Dermatology About Us Message from the Chair Contact Us Clinical Expertise Education & Training MD Student Clerkships Dermatology Residency Program Dermatology Fellowship Program Continuing Education Faculty Research Faculty Research Clinical Innovation Incubator Program Faculty Home Research Clinical Departments Dermatology Faculty Dermatology Department Leadership Kristen Kelly, MD Professor & Chair — Dermatology Our Faculty Mihaela Balu, PhD Associate Professor — Dermatology Maria Buethe, MD, PhD, FAAD Assistant Professor — Dermatology Director — Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology Hafsa Cantwell, MD Assistant Professor — Dermatology Brooke Cui, MD Assistant Clinical Professor — Dermatology Linda Doan, MD, PhD Associate Professor — Dermatology Co-Director — Dermatopathology Xiying Fan, MD, PhD Assistant Professor — Dermatology Allene Fonseca-Katz, MD Assistant Professor — Dermatology Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD Associate Dean — Physician-Scientist Development Professor — Dermatology Shilpa Ghatnekar, MD Assistant Clinical Professor — Dermatology Sergei Grando, MD, PhD, DSc Distinguished Professor — Dermatology Director — Immunobullous Clinic Bonnie Lee, MD Professor — Dermatology Director — Dermatology Residency Program Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD Professor — Dermatology Director — Student Education Natasha Mesinkovska, MD, PhD Associate Professor — Dermatology Vice Chair — Clinical Research Michelle Min, MD, MSci Assistant Professor — Dermatology Director — Medical Dermatology Nathan Rojek, MD Associate Professor — Dermatology Director — Inpatient Consults (Orange) Aditi Sharma, MD Assistant Professor — Dermatology Director — Volunteer Faculty Committee Jessica Shiu, MD, PhD Associate Professor — Dermatology Director of Resident Research Education — Dermatology Melissa Shive, MD, MPH Associate Professor — Dermatology Director — Dermatologic Surgery Janellen Smith, MD Professor — Dermatology Director — OncoDermatology Ladan Straker, MD Assistant Professor — Dermatology Associate Director — Dermatology Residency Program Bryan Sun, MD, PhD Associate Professor — Dermatology Director — Faculty Development in Research Shannon Wongvibulsin, MD, PhD Assistant Professor — Dermatology Katerina Yale, MD Assistant Professor — Dermatology Wellness Officer Christopher Zachary, MD, MBBS, FRCP Recall Faculty — Dermatology Co-Director — Dermatologic Surgery Affiliate Faculty Dina Bierman, MD, MBA VA Long Beach Physician Cole Fulwider, MD VA Long Beach Physician Maryam Safaee, MD, FAAD VA Long Beach Chief, Dermatology Section Darlene Sampson, MD VA Long Beach Physician Hadas Skupsky, MD, FAAD VA Long Beach Physician Ling Gao, MD, PhD VA Long Beach Physician Volunteer Pediatric Dermatology Faculty Shireen Guide, MD, FAAD Assistant Clinical Professor Director of Pediatric Dermatology Resident Education Children’s Hospital of Orange County Staff Physicians Vivian Laquer, MD Assistant Professor Staff Physician Brent Martin, MD Assistant Professor Staff Physician Joint Appointments Bogi Andersen, MD Department of Medicine Scott Atwood, PhD Department of Developmental & Cell Biology Xing Dai, PhD Department of Biological Chemistry Piotr Konieczny, PhD Department of Developmental & Cell Biology Lauren Pinter-Brown, MD Department of Medicine Maksim Plikus, PhD Department of Developmental & Cell Biology Volunteer Faculty Michelle Aszterbaum, MD Joel Cohen, MD Linda Globerman, MD Shireen Guide, MD Ronald Harris, MD, MBA Julie Hodge, MD Joseph Kamel, MD Kathleen Hutton-Klein, MD Jeffrey Klein, MD Heather Lampel, MD Vivian Laquer, MD Jennifer Ledon, MD Katherine Lee, MD Brent Martin, MD Alexander Miller, MD Nissan Pilest, MD Adam Rotunda, MD Hege Grande Sarpa, MD Brian Somoano, MD Marjon Vatanchi, MD Non-Physician Clinical Staff Dayna Tang, MSN, FNP-C Nurse Practitioner Christina Lauren Liljestrom, PA-C Physician Assistant