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Steven McGee
With 35 years of building businesses and a diverse portfolio of successful ventures, Steve McGee is a seasoned entrepreneur who excels in investing equity, debt, and talent to propel companies toward scalable success. His journey has been characterized by a commitment to identifying and nurturing innovative ideas that can positively impact significant segments of the population.At the helm of NeoGenesis, Steve spearheads a revolution in skincare with the groundbreaking technology – a market-disrupting breakthrough that harnesses the power of stem cell science. Looking ahead, he envisions a future where advancements in this field can contribute to helping people not only look and feel younger but do so in a sustainable and healthy manner. NeoGenesis, under Steve’s leadership, aims to address chronic and traumatic issues without contraindications, offering holistic solutions for a diverse range of concerns.
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Julianna Giles
Dr. Julianna Giles is a distinguished Naturopathic Doctor, Ayurvedic Practitioner, and co-founder of LUMNA, specializing in integrative medicine and holistic health solutions for complex conditions. She specializes in the nervous system. Dr. Giles pioneers plant-based transdermal elixirs designed to heal and regulate the nervous system, integrating scientific rigor with spiritual wisdom for optimal health. She holds a Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine and a Master's of Science in Ayurvedic Sciences from Bastyr University. Dr. Giles is a core lecturer for the Academy of Cannabis Science and lead formulator for Polite, focusing on trauma-informed care and patient empowerment.
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Greg Maguire
Greg Maguire, Ph.D., a former professor of neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego, a Fulbright-Fogarty Scholar at the National Institutes of Health, USA, is a scientist, innovator, teacher, healthcare professional. He has over 100 publications and numerous patents. His book, "Adult Stem Cell Released Molecules: A Paradigm Shift To Systems Therapeutics" was published by Nova Science Publishers (NY) in 2018. He is co-founder of NeoGenesis Inc, a skin care and therapeutics company headquartered in San Diego, CA.
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Jodie Raffi
Jodie Raffi is currently a resident at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.
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Megan O'Connor
Megan O’Connor is an MD candidate at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS). Read about her experience and interest in integrative medicine.
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Ellen Clark
Ellen’s entire professional career has been dedicated to helping people improve their skin with high-performance, results-oriented products. Her own struggles with problem skin inspired her to help others. Prior to launching Control Corrective Skincare in 1997, Ellen began her professional skincare career as an esthetician and entrepreneur. After renting space in a medical facility and growing her business, she launched the first clinical Skincare Clinic in Sunnyvale, Ca with a focus on results-oriented treatments and soon opened a second location in San Jose, CA. An opportunity then presented itself shortly thereafter to launch a skincare distribution and training business to help estheticians learn about corrective skincare treatments. Ellen has trained professionals throughout the USA at tradeshows and regional trainings. In response to many requests, in 2010 Global Beauty Private Label was launched for Med Spas and other skincare professionals who aimed to create their own branded line of products to offer their patients and clients. Both Ellen and her team continue to add innovative products and treatments that help estheticians enhance their offerings. Through the years, working in the treatment room, running several businesses, and educating estheticians, Ellen has learned many entrepreneurial lessons and continues to grow, mentor, and evolve. She is very accessible and always available to offer advice and support to others.
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Edward (Ted) Lain
Dr Ted Lain is a board-certified dermatologist practicing in Austin, Texas since 2006. He serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Sanova Dermatology, a group practice with locations in Texas and Louisiana, as well as the Executive Director for Austin Institute for Clinical Research (AICR). As the Principal Investigator for AICR, Dr Lain has run numerous medical, cosmetic, device and skincare trials since 2013, including over 20 in psoriasis vulgaris. He uses his clinical and research experience to assist industry with protocol design, marketing strategy, and sales force training. In addition, he enjoys being a faculty member of numerous domestic and international educational conferences, publishing and editing journal articles, and co-directing the Science of Skincare Summit.
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Katrina Abuabara
Katrina Abuabara, MD, MA, MSCE is an Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of California San Francisco. She also holds a secondary appointment in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California Berkeley’s School of Public Health, and a joint appointment in the new UCSF-UC Berkeley Computational Precision Health Graduate Group.After earning a master's degree in sociology from Stanford University, Dr. Abuabara earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She also earned a master of science degree in clinical epidemiology from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she completed her dermatology residency as well as a postdoctoral research fellowship in dermatoepidemiology.Her research examines how environmental and sociocultural factors interact with biological factors to influence chronic inflammatory conditions. She has studied atopic dermatitis disease course and comorbidities, the role of the skin barrier in inflammation and aging, and the impact of environmental microbes and soil biodiversity on allergic diseases. Dr. Abuabara is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology, American Medical Association, Society for Investigative Dermatology and International Eczema Council.
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Eric Simpson
Eric Simpson, MD, MCR, practices medical dermatology with special interests in chronic inflammatory skin diseases and skin cancer. He is actively involved in clinical research and is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health and industry partners to study new approaches to chronic skin disease treatment and prevention. His collaborations are global in scope, and he has been invited to present his research and approach to patient care at international conferences in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. He has published over 290 scientific articles in several high-impact peer-reviewed journals including the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. He supports patient advocacy and improving research quality by serving as Co-Chair of the Harmonizing Outcome Measures in Eczema (HOME) – a volunteer group of patients, providers, and other stakeholders whose mission is to improve the quality of eczema research to better suit the needs of patients and policy-makers. He is also serving as Chair of the NEA Research Advisory Committee.
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Brian Kim
Professor, Vice Chair of Research, and Site Chair of Mount Sinai West, Icahn School of Medicine, NY, USBrian Kim, MD, MTR, received his medical degree from the University of Washington, was a HHMI-NIH Scholar, and completed residency in dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a Master of Translational Research (MTR). The Kim Lab focuses on mechanisms that underlie skin inflammation and the sensation of itch as a fundamental, broad, model paradigm of neuroimmunology. He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications, multiple NIH grants, designed pivotal clinical trials that led to novel FDA-approved treatments, and is an inventor of itch-centered technologies. He holds a patent for the use of JAK inhibitors for chronic itch. He is on the editorial board for Cell Reports Medicine and the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, section editor for Journal of Immunology and on the board of reviewing editors for eLife. He is an investigator and Director of the Allen Discovery Center for Neuroimmune Interactions at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, a Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group advised program of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.
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Sarina Elmariah
Associate Professor and Dermatology Director at the UCSF Centre for Itch and Neurosensory Disorders at the University of California in San Francisco, California, USSarina Elmariah, MD, PhD, is a board-certified dermatologist and developmental neuroscientist. She is also Associate Professor and Dermatology Director at the UCSF Centre for Itch and Neurosensory Disorders at the University of California in San Francisco. Her research interests lie in general dermatology, skin cancer detection and treatment, chronic itching disorders, allergic skin reactions and wound healing, and aims to promote innovation and discovery in the neuroimmune cutaneous areas and improve how we characterize, diagnose and manage common skin disorders. She has published numerous articles and abstracts in dermatology and neuroscience journals, including the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and the Journal of Neuroscience. Additionally, she has authored many online publications and a book chapter and is a reviewer for many top-tier dermatology and scientific journals. She has also received numerous awards, including the Saul Winegrad Award for her outstanding graduate thesis, and the Balduin Lucke Memorial Prize for superior research in Medicine and Biology, the Dermatology Foundation Physician-Scientist Career Development Award, and the American Academy of Dermatology 2018 Young Investigator Award.
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Martin Metz
Martin Metz, MD, earned his medical degree from Humboldt University Berlin in Germany. He completed an internship and a residency in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Mainz in Germany, as well as a research fellowship in the university’s Mast Cell Research Group. He also completed a research fellowship in the Department of Pathology at Stanford University in the United States. His research efforts over the years have been focused on pruritus and the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and management of urticaria.He is the author or co-author of more than 220 peer-reviewed publications, appearing in such highly regarded journals as the Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Science, and The Journal of Clinical Investigation, as well as the author or coauthor of 22 book chapters. He serves as vice president of the Board of Directors of the German Pollen Information Service Foundation (PID). He is a professor in the Department of Dermatology and Allergology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, where he is also head of translational research and deputy head of clinical trials at Charité’s Institute of Allergology. In addition, he is head of preclinical research of mast cell–mediated diseases at the Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology (ITMP) – Allergology and Immunology in Berlin.
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Raj Chovatiya
Raj Chovatiya, MD, PhD, MSCI, FAAD is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School and Founder and Director of the Center for Medical Dermatology and Immunology Research in Chicago, Illinois. His clinical and research focus includes the intersection of cutaneous immunology and inflammatory disease. He received his MD and PhD in immunology from Yale and completed his residency, postdoctoral research fellowship, and MS in clinical investigation at Northwestern University where he also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Chovatiya has a particular interest in optimizing patient-centered care, understanding chronic disease burden especially in understudied inflammatory diseases, exploring health and social disparities, and improving care across diverse skin types. He has published numerous abstracts and manuscripts and has been nationally and internationally recognized for his contributions as a clinician, educator, researcher, and leader.
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Alexandra Vaughn
Alexandra is a 4th-year medical student at Drexel University. Learn about Alexandra and her interest in skin health.
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Michael Smith
Regional Sales Manager – Medical Division6 years with Practice Solutions2x Pinnacle Award WinnerOver 200M in funded loans for doctors in private practiceDedicated LearnSkin representative for BofA
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Misha Rosenbach
Misha Rosenbach, MD is a Professor of Dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Vice Chair of Education and Program Director of the dermatology residency. Dr. Rosenbach’s clinical practice is focused on complex medical dermatology and his research is focused primarily on sarcoidosis and granulomatous skin conditions. He has published more than 240 peer reviewed articles, multiple chapters, and textbooks, including the premier text in the field, Andrews’ Diseases of the Skin. Dr. Rosenbach serves one of the physician leads of Penn’s climate and sustainability mission and serves as co-Chair of their Committee on the climate emergency. Nationally, Dr. Rosenbach a co-Founders and co-Chair of the American Academy of Dermatology’s Expert Resource Group on Climate Change. He has published extensively on the intersection between Climate Change and medicine, in particular dermatology, and is actively involved in multiple organizations focused on sustainability in medicine.
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Vanessa Smith
A licensed Acupuncturist, Dr. Vanessa Smith received her Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Southern California University of Health Sciences as well as a BA in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from Cal State University Fullerton (CSUF). She was part of the inaugural DACM cohort in the Eastern Medicine Department here at SCU and further went on to earn a Diplomate in Oriental Medicine through the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She has taught at Southern California University of Health Sciences in the Interprofessional Education Department since 2017 and the Ayurvedic Medicine Department since 2022, bringing her passion for interprofessional education and her knowledge of integrative health in practice. When not teaching, she is seeing patients full-time at her private clinic, Horning Chiropractic and Acupuncture in Laguna Hills, Ca. where she sees patients from all walks of life.
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Melinda Ring
Dr. Melinda Ring serves as Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University, and Clinical Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Medical Social Sciences at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. She earned her medical degree and completed her residency at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, completed a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, and has been in practice for more than 20 years. Dr. Ring is Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Integrative Medicine, and Diplomate of ABLM, and cares for patients with a wide variety of conditions and preventive health needs, with a special focus on women's health. In her roles at Northwestern, she oversees medical student and resident education and directs the clinical and faculty fellowships in integrative medicine, teaches the Cooking Up Health culinary medicine course, and researches nutrition and integrative strategies to promote health. Additionally, she contributes to textbooks, lectures, and research articles in the field of Women’s Health and Integrative Medicine, including PCOS, sleep disorders and menopause. In 2013, Rodale Books published her first book on integrative women’s health, The Natural Menopause Solution, and she has contributed to a variety of publications, including HuffPost and CNN. Dr. Ring also serves as board chair for the American Board of Integrative Medicine, on the Steering Committee of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health, and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Global Advances in Health and Medicine. In 2021 she received the Bravewell Distinguished Service Award, one of the highest honors in the field of integrative health, and presented a TedxChicago talk on culinary medicine and how patients can be their own, best, first doctor.
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Naomi Uchida-Boas
Naomi Uchida-Boas is Lead Clinical Faculty in the Ayurveda Medicine Department at her alma mater, the Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCUHS). At SCUHS Naomi has worked in a clinical, teaching, and administrative capacity for the past seven years. In 2016 Naomi established her own private practice, HEAL Ayurveda, in West Los Angeles, where she currently manages a team of holistic practitioners offering a variety of healing modalities.   Naomi is a Certified Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner, Massage Therapist, Vedic Astrologer and Energy Medicine practitioner. She began her journey into Ayurveda over 15 years ago and personally experienced its profound healing power. Naomi is passionate about empowering individuals with the tools to live optimally through nutrition, herbs, lifestyle, energy healing and therapeutic body treatments. She has treated a wide array of conditions, including digestive, skin, stress, anxiety, pain, hormonal, and musculoskeletal.
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Susan Taylor
Susan C. Taylor is the Bernett Johnson Endowed Professor of Dermatology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. In addition, she is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston and is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Dermatology.   Dr. Taylor’s clinical and research focus includes pigmentary disorders, acne, and alopecia. Her work has focused on advancing clinical knowledge and addressing gaps in central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia. She also serves as Principal Investigator for Phase II through Phase IV clinical research trials. Dr. Taylor has over 100 original publications as well as five books, including Taylor and Kelly’s Dermatology for Skin of Color. She has given more than 80 lectures both nationally and internationally. Before joining Penn, Dr. Taylor was in private practice at Society Hill Dermatology from 1989 until 2016.   Dr. Taylor was elected President-elect of the American Academy of Dermatology and will take office in March 2024. Dr. Taylor was the recipient of the AAD’s 2022 Inaugural John Kenney Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award and Lectureship. She served as AAD Vice President 2020-2021. Dr. Taylor is the 2022 recipient of the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching from the Perelman School of Medicine.   Professor Taylor is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, and a member of the American Dermatological Association, the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, the Noah Worcester Dermatological Society, the Skin of Color Society, the Women’s Dermatologic Society, the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the Philadelphia Dermatology Society. She serves on the editorial boards of Archives in Dermatologic Research, Cutis, and Practical Dermatology and is a peer reviewer for several other journals, including Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, British Journal of Dermatology, JAMA Dermatology, and Journal of Drugs in Dermatology.