Undergraduate Education

• University of Toledo, BA, 1979

Graduate Education

• Bowling Green University, MS (Biology), 1982
• Medical College of Ohio, M.D. 1987

Postgraduate Training

Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital
Internal Medicine Internship – July 1, 1987 – June 30, 1988
Internal Medicine Residency – July 1, 1988 – March 31, 1989

Cleveland Metro Health Medical Center
Internal Medicine Residency – July 1, 1996- Dec. 31, 1997 

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Dermatology Residency – July 1, 1998 – June 30, 2001

Employment History

Kaiser Permanente
Urgent Care, Lakewood, Ohio – July 1, 1989- Nov. 1989
Outpatient Medicine Dept., Parma, Ohio – Nov. 1989 – June 1996

Helen Torok, MD
Medina, Ohio – January 1998 – June 1998

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Department of Dermatology, Staff – July 1, 2001 – August 2009

SkinSmart Dermatology
Sarasota, Florida – September 2009- Nov. 2010

Awards

• Recipient of the Silver Alexander Fisher Award – 2001
• Teacher of the Year, Dept. of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic – 2002, 2003, 2004
• Willard Steck Endowed Chair for Medical Dermatology

Miscellaneous

• Board Certification, Internal Medicine – 1998 (inactive)
• Board Certification, Dermatology – 2001
• Licensed by the Florida and Ohio State Medical Boards
• Drug Enforcement Administration Certification
• Senior Elective at MD Anderson Hospital
• CTCL Study with Dr. Madeline Duvic – June, 2001

Memberships

• American Academy of Dermatology
• Medical Dermatology Society
• International Society of Cutaneous Lymphoma
• National Psoriasis Foundation
• Women’s Dermatologic Society