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Dr. Paradi Mirmirani completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Dermatology and a clinical hair research fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. She is practicing at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Vallejo, California where she serves as the assistant chief of dermatology, the regional director for hair disorders and the local research chair. In addition to having faculty appointments at the University of California, San Francisco and Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Mirmirani has over 50 peer review publications and regularly lectures at national and international conferences on various hair disorders topics. Dr. Mirmirani co-authored “Cicatricial Alopecia: An Approach to Diagnosis and Management”, the first book dedicated to the topic. Her awards include the UCSF Outstanding Clinical Teacher, and the San Francisco Dermatologic Society’s Key Dermatology Leader for hair. Along with her clinical and research activities, she serves on the scientific advisory board of the Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation, is on the clinical research advisory board for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation, and is a past member of the Board of Directors for the North American Hair Research Society

Hair is important to how we project our sense of health from both the inside and the outside. Men and women spend billions of dollars on maintaining healthy hair. In this summit, we explore how what we put in and on our body affects our hair. We will cover topics ranging from the science of the hair cycle, the influence of sleep and stress, the role of nutrition and gut health, how the ingredients in hair care products affect you hair and skin, natural and botanical approaches to hair care, and the science behind the use of wigs and hair extensions.

In this Masterclass, we take a case-based approach to highlight pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis and management of hair disorders. Learn take home tips for a hair loss visit that leaves the clinician feeling gratified and makes the patient feel satisfied.

Recordings and handouts from 2020 integrative dermatology symposium

This masterclass tackles some of the most common issues that come up in caring for patients with hair disorders. Topics include diagnosis, therapeutics, and counseling, emphasizing providing compassionate, data-driven, and efficient care to the patient.

Recordings and Handouts from 2021 Integrative Dermatology Symposium

This course is aimed at clinicians who seek to improve their skills in managing women with hair loss. An overall framework and approach for evaluating hair loss in an efficient yet comprehensive manner will be reviewed. Specifically, the identification of hair curl types and how this impacts the global appearance and scalp coverage in women will be discussed.

Review case management and diagnostics skills in this case-based microlearning course featuring a female patient with alopecia.

Review case management and diagnostics skills in this case-based microlearning course featuring a female patient with alopecia.

Exploring modern, compassionate approaches and innovative treatments for managing alopecia areata effectively.

This activity will summarize the forms of scarring alopecia and their treatment options.

This activity will cover how hair scalp and hair health practices differ among ethnicities and highlight the unique hair conditions that may be present in different ethnicities.

This activity will provide an approach to the diagnosis and management of women with female pattern hair loss.

This activity will summarize the contribution of nutrition to alopecia and the evidence for the use of supplements.

This activity will serve as a summary and practical application of the concepts that were presented in the previous activities.

The activity will summarize the evidence for new and emerging therapies for androgenetic alopecia and will discuss the appropriate role for each in a treatment regimen.


