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 Home Research Research: Clinical Departments Dermatology: Home Dermatology: Faculty Dermatology Department Leadership Kristen Kelly, MD Chair, Dermatology Professor, Dermatology Our Faculty Mihaela Balu, PhD Associate Professor Linda Doan, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Co-Director of Dermatopathology Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD Professor Vice Chair of Research Sergei Grando, MD, PhD, DSc Distinguished Professor Director of the Immunobullous Clinic Christina Kraus, MD Assistant Professor Director of Gynecologic Dermatology Bonnie Lee, MD Associate Professor Co-Director of Dermatopathology Patrick Lee, MD Professor & Vice Chair Director of Micrographic Surgery Kenneth Linden, MD, PhD Professor Director of Student Education Natasha Mesinkovska, MD, PhD Associate Professor Vice Chair for Clinical Research Michelle Min, MD, MSci Assistant Professor Director of Rheumatologic Dermatology Nathan Rojek, MD Assistant Professor Aditi Sharma, MD Assistant Professor Jessica Shiu, MD Assistant Professor Melissa Shive, MD, MPH Assistant Professor Co-Director of Dermatologic Surgery Janellen Smith, MD Professor Director of OncoDermatology Bryan Sun, MD, PhD Associate Professor Director of Faculty Development in Research Christopher Zachary, MBBS, FRCP Professor & Chair Emeritus Co-Director of Dermatologic Surgery Affiliate Faculty Juliana Berk-Krauss, MD, FAAD VA Long Beach Physician Dina Bierman, MD, MBA VA Long Beach Physician Cole Fulwider, MD VA Long Beach Physician Jessica Naff, DO, MPH, FAAD VA Long Beach Physician Maryam Safaee, MD, FAAD VA Long Beach Chief, Dermatology Section 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 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 Jeffrey Herten, MD Julie Hodge, 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 Faculty Joining Soon Maria Buethe, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Pediatric Dermatology Hafsa Cantwell, MD Assistant Professor Xiying Fan, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Ladan Straker, MD Assistant Professor