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  1. Zoe Diana Draelos
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    Zoe Diana Draelos
    Zoe Diana Draelos, MD, is a research and clinical board-certified dermatologist and a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology. She is in solo private practice in High Point, North Carolina, and a Consulting Professor of Dermatology at Duke University.In 1988, she founded Dermatology Consulting Services, PLLC, to initiate and perform research in aging skin, acne, rosacea, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, actinic keratoses, eczema, and aesthetic procedures in the cosmetic, OTC drug, and pharmaceutical arenas.Prior to pursuing a medical career, Dr. Draelos completed an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and was elected a Rhodes Scholar. A member of Sigma Xi research honorary and Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary, she is the author of 14 books including Cosmetics in Dermatology (fourth edition) and Hair Cosmetics.She is the editor of Cosmetic Dermatology: Products and Procedures (third edition) and Cosmeceuticals (fourth edition), with translations into seven languages. She has contributed chapters to 44 textbooks, written 197 posters, served as the principal investigator on 1,054 studies, and authored 674 published papers.She has served on or contributed to 38 journal editorial boards, functioned as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology for 10 years, and was a past member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. She was elected Vice-President of the American Academy of Dermatology.Dr. Draelos is recognized as a pioneer in cosmetic dermatology and has received numerous awards, including a lifetime achievement award from Health Beauty America for her research and the 2008 DermArts Award for her contributions to dermatology.In 2010, she received the Albert Kligman Innovation Award, and in 2016 she was awarded a Presidential Citation from the American Academy of Dermatology for her research contributions to advance the specialty.She received the prestigious Maison de Navarre Award from the Society of Cosmetic Chemists in 2017 for her contributions to the art and science of cosmetics. In 2019, she was the inaugural recipient of the Florence Wall Award from the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, naming her as one of the most influential women in cosmetic science.

  2. Nigma Talib
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    Nigma Talib
    Dr. Nigma Talib is a renowned Naturopathic Doctor based in Beverly Hills and a recognized leader in the wellness industry, earning a spot on The L.A. Power List by Angeleno Magazine. As CEO of Dr. Nigma Skincare and Supplements, she has launched science-backed products at Erewhon, Poosh, and Goop. A bestselling author, Dr. Nigma's book Reverse the Signs of Ageing/Younger Skin Starts in the Gut (2015) explores the gut-health connection to premature aging. She has introduced vitamin supplements to the fashion world via Net-a-Porter and has treated high-profile clients like Gwyneth Paltrow on Goop Lab (Netflix). A sought-after speaker, she has presented at Goop Health conferences and will launch The Healthydoc Pod in March 2025, featuring guests like Chelsea Handler and Cleo Wade. Her work has been featured in Vogue India, W Magazine, Goop, POOSH, and Access Hollywood.

  3. Antton Egana
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    Antton Egana
    Medical Affairs professional with experience in medical and commercial areas. Currently working as US Senior Medical Director. Driven by simplicity, agility and connecting dots to generate innovation.

  4. Whitney Bowe
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    Whitney Bowe
    Whitney Bowe. MD is a renowned, board-certified dermatologist and scientist based in New York. She is one of the most in-demand dermatologists in the country, in addition to being a founding member of the Dermstore Medical Advisory Board and a distinguished thought leader in the space. For the past seven years, her practice has been fully booked and capped, but now with her skin-care line, Dr. Whitney Bowe Beauty, you can bring the doctor home with you. Dr. Bowe championed a focus on the skin-gut-mind connection. Her “three-dimensional” approach to skincare—treating skin from both the outside and inside—challenged long-held beliefs within the field of dermatology. She is also responsible for bringing the viral skin-care concept of Skin Cycling to the world, which has amassed more than 3 billion TikTok views. With a deep knowledge of the skin, skin care products and dermatology, Dr. Bowe is constantly quoted in top media outlets like Vogue, The New York Times and Good Morning America.

  5. Julie Longyear
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    Julie Longyear
    Julie Longyear launched Blissoma skincare in 2009 as an activist on behalf of people with sensitive skin. After many misadventures in drugstore aisles and dermatologist offices she determined that the ingredients in most skincare products were actually causing her adult acne, redness, and flaking skin.  Longyear combined her chemistry training with her interest in herbalism and devised recipes with fresh, whole plant extracts and nutritious oils.  She gave herself clear, healthy skin and embarked on a quest to help other people with sensitivities to synthetic cosmetic ingredients.Blissoma’s proprietary manufacturing is done at Longyear’s own vertically-integrated herbal manufacturing facility to ensure complete ingredient control.  Longyear’s talent for matching phytochemistry with human biology has created an extremely devoted following for the Blissoma brand.  Over 20 awards, clinical proof, and 15 years of business success have proven the value of Longyear’s approach.Julie's expertise in holistic skin health and cosmetic chemistry has been featured by AP News, Happi, Cosmetics Design Magazine, Associated Skincare Practitioners, Formula Botanica, Bust Magazine, Ecocult, Skincare Anarchy and many other publications and podcasts.  She loves to write and educate clients about the science of skin health.Julie is passionate about singing and is currently in the process of rejuvenating her hobby as an operatic soprano.  She can be heard singing along with the music at the Blissoma offices daily.

  6. Doris Day
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    Doris Day
    Doris Day, MD, is a board-certified dermatologist who specializes in cosmetic and dermatology on the Upper East Side in New York City. She is a clinical professor of dermatology at the New York University Medical Center where she was presented with the award for Dedication and Excellence in the Teaching of Dermatology. She has also won the American Skin Association award for mentorship in dermatology and the AAD Presidential Citation in recognition of her dedication and leadership in the field of aesthetic dermatology. She was most recently named by Newsweek as the #3 top cosmetic dermatologist in the US.She has won awards for her work in laser research and continues to actively participate in FDA clinical research trials and publish in peer reviewed medical journals. Dr. Day regularly lectures nationally and internationally to her peers and the public. She is an active member of many organizations including the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery and the American Academy of Dermatology where she has served on the board of directors.Dr. Day also has a master’s degree in medical journalism and is host of the Dermatology Show on Doctor Radio on Sirius/XM 110 for over 15 years and has frequent appearances on many national media outlets and podcasts. She is the author of four books, her most recent book is Rebooting the Biome.

  7. Sandra Lee
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    Sandra Lee
    Board Certified Dermatologist known as Dr Pimple Popper on social media and television

  8. Monique Chheda
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    Monique Chheda
    Dr. Monique Chheda is a board certified dermatologist. She is a native of Chicago. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan, where she graduated with honors. She went on to complete her medical school education at the University of Illinois - Chicago Medical School, where she graduated at the top of her class, being accepted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. She completed her dermatology residency at the University of Chicago, where she also served as Chief Resident in her final year.She has been in both academic and private practice since completing her training, practicing in Maryland and New Jersey prior to joining District Dermatology. Dr. Chheda is passionate about providing high-quality dermatologic care for her patients. She enjoys seeing patients of all ages and her interests in medical dermatology include acne, eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, and skin cancer screening and treatment. She also has a special interest in hair loss and conditions in skin of color.She is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology, serving previously on the Young Physicians Committee, and is a published scientific author. When not seeing patients, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two young children. She is also an award-winning children’s book author!

  9. Joseph Gretzula
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    Joseph Gretzula
    Joseph C. Gretzula, D.O., F.A.A.D. is a Board-Certified Dermatologist with over 39 years of experience in South Florida. He is the Director of Boynton Beach Dermatology and the Founder and Medical Director of Beauty Within, a Wellness and Anti-aging Center, created to transform traditional medicine to achieve healthy human longevity in a more personalized manner.Dr. Gretzula is board-certified, recognized by the American Academy of Dermatology and is internationally recognized as an expert in aesthetics, lasers, and skin cancer. He is a key opinion leader for both InMode and UltraClear, utilizing the latest technologies in revolutionizing facial rejuvenation. With his designation,Beauty Within has become a top-tier head-to-toe remodeling center that is held to the highest standards for aesthetic treatments.Beyond his dermatology training at the University of Miami, Dr. Gretzula possesses a Degree in Pharmacy, having graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. He incorporates that knowledge, as well as his knowledge of wellness and antiaging, into his practice providing a more precise and personalized form of medicine incorporating mindful meditation, nutrition, peptide therapy, sleep and stress management to promote overall health and anti aging benefits. Beauty Within is also a research-oriented facility studying the latest technologies including the development of an algorithm to predict facial aging. Additionally, Dr. Gretzula serves on the Medical Advisory Board of ZEO Scientifix studying exosomes and their relationship in skin aging and aesthetics.

  10. Christina O’Connor
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    Christina O’Connor
    Christina is a registered dietitian and the Senior Healthcare Account Manager at Pendulum Therapeutics. She received her bachelor of science at James Madison University and completed her Dietetic Internship through the Virginia Department of Health.Christina spent her early career working in pediatrics where she fell in love with microbiome science during her role as a NICU dietitian at The Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters. She was instrumental in helping to bring to life one of the area's first donor human milk banks.  In her spare time, she enjoys involving her two boys in growing, prepping, and cooking family meals.

  11. Gary N. Harker
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    Gary N. Harker
    Gary Harker is the Director of Client Experience at Legally Mine. He and his wife have been married for 18 years and are the parents of 3 children. Mr. Harker is an entrepreneur, author licensed professional, creative director and educator for healthcare professionals. Speaking to audiences worldwide for more than 20 years, Gary is able to engage audiences on difficult subjects, taking the complex and making them palatable. As an entrepreneur Mr. Harker understands the necessity for Asset Protection first hand. Protecting the people closet to you, including your family, associates and employees

  12. Philippe Humbert
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    Philippe Humbert
    Philippe Humbert, MD is a Professor of Dermatology at the University of Franche-Comté and the University Hospital of Besançon. He previously headed both the Department of Dermatology and the Laboratory of Cutaneous Engineering and Biology at the hospital. Dr. Humbert holds an MD with specializations in dermatology, internal medicine, and oncology, as well as certifications in human biology, pharmacology, and sports medicine. He also earned a Ph.D. from the University of Besançon. He is the President of the International Society of Cutaneous Pharmacology and co-founded the French-Speaking Skin Engineering Society. Additionally, he has held leadership roles in European dermatological societies. A prolific author, he has published over 600 international papers and co-edited the second edition of Agache’s Measuring the Skin. His honors include the Knight of Academic Palms and multiple awards from French dermatological and cosmetology societies.

  13. Christopher M Estes
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    Christopher M Estes
    Christopher M. Estes is a dedicated and compassionate physician whose career has evolved from extensive experience with medically complicated patients. He became frustrated seeing people get passed from one specialist to the next without ever addressing the source cause of their medical problems.  He now works to discover those causes for a broad array of medical conditions, no matter how complex. His practice at Miami Beach Comprehensive Wellness Center involves an integrated array of therapies for women and men, including functional medicine evaluations, intravenous and ozone therapies, platelet rich plasma therapies, peptide therapies, energetic medicine and Acutonics sound healing. His specialties include management of mold, Lyme and other environmentally acquired illnesses, gastrointestinal issues and dysbiosis, autoimmune diseases, natural approaches to fertility, hormonal management and comprehensive detoxification programs.  Chris is also an expert in optimizing the health of high-performing individuals.  Utilizing advanced analysis of telomere length, DNA methylation and other biomarkers, he designs customized anti-aging and performance optimization regimens for people of all ages.

  14. Kara Siedman
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    Kara Siedman
    Kara Siedman, a Registered Dietitian and Senior Manager of Scientific Communications at Pendulum, holds a bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She completed her Dietetic Internship at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Throughout her career, Kara has worked across diverse healthcare settings, from inpatient care to launching multiple outpatient programs. Her expertise lies in integrating functional and integrative approaches, particularly in the fields of gastroenterology and metabolic health. Before joining Pendulum, Kara worked in the microbiome field, sharing scientific insights and research with healthcare practitioners. She guided the practical use of various bacterial strains and microbiome-focused therapies in clinical practice, fueling her passion for translating complex research into actionable guidance for healthcare providers.

  15. Victoria Werth
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    Victoria Werth
    Dr. Werth received her MD from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, followed by residency and a postdoctoral research fellowship in Immunodermatology at New York University. Dr. Werth moved to Penn in 1989 as Chief of Dermatology at the Philadelphia VA Hospital. At Penn she directs the Autoimmune Skin Disease study unit, and performs clinical and translational research studies in autoimmune skin disease funded by NIH, autoimmune foundations, and industry. She has performed a number of industry trials for pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid. She has a basic research lab at the VA devoted to autoimmune skin disease and photobiology, funded by NIH and the VA. Dr. Werth’s clinical practice specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with autoimmune skin diseases, including autoimmune blistering disease, lupus erythematosus, and dermatomyositis. She led an international effort to develop disease severity tools for several autoimmune blistering diseases, including pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid. These tools are now used in international trials that are developing new drugs for autoimmune blistering diseases, including the trial leading to the recent FDA approval of Rituximab for pemphigus vulgaris. Dr. Werth has also performed studies to determine the impact of bullous diseases on Quality-of-life. Her research laboratory has determined the heterogeneity of the inflammatory cell infiltrate in skin in photo-induced autoimmune skin diseases, and correlated this with the response to therapy. Her laboratory has also performed translational research to better understand how novel therapies that modulate inflammatory cells work in autoimmune skin disease. She has been on the IPPF Medical Advisory Board since the beginning of the foundation. Dr. Werth has received numerous honors for her work, including the lifetime achievement award from the Medical Dermatology Society, the Rose Hirschler Award from the Women’s Dermatologic Society, and the American Skin Associations’s Research Achievement Award in Autoimmune & Inflammatory Skin Disorders, the Lifetime Career Educator Award from the Dermatology Foundation, and the Naomi Kanof Clinical Investigator Award from the Society of Investigative Dermatology.

  16. Teri M Greiling
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    Teri M Greiling
    Dr. Teri Greiling is the Vice-Chair and an Associate Professor in the Department at Dermatology at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR. Dr. Greiling completed her MD and PhD degrees at the University of Washington in Seattle and then went on to do her dermatology residency training and post-doctoral fellowship in Immunobiology at Yale University. Her clinical practice specializes in complex medical dermatology, particularly in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases of the skin, and she cares for patients at the joint Rheumatology/Dermatology clinics at OHSU.  

  17. Chrissy Cornejo
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    Chrissy Cornejo
    Christine Cornejo, MD is the Director, Dermatology Medical Engagement Lead at Bristol Myers Squibb. She graduated summa cum laude from The Pennsylvania State University with a degree in biomedical engineering and received her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her dermatology residency, serving as chief resident, and fellowship in cutaneous oncology at the University of Pennsylvania. After her training, she became an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and joined the Department of Dermatology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She served as the Director of Confocal Microscopy and specialized in melanoma and high-risk skin cancer management. 

  18. Mallory Green
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    Mallory Green
    Born and raised in Texas, Mallory is a Certified Sound Bowl Practitioner, Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 200, Aerial Yoga Instructor & Reiki Master. She graduated from Sunshine School of Yoga in Mansfield, TX in 2019, eager to help others find wellness through mindfulness, movement, music and raise the vibration of her community. Her journey began in 2005 after being diagnosed with lupus and in 2009 kidney disease. In 2012, Mallory underwent chemotherapy to combat the effects of her immune system attacking her body. It was after her last session she was determined to get her life back and reclaim her health. It started with researching holistic healing and the rest is history. Mallory has remained in remission since 2013 and is happily married with two beautiful boys and living her life to the fullest! Mallory has always been passionate about helping people and found her calling through yoga, sound meditation and energy work. You can feel the passion and big-love energy in every class she teaches. Her favorite styles of yoga to teach are Hot Vinyasa, Yin Yoga and Crystal Sound Bowl Meditations. When not teaching, you can find Mallory hanging out with her family and friends, taking care of her plants and catching up on her favorite music and movies.

  19. William Eaglstein
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    William Eaglstein
    William Eaglstein, MD IS From Missouri. Past chairman of dermatology at the Universities of Pittsburgh and Miami. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow in Washington, DC, Chairman of an FDA advisory panel and an NIH advisory panel. Vice President of Stiefel a GSK company. Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Union of Wound Healing Societies and the Wound Healing Society. Honorary Membership in the AAD and the Citation of Merit University of Missouri Lives with his wife, Janet, in Los Altos, California, where he pursues his interests in wound healing, drug development, regulatory affairs, contemporary art, and bicycling.

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