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The Association of Academic Cosmetic Dermatology: improving cosmetic dermatology education through collaboration, research, and advocacy

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Cosmetic and laser procedures are increasingly popular among patients and are skills in which dermatologists are regarded as well trained. Most dermatology residents intend to incorporate cosmetic procedures into their practice and prefer to learn such procedures during residency through direct patient care. However, there are notable challenges in optimizing how residents are trained in cosmetic and laser dermatology. To address these barriers and elevate the practice of cosmetic dermatology in academic medicine, the Association of Academic Cosmetic Dermatology (AACD) was founded in 2021 as the lead professional society for dermatologists who direct the education of resident trainees in cosmetic and laser dermatology. The AACD, a group of board-certified dermatologists who teach cosmetic and laser dermatology to residents, aims to improve cosmetic dermatology education through collaboration, research, and advocacy.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell/New York Presbyterian, New York, NY, USA

    Kira Minkis

  2. Section of Dermatology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Diana Bolotin

  3. Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

    M. Laurin Council

  4. Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, Portland, OR, USA

    Anna Bar

  5. Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Ronda S. Farah, Lori A. Fiessinger & Maria Hordinsky

  6. Department of Dermatology, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, USA

    Nour Kibbi

  7. Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Rachel Y. N. Miest

  8. Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Jeffrey S. Orringer, Milad Eshaq & Dana L. Sachs

  9. Department of Dermatology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

    Arisa Ortiz

  10. Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Kathleen C. Suozzi

  11. Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Neelam A. Vashi

  12. Department of Dermatology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N St Clair St, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    Simon S. Yoo, Bianca Y. Kang, Sarah A. Ibrahim, Rachel E. Christensen, Noor Anvery, McKenzie A. Dirr & Murad Alam

  13. Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Cook County Health, Chicago, IL, USA

    Joerg Albrecht

  14. Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Travis W. Blalock

  15. Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Alison J. Bruce & Leila Tolaymat

  16. Department of Dermatology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    Min Deng

  17. Dermatology Institute, Duly Health and Care, Naperville, IL, USA

    Shraddha Desai

  18. Department of Dermatology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA

    Erica Ghareeb

  19. Division of Dermatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Tanya Greywal

  20. Department of Dermatology, UTHealth McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA

    Adelaide A. Hebert, Megan N. Rogge & Sirunya Silapunt

  21. Department of Dermatology, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Deirdre Hooper

  22. Department of Dermatology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Deirdre Hooper

  23. Audubon Dermatology, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Deirdre Hooper

  24. Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Jenny C. Hu

  25. Division of Dermatology, Medical Center, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA

    Atieh Jibbe

  26. Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Jayne Joo

  27. Department of Dermatology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

    Kristen M. Kelly & Melissa Shive

  28. Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

    Kristen M. Kelly

  29. Department of Dermatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Sonya Kenkare

  30. Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Shilpi Khetarpal

  31. Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Lauren C. S. Kole & Tiffany T. Mayo

  32. Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    A. Shadi Kourosh

  33. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    A. Shadi Kourosh

  34. Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Helena Kuhn

  35. Department of Dermatology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Kachiu C. Lee

  36. Department of Dermatology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA

    Roberta Lucas

  37. Department of Dermatology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA

    Janiene Luke

  38. Division of Dermatology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA

    Mariam Mafee

  39. Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Zeena Y. Nawas

  40. Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Edit B. Olasz Harken

  41. Department of Dermatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Michelle V. Pearlstein

  42. Division of Dermatology, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, USA

    Vesna Petronic-Rosic

  43. Department of Dermatology, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Carolyn A. Robinson

  44. Department of Dermatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Sami K. Saikaly

  45. Department of Dermatology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Olivia L. Schenck

  46. Health Partners Institute and Park Nicollet Clinic, Saint Louis Park, MN, USA

    Cynthia A. Schlick

  47. Division of Dermatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Ladan Shahabi

  48. Division of Dermatology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Desmond M. Shipp

  49. Department of Dermatology, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, USA

    Amanda K. Suggs

  50. Department of Dermatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA

    Kimberley H. M. Ward

  51. Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA

    Mara Weinstein Velez

  52. Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Joshua Zeichner

  53. Division of Dermatology, Section of Procedural Dermatology, Cooper Hospital, Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA

    Naomi Lawrence

  54. Department of Surgery, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Murad Alam

  55. Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Murad Alam

  56. Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Murad Alam

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All authors conceptualized the manuscript. MA, KM, and BYK drafted the manuscript. All authors reviewed and edited the manuscript for important intellectual content.

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Murad Alam is Editor-in-Chief of Archives of Dermatological Research. Anna Bar is a consultant for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. Travis Blalock is a principal investigator for Castle Biosciences LLC. Diana Bolotin is a principal investigator for Replimune Group Inc. M. Laurin Council has been a consultant for AbbVie/Allergan Aesthetics, Sanofi-Genzyme/Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, and Castle Biosciences LLC. Shradda Desai receives honoraria from Alma Lasers and is a consultant for Level Ex Inc. Deirdre Hooper has served on the advisory board for Allergan Aesthetics, Castle Biosciences LLC, Crown Laboratories Inc, Vichy Laboratories, DermTech, Endo Aesthetics LLC, Evolus Inc, and Revision Skincare; as a consultant for Allergan Aesthetics, Galderma SA, and Mayne Pharma Group Limited; and as an investigator for Allergan Aesthetics, Endo Aesthetics LLD, and Galderma SA. Deirdre Hooper has ownership interest with CollPlant Biotechnologies Ltd and Supergoop LLC; has received honoraria from Allergan Aesthetics and Galderma SA; and is an active clinical trial investigator for Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Cara, Dermavant Sciences Inc, Endo International plc, Galderma SA, Incyte Corporation, Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, UCB SA, Menlo Therapeutics (VYNE Therapeutics), Novan Inc, Bellus Medical, Brickell Biotech Inc, Asana Biosciences, Sun Pharmaceuticals Inc, AnaptysBio Inc, Affibody AB, BioPharmX Inc, Sol–Gel Technologies Ltd, Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals. Jenny Hu is a consultant for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Jayne Joo is a stockholder of Revance Therapeutics. Kristen Kelly is a consultant for Shanghai Fudan-Zhangjiang Bio-pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Syneron/Candela Medical, Sciton Inc, and IQVIA Inc; has received research grants from BioPhotas Inc and Orlucent Inc; has had research supported by Allergan Aesthetics, the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Sturge Weber Foundation, and University of California Irvine Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS); and equipment has been provided to the Department of Dermatology at University of California Irvine by Solta Medical; Syneron/Candela Medical; ThermiGen LLC; Michelson Diagnostics Ltd, and Sciton Inc. Edit Olasz Harken is co-founder of Harken Derm skin care. Melissa Shive served as a consultant for IQVIA Inc. Amanda Suggs is a medical advisor for Skinintelligent, and a medical consultant and advisor for MaryKay. Neelam Vashi is a consultant for Procter & Gamble, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc, and Pfizer Inc. Mara Weinstein Velez has been an investigator for Solta Medical Inc and ALASTIN Skincare Inc, and has received honoraria from ALASTIN Skincare Inc, Cynosure LLC, and SofWave Medical Ltd.

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Minkis, K., Bolotin, D., Council, M.L. et al. The Association of Academic Cosmetic Dermatology: improving cosmetic dermatology education through collaboration, research, and advocacy. Arch Dermatol Res 315, 1449–1452 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-022-02489-y

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