2025 Symposium Speakers
In alphabetical order. Subject to change
| Speaker | Title | Institution | |
 | Masayuki Amagai, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor and Chair of Dermatology, Keio University Director – RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences | Keio University |
 | Niro Anandasabapathy, M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Dermatology | Weill Cornell Medicine |
 | Anne Lynn Chang, M.D. | Professor of Dermatology
| Stanford University
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 | Howard Y. Chang, M.D., Ph.D. | Senior vice president, Global Research, and Chief Scientific Officer | Amgen |
 | Y. Erin Chen, M.D., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Biology and Core Member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Broad Institute Attending Dermatologist | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts General Hospital |
 | Jaehyuk Choi, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor of Dermatology, Director – Center for Cellular Therapies and Cancer Immunology | UT-Southwestern |
 | Christoph Ellebrecht, M.D. | Assistant Professor of Dermatology
| University of Pennsylvania
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 | Michel Enamorado, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Dermatology | Mount Sinai Medical Center |
 | Luis Garza, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor of Dermatology | Johns Hopkins University |
 | Michael Girardi, M.D. | Evans Professor of Dermatology | Yale |
 | William Greenleaf, Ph.D. | Professor of Genetics | Stanford University |
 | John Harris, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor and Chair | Mass General Brigham
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 | Tamia Harris-Tryon, M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor
| UT Southwestern |
 | Alain Hovnanian, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor of Genetics, University of Paris Laboratory Director, Institut Imagine, INSERM | University of Paris Institut Imagine, INSERM |
 | William Ju, M.D. | Co-Founder, President, and Trustee | Advancing Innovation in Dermatology |
 | Derin Keskin, Ph.D. | Principal Scientist | Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard University |
 | Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor and Vice-Chair of Faculty Development | University of Utah |
 | Megan Levings, Ph.D. | Professor, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering Investigator and Lead – Childhood Diseases, BC Children’s Hospital | University of British Columbia |
 | Dayan Li, M.D., Ph.D. | Clinical Scholar, Dermatology | Stanford University |
 | Anthony Oro, M.D., Ph.D. | Eugene and Gloria Bauer Professor of Dermatology Associate Director – Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine | Stanford University |
 | Trevor Parry, Ph.D. | VP of Research and Scientific Affairs | Krystal Biotech |
 | Aimee Payne, M.D., Ph.D. | Herbert and Florence Irving Professor and Chair of Dermatology Co-founder, Cabaletta Bio | Columbia University |
 | Dennis Roop, Ph.D. | Professor of Dermatology Director, Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
 | Michael Rosenblum, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor of Dermatology | University of California, San Francisco |
 | Jay P. Siegel, M.D. | Member, National Academies’ Forum – Regenerative Medicine Former Director of Office of Therapeutics, FDA CBER Former Chief Biotechnology Officer, Johnson & Johnson | National Academies’ Forum on Regenerative Medicine |
Short Talks
 | Noha Ahmed, M.D., Ph.D. | Senior Researcher
| The University of Alabama at Birmingham
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 | Kasidy Brown, B.S. | PhD Candidate
| Oregon Health and Science University
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 | Cristina de Guzman Strong, Ph.D. | Associate Scientist, Department of Dermatology (HFH); Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (MSU) | Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University |
 | Umber Dube, M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Physician, Dermatology
| UC San Diego
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 | Edward Eid, M.D. | Scientist | Stanford University |
 | Caitlin Frazee, M.S.E. | Ph.D. Student | University of Pennsylvania
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 | Poppy Gould, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | NYU Langone Health |
 | Ichiro Imanishi, CVM, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
 | Bojing Jia, Ph.D. | MD/PhD Student | University of California, San Diego
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 | Jinwoo Lee, M.D., Ph.D. | Instructor of Dermatology | Stanford University
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 | Jonathan Park, M.D., Ph.D. | Resident Physician
| Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |
 | Cory Simpson, M.D., Ph.D., FAAD | Assistant Professor of Dermatology
| University of Washington
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 | Farzan Solimani, MD | Associate Research Scientist | Columbia University |
 | Joel Sunshine, M.D., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Dermatology, Pathology, Oncology and Biomedical Engineering; Residency Program Director, Department of Dermatology | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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 | Richard Wang, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor of Dermatology | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |