD
- New York University
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Fatima Mirza, MD
- Brown University
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Lily Park, DO
- Larkin Community Hospital | South Miami, FL
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Melissa Laughter, MD
- NYU Langone's Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology
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Neha Jariwala, MD
- University of Pennsylvania
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Sonya Kenkare, MD, FAAD
- Rush University
2022
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Allison Robbins, MD
- Brown University | Rhode Island Hospital
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Andrew Park, MD, MBA
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Arlene Ruiz de Luzuriaga, MD, MPH, MBA
- University of Chicago
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Colleen Cotton, MD
- Medical University of South Carolina
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Daniel Schlessinger, MD
Washington University![](/assets/MGH/images/wellman/mwi/David-Li-135.jpg)
David Li, MD, MBA
- Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program
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Dawn Zhang Eichenfield, MD, PhD
- Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego | UC San Diego School of Medicine
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Elena Pope, MD, MSc, FRCPC
- University of Toronto | Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
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Eric Yang, MD
- Brown University
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Ian Ferguson, MD
- Washington University
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John S. Barbieri, MD, MBA
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Julia Arzeno, MD
- University of California,
- Los Angeles
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Katharina S. Shaw, MD
- New York University
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Kevin Patel, MD
- The University of Texas at Austin
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Laura Gardner, MD
- Vanderbilt University
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Morgan Murphrey, MD
- University of California,
- Davis
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Nicole Gunasekera, MD, MBA
- Harvard Combined Dermatology Training Program
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Nikolai Klebanov, MD
- Harvard Combined Dermatology Training Program
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Sally Tan, MD, MPH
- University of California, San Francisco
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Spyros Siscos, MD
- University of Kansas Medical Center
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Sungat Grewal, MD
- University of California, San Francisco
2019
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Tim Durso, MD
- Loyola University/Chicago
- SAUSHEC
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Sara Hogan, MD, MHS, FAAD
- Loyola University/Chicago
- Cleveland Clinic
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Inyoung Kim, MD, PhD
- University of Chicago
- Case Western University
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Ming Lee, MD
- Emory University
- Boston University
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Xiaoxiao Li, MD, PhD
- University of Texas/Southwestern
- University of Pittsburgh
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Jean-Phillip Okhovat, MD, MPH
- University of California/Los Angeles
- University of Maryland
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Jigar Patel, MD
- Eastern VA Medical School
- Duke University
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Aditi Sharma, MD
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- University of California/Irvine
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Divya Sharma, MD
- College of New Jersey/Rutgers
- Brown University
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Kumar Sukhdeo, MD, PhD
- Case Western University
- New York University
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Usama Syed, MD
- Imperial College/London
- Mount Sinai University
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Olivia Twu, MD, PhD
- University of California/Los Angeles
- University of California/San Francisco
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Raj Varma, MD
- University of Alabama/Birmingham
- University of Alabama/Birmingham
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Reid Waldman, MD, PhD
- University of Missouri/Kansas City
- University of Connecticut
2017/2018
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Olga Afanasiev, MD
- University of Washington
- Stanford University
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Omar Badri, MD
- Harvard University
- BWH/Harvard Combined
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Spencer Bezalel, MD
- University of South Florida
- Mayo Clinic
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Afton Chavez, MD
- Dartmouth University
- Brown University
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Matthew Hand, MD
- University of Washington
- University of Utah
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Sheila Jalalat, MD
- University of Texas
- University of South Florida
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Stephanie Klein, MD, FAAD
- University of Utah
- Medical College of Wisconsin
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Kaveri Korgavkar, MD
- University of Michigan
- Brown University
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Neal Kumar, MD
- Tufts University
- Rush University
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Ivy Lee, MD, FAAD
- University of California/San Francisco
- Georgetown University
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Kachiu Lee, MD, MPH
- Northwestern University
- Brown University
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Neera Nathan, MD
- George Washington University
- Harvard Combined
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Joshua Owen, MD
- University of Texas/Southwestern
- Northwestern University
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Jennifer Powers, MD, FAAD
- Vanderbilt University
- Boston University
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Priyanka Vedak, MD
- Boston University
- Harvard Combined
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Joel Sunshine, MD
- Johns Hopkins University
- Northwestern University
European Virtual Magic Wand® Participants
2022
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Anamaria Balić, MD
Christine C. Dierickx, MD
Giovanni Damiani, M
![Josko Mise, MD](/assets/MGH/images/wellman/mwi/Josko Mise.png)
Josko Mise, MD
![Liora Bik, MD](/assets/MGH/images/wellman/mwi/Liora Bik.png)
Liora Bik, MD
![Lloyd Steele, MRCP](/assets/MGH/images/wellman/mwi/Llyod Steele.png)
Lloyd Steele, MRCP
![Martin Shahid, MD, PhD, BSc](/assets/MGH/images/wellman/mwi/Martin Shahid.png)
Martin Shahid, MD, PhD, BSc
![Meelad Habib, MD, PhD](/assets/MGH/images/wellman/mwi/Meelad Habib.png)
Meelad Habib, MD, PhD
![Razvigor Darlenski, MD, PhD](/assets/MGH/images/wellman/mwi/Razvigor Darlenski.png)
Razvigor Darlenski, MD, PhD
![Teofila Caplanusi, MD, PhD](/assets/MGH/images/wellman/mwi/Teofila Caplanusi.png)
Teofila Caplanusi, MD, PhD
![Tanya Maltseva, MD, PhD](/assets/MGH/images/wellman/mwi/Tetiana Matlseva.png)
Tanya Maltseva, MD, PhD
![Tiago Matos, MD, PhD](/assets/MGH/images/wellman/mwi/Tiago Matos.png)
Tiago Matos, MD, PhD
MWI Consultants/Speakers/Presenters
- James Allred, Dermatologist at Graves Gilbert Clinic, CEO & Founder Initium Innovations Inc.
- Maryam Asgari, Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
- Mathew Avram, Director, Mass General Laser, Cosmetics & Dermatologic Surgery
- Ashish Bhatia, Director of Dermatologic, Laser & Cosmetic Surgery at Oak Dermatology
- Angela Christiano, Professor at Columbia University Medical Center
- Jordan Cummins, Dermatologist and Clinical Director of MassDerm Associates
- Seemal Desai, Dermatologist and Owner, Innovative Dermatology
- John Doux, Member of the Program Committee for Dermatology Summit conferences from Advancing Innovation in Dermatology
- Lynn Drake, Lecturer in Dermatology, Mass General
- Dan Eisen, Director of Dermatologic Surgery and Head of the Micrographic and Dermatologic Oncology Fellowship Program, UC Davis
- Pat Fortune, VP Market Sectors, Mass General Brigham Innovation
- Barbara Gilchrest, Former President of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, editor-in-chief of The Journal of Investigative Dermatology
- Ernesto Gonzalez, Dermatologist and Professor in Dermatology at Mass General
- Eddie Hsia, VP, External Research & Innovation, Almirall
- Sylvia Hsu, Chair of Dermatology, Temple
- Jennifer Huang, Pediatric Dermatologist, specializing in cancer, Boston Childrens Hospital, Program Director, Harvard Dermatology Residency Program
- William James, Editor in Chief, Medscape Dermatology Reference, previous President of AAD Dermatologist and Professor of Dermatology, Penn Medicine
- Bill Ju, Co-founder, President, Trustee, Advancing Innovation in Dermatology
- Kasper Juul, Director, External Innovation, LEO Pharma
- Brandon Kirsch, Dermatologist in Naples FL, Kirsch Dermatology, President & CEO of ClearifiRX
- Justin Ko, Chief of Medical Dermatology, Dermatologist and Associate Professor of Dermatology, Stanford
- Daniela Kroshinsky, Director of Inpatient & Pediatric Dermatology, Mass General, Associate Professor of Dermatology at HMS
- Helena Kuhn, Assistant Professor, Brown Dermatology
- Joe Kvedar, Vice President, Connected Health, Mass General Brigham, Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Professor of Dermatology at HMS
- Duke Leahey, CEO Synthetic Vector Designs
- Adam Lipworth, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Chair of Lahey Health Dermatology
- Markham Luke, Supervisory Physician, US Dept. of Health & Human Services
- Dieter Manstein, co-Inventor of CoolSculpting & Fraxel Assistant Professor of Dermatology at HMS
- Suzanne Olbricht, Past president of the AAD, current Chief of Dermatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Associate Professor of Dermatology at HMS
- Clark Otley, Chief Medical Officer of Mayo Clinic Platform Dermatologist and Mohs Surgeon at Mayo Clinic
- Tania Phillips, Professor of Dermatology, Boston University
- Elisabeth Richard, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins
- Ellen Roh, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, HMS
- Arturo Saavedra, Chief of Population Health and Health Policy and chair of the Department of Dermatology at UVA
- Chrysalyne Schmults, Director, Mohs and Dermatologic Surgery Center, Harvard, Associate Professor of Dermatology at HMS
- Michael Sierra, Vice President of LEO Science & Tech Hub
- Nicole Stakleff, Partner, Health Sciences Dept, Pepper Hamilton LLP
- Sandy Tsao, Dermatologist/Assistant Professor of Dermatology at HMS
- Neal Walker, President and CEO at Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.
- Molly Wanner, Dermatologist, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, HMS
- Steve Xu, Dermatologist, Medical director of the Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics, Northwestern University
- Clarrisa Yang, Dermatologist, Dermatologist-in-Chief, Tufts
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