Afsaneh Alavi, MD

Professor of Dermatology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
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Maria Aleshin, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA
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Donna Atherton, EdD, MSW, CLC

Founder/Chief Mission Officer
International Association of Hidradenitis Suppurativa, Inc. (IAHSN)
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Leandra A. Barnes, MD

Instructor of Dermatology
Stanford Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA
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Franklin R. Blum, MD

Resident Physician
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Brindley A. Brooks

HS Connect Founder
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Divya Chopra, MD

Resident Physician
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL, USA

Yonesha Cole, MD

Resident Physician
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Colleen H. Cotton, MD

Assistant Professor of Dermatology & Pediatrics
Children’s National Hospital / George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Washington, DC, USA
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Kimberly Curseen, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA
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Steven Daveluy, MD, FAAD

Professor of Dermatology
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI, USA
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Devea R. De, MD

Resident Physician
Northwell Health / Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra
New Hyde Park, NY, USA
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Ramie Fathy, MD

Dermatologist
University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Denise Fixsen

Hidradenitis Suppurativa Advocate 30 years
Patient Advocate 27 plus years
Living with HS for over 40 years.

Akshay Flora, MD, MMed

Dermatologist
Liverpool Hospital / UNSW
Sydney, NSW, Australia

Natalie M. Fragoso, MD

Assistant Professor
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Hanover, NH, USA
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John W. Frew, MBBS, MMed, MS, PhD, FACD

Conjoint Associate Professor of Dermatology
University of New South Wales / Liverpool Hospital
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Adam Garibay, MD

Resident Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA, USA

Raveena Ghanshani, BS

Medical Student
Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Athena Gierbolini

Hope for HS
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Stephanie R. Goldberg, MD, FACS

HS Specialty Surgeon
Mary Washington Medical Group
Fredericksburg, VA, USA
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Noah Goldfarb, MD

Associate Professor of Dermatology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Jason Gomez, MD, MBA

Cofounder & Medical Director
Branch Care
New York, NY, USA
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Lindsey Greenlund, BS

Medical Student
University of Minnesota Medical School – Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Iltefat H. Hamzavi, MD

Senior Staff Physician
Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI, USA
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Claire Elizabeth Herzog, BS

Medical Student
University of Minnesota Medical School – Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Jennifer L. Hsiao, MD

Associate Professor of Dermatology
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Tarannum Jaleel, MD, MHSc

Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC, USA
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Katherine Jicha, MD

Resident Physician
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Diana Seaok Kim, BA

Medical Student
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA, USA

Emily K. Kozera, BMedSc, MD, MPH

Dermatologist
Liverpool Hospital / UNSW
Sydney, NSW, Australia

Laurie Krnjaic, MSN, CRNP

Nurse Practitioner
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA, USA
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Irene Lara‑Corrales, MD, MSc

Professor of Pediatric Dermatology
University of Toronto / Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Hadar Lev‑Tov, MD, MAS

Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL, USA
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Michelle Anne Lowes, MBBS, PhD

Dermatologist
The Rockefeller University
New York, NY, USA

Jalal Maghfour, MD

Resident Physician
Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI, USA
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Tiffany T. Mayo, MD

Associate Professor of Dermatology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL, USA
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Robert G. Micheletti, MD

Associate Professor of Dermatology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Ginette A. Okoye, MD

Professor of Dermatology
Howard University College of Medicine
Washington, DC, USA
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Martin M. Okun, MD, PhD

Dermatologist
Fort HealthCare
Fort Atkinson, WI, USA
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Lauren A.V. Orenstein, MD, MSc

Associate Professor of Dermatology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA
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Sarah E. Park, MD

Resident Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA

Martina L. Porter, MD

Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Harvard Medical School / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Barry I. Resnik, MD

Dermatologist
Resnik Skin Institute
Miami, FL, USA
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Sydney R. Resnik, MD

Resident Physician
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Resnik Skin Institute
Miami, FL, USA
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Rishab Revankar, BS

Medical Student
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA

Forrest Roberson, MD

Resident Physician
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Roanoke, VA, USA
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India S. Robinson-Pirotte, MD, MSCR

Resident Physician
UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Muskaan Sachdeva, MD

Dermatologist
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada

Christopher J. Sayed, MD

Associate Professor of Dermatology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Neil Seth, BS

Medical Student
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL, USA

Rob Leland Shaver, MD

Resident Physician
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA, USA
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Vivian Y. Shi, MD

Professor of Dermatology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA, USA
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Terri Shih, MD

Resident Physician
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Chelsea Shope, MD, MSCR

Dermatology Resident
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC, USA
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Jan Smogorzewski, MD

Associate Professor of Dermatology
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA, USA
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Lucas Swihart

HS Connect

Surya Veerabagu, MD

Resident Physician
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Monica Nicole Williams, MD, MPH, MSc

Dermatologist
MedStar Washington Hospital Center / Georgetown University
Washington, DC, USA

Christine Yannuzzi, BS

HS Warriors

Andrea L. Zaenglein, MD

Professor of Dermatology & Pediatrics
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA, USA
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