Georgia Society of Dermatologists


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		FEATURED SPEAKER The Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. President Emeritus of Morehouse College of Medicine Former Secretary of Health and Human Services for President George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) The Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. is chairman of the board of the National Health Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, whose goal is to improve the health of Americans by enhancing health literacy and advancing healthy behaviors. He also is chairman of the Washington, D.C.-based Sullivan Alliance to Transform America’s Health Professions. He served as chair of the President’s Commission on Historically Black Colleges and Universities from 2002-2009, and was co-chair of the President’s Commission on HIV and AIDS from 2001-2006. With the exception of his tenure as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 1989 to 1993, Dr. Sullivan was president of Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) for more than two decades. On July 1, 2002, he retired and was appointed president emeritus. He continues to support the school, including its national fund-raising activities. Dr. Sullivan became the founding dean and director of the Medical Education Program at Morehouse College in 1975. The program became The School of Medicine at Morehouse College in 1978, admitting its first 24 students to a two-year program in the basic medical sciences. In 1981, the school received provisional accreditation of its four year curriculum leading to the M.D. degree, became independent from Morehouse College and was re-named Morehouse School of Medicine, with Dr. Sullivan as dean and president. In 1983, MSM became a member of the Atlanta University Center (AUC). MSM was fully accredited as a four-year medical school in April 1985 and awarded its first 16 M.D. degrees in May of that year. Dr. Sullivan left MSM in 1989 to accept an appointment by President George H.W. Bush to serve as secretary of HHS. In this cabinet position, Dr. Sullivan managed the federal agency responsible for the major health, welfare, food and drug safety, medical research and income security programs serving the American people. His efforts to improve the health and health behavior of Americans included (1) the introduction of a new and improved FDA food label; (2) the release of Healthy People 2000, a guide for improved health promotion/disease prevention activities; (3) educated the public about the health dangers from tobacco use; (4) led the successful efforts to prevent the introduction of “Uptown,” a non-filtered, mentholated cigarette; (5) inaugurated a $100 million minority male health and injury prevention initiative; and (6) implemented greater gender and ethnic diversity in senior positions of HHS, including the appointment of the first female director of the National Institutes of Health, the first female (and first Hispanic) Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, the first African American Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and the first African-American Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration. In January 1993, he returned to MSM and resumed the office of president. In March 2008, Dr. Sullivan was appointed to the new Grady Hospital Corporation Board of Trustees. In June, 2008, Dr. Sullivan accepted appointments to (a) the Health Disparities Technical Expert Panel (HDTEP) of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of HHS and (b) an Institute of Medicine Committee, “Improving the Organization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Advance the Health of Our Population.” A native of Atlanta, Dr. Sullivan graduated magna cum laude from Morehouse College in 1954, and earned his medical degree, cum laude, from Boston University School of Medicine in 1958. His postgraduate training included internship and residency in internal medicine at New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center (1958-60), a clinical fellowship in pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital (1960-61), and a research fellowship in hematology at the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory of Harvard Medical School, Boston City Hospital (1961-63). He is certified in internal medicine and hematology, holds a mastership from the American College of Physicians and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha academic honor societies. Dr. Sullivan was instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1963-64, and assistant professor of medicine at Seton Hall College of Medicine from 1964-66. In 1966, he became co-director of hematology at Boston University Medical Center and, a year later, founded the Boston University Hematology Service at Boston City Hospital. Dr. Sullivan remained at Boston University until 1975, holding positions as assistant professor of medicine, associate professor of medicine, and professor of medicine. A member of numerous medical organizations, including the American Medical Association and the National Medical Association, Dr. Sullivan is the founding president of the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools (AMHPS). He is a former member of the Joint Committee on Health Policy of the Association of American Universities and the National Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities. In1985, Dr. Sullivan was one of the founders of Medical Education for South African Blacks (MESAB). From 1994-2007, he served as chairman of the organization, which raised scholarship funds in the United States and South Africa for more than 10,000 black health professions students, who are now physicians, nurses, dentists and other health professionals in South Africa. Dr. and Mrs. E. Ginger Sullivan are sponsors of The Sullivan 5K Run/Walk Road Race for Health & Fitness on Martha’s Vineyard, Ma. Now in its 21st year, the popular event has raised almost $200,000 to benefit Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Firm believers in daily exercise, the Sullivan’s have walked in more than 50 countries throughout their travels. In recent years, they have added walks in Senegal, Nigeria, Gabon, South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Egypt, Morocco, Hungary, and Algeria. Dr. Sullivan is the recipient of more than 55 honorary degrees, including an honorary doctor of medicine degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Dr. Sullivan currently serves on the following corporate boards: Henry Schein, United Therapeutics, Emergent Biosolutions, and BioSante Pharmaceuticals. He is retired from the boards of General Motors, 3M, Bristol Myers Squibb, CIGNA, Household International (now HBSC), and Equifax. He also is a member of the boards of Africare in Washington, D.C. and Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia. Dr. Sullivan is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity and 100 Black Men of America. He is married to E. Ginger Sullivan, an attorney, and they have three grown children: Paul, a radiologist; Shanta, an actress; and Halsted, a Harvard Law Graduate and television comedy writer and producer. They have two grandchildren, Paul Jr. and Brent Sullivan.
		KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Robert Baran, M.D. Head of the Nail Disease Center in Cannes, France Consultant Dermatologist to the Gustave Roussy Cancer Institute in Villejuif, France Robert Baran, M.D. was born in Paris, France and qualified in dermatology at Hôpital Saint Louis. Currently, he is a clinical investigator for several pharmaceutical companies, Head of the Nail Disease Center in Cannes, France, and Consultant Dermatologist to the Gustave Roussy Cancer Institute in Villejuif, France. He is a full member or a corresponding member of several dermatological societies and serves on the editorial board of a number of dermatogical journals. Doctor Baran has contributed over 450 papers to the dermatological literature, in addition to serving as an editor or contributor to several books on nails, the hair, and scalp.
		Richard Bennett, M.D. Professor of Clinical Dermatology - UCLA & USC Schools of Medicine Specialist in Mohs Micrographic Surgery Richard G. Bennett, M.D., a diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and the American Board of Mohs Micrographic Surgery, is a specialist in Mohs micrographic surgery. Dr. Bennett received extensive training in Mohs micrographic surgery in the Department of Dermatology at New York University Medical Center. He completed his residency in dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and received his M.D. degree from Case Western University. Dr. Bennett also served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. Since he began his practice in 1978, Dr. Bennett has treated more than 20,000 skin cancers using Mohs micrographic surgery. He has also trained nineteen fellows in this technique, and his office is one of the few appointed training centers for Mohs micrographic surgery in this country. Dr. Bennett taught full-time on the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine from 1978 to 1988, where he received teaching awards from the dermatology residents at both medical schools. He is listed in The Best Doctors in America, Published by Woodward and White. Dr. Bennett has published widely in medical journals and has written a standard textbook in dermatologic surgery (Fundamentals of Cutaneous Surgery, published by C.V. Mosby and Co., 1988) used in dermatology training programs all over the world. In addition to his practice, Dr. Bennett teaches dermatology residents at UCLA, USC and Martin Luther King-Drew Schools of Medicine and has served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, the International Society for Dermatologic Surgery, and the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery.
		Marta Van Beek, MD, MPH Associate Professor of the Department of Dermatology University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City Chair, AADA Congressional Policy Committee American Academy of Dermatology Presidential Citation Award Winner, Feb 2011 Marta VanBeek, M.D. is the Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine where she also attended medical school. She is board certified by the American Board of Dermatology and is a member of multiple Dermatologic societies and organizations. Her research interests include Health Relater Quality of Life, Epidemiology of Melanoma, Hyperhidrosis, HIV Dermatoses and International Public Health. Career Highlights>>
		Jeannette Guarner, MD Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Emory Infectious Disease Pathology Guest Researcher at the CDC Jeanette Guarner, M.D. was raised in Mexico City where she did her medical school training at Universidad La Salle, Mexico City. She came to Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, to do residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and a 2 year fellowship in Surgical pathology. After her residency, she returned to Mexico City where she became the Director of the Clinical Laboratory at the National Institute of Cancer for 7 years. In 1996, Dr. Guarner returned to Atlanta and worked at the Infectious Disease Pathology Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She then returned to Emory University in 2007 and became an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and a Guest Researcher at the CDC. She has published over 140 papers related to diagnosis of infectious diseases using a variety of samples, primarily formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded material.
		LOCAL SPEAKERS Richard Sturm, MD Richard L. Sturm, MD, received his Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University in 1975 and his Doctorate of Medicine (M.D.) degree from Emory University in 1980. He interned in pediatrics at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami from 1980-1981, followed by a residency in dermatology at Emory University from 1981-1984, including chief residency in 1984. Currently he holds the position of Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Emory University, and specializes in teaching dermatologic surgery. He has served as Secretary-Treasurer and President of the Atlanta Dermatological Association, President of the Georgia Society of Dermatologic Surgeons, as well as President of the Georgia Society of Dermatologists. Dr. Sturm lectures nationally and internationally on multiple aspects of dermatology, cancer treatment, and dermatologic and cosmetic surgery.
		Katarina Lequeux-Nalovic, MD Dr. Katarina Lequeux-Nalovic was born in Cameroon, West Africa and grew up in French Guyana, South America, with her French father and American mother. Dr. Lequeux-Nalovic is fluent in French, Spanish and English. Dr. Lequeux-Nalovic arrived in the United Sates during her teenage years and has lived in several states throughout the United States, including Florida, New York and California. She now resides in Georgia with her two daughters and one son. She attended Vanderbilt University and received her medical education at Tulane University School of Medicine. She has received many awards for her outstanding work in dermatology and her specialty as a trained Mohs Surgeon. There is no substitute for additional formal training under the guidance of a mentor. Experience is the true education for any surgical specialty as has been demonstrated with other surgical specialties such as cardiac surgery, urology and gastrointestinal surgery. Not only is Dr. Lequeux-Nalovic one of these 32 surgeons in Georgia, she is also a Trainer and Instructor for new fellows in training.
		Loretta Davis, MD Loretta S. Davis, M.D. is the Interim Section Chief Professor of Dermatologic Medicine, Section of Dermatology at Medical College of Georgia. She earned her medical degree as well as her residency at Ohio State University College of Medicine. Her clinical interests include Bullous and Autoimmune Diseases, Vascular Mottling Patterns and Connective Tissue Diseases.
		Robert Swerlick, MD Robert A. Swerlick, M.D. is a Head Professor and Chair of Dermatology at The Emory Clinic as well as a Staff Physician, Division of Dermatology at Atlanta VA Medical Center. He earned his education at the University of Virginia, interned at City Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and completed his residency program as the Chief Resident at the University of Virginia Medical Center. He is board certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, American Board of Dermatology and has a Special Qualification in Dermatological Immunology/Diagnostic and Laboratory Immunology. Dr. Swerlick’s research interests focus on the regulation of the expression of proteins that mediate inflammation in the skin, particularly the expression of adhesion molecules on dermal endothelial cells. Adhesion molecules such as VCAM-1, ICAM-1, and E-selectin on dermal endothelial cells play an important role in the trafficking of leukocytes in and out the skin. Dr. Swerlick’s laboratory has characterized tissue specific regulatory features of adhesion molecule expression in dermal microvascular endothelial cells. Recent studies have identified iron-dependent elements of cytokine-induced adhesion molecule induction in endothelial cells. Dr. Swerlick’s laboratory has also demonstrated that iron is essential for activation of a number of pro-inflammatory pathways, including tumor necrosis factor induction of selected NF-kB mediated genes and interferon mediated STAT1 activation. Dr. Swerlick’s laboratory is also examining the regulation of tissue factor (thromboplastin) in dermal endothelium. Tissue factor plays an important role in initiation of coagulation and in the regulation of angiogenesis. Both transcriptional mechanisms and protein trafficking regulate cell surface expression of tissue factor in dermal endothelial cells. Signaling pathways initiated by pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor induce activation of and new synthesis of transcription factors that are essential for tissue factor gene transcription. In addition, studies in Dr. Swerlick’s laboratory have demonstrated that activation of p38 MAP kinase is also essential for expression of tissue factor in dermal endothelial cells. While the focus of Dr. Swerlick’s laboratory has been primarily on pro-inflammatory gene regulation, studies of tissue factor protein expression and interferon signaling have defined critical regulatory elements dependent upon trafficking of proteins from cell membranes to endosomes. Protein trafficking studies have been initiated in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Kowalczyk, whose laboratory examines regulation of endothelial cell cadherins and cadherin interactions with endothelial cell cytoskeletal proteins.
		Jonathan S. Weiss, MD Jonathan S. Weiss, MD is an assistant clinical professor of Dermatology at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He also practices at Gwinnett Dermatology, PC, and Gwinnett Clinical Research Center, Inc., in Snellville, Georgia, just outside of Atlanta. Dr. Weiss earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he also served as chief resident in the dermatology department. Clinical dermatology remains the focus for Dr. Weiss, as he maintains a full-time medical, surgical, and cosmetic practice. In addition, he oversees an active clinical trial unit studying a wide range of dermatologic conditions and pharmaceutical compounds, having been an investigator in over 180 studies. He has authored or co-authored over 55 publications in medical and dermatology journals, including Pediatric Dermatology, the International Journal of Dermatology, the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, and the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. He has maintained an active clinical and research interest in psoriasis, topical and systemic retinoids, photodamage, actinic keratosis, skin cancer, acne, rosacea, infectious diseases, and cosmetic dermatology since the mid-1980s. He is a past president of the Atlanta Dermatological Association ... and the Georgia Society of Dermatologists, and fulfills a position on the Board of Trustees for the Dermatology Foundation. He is also a member of the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Medical Association and the Medical Association of Georgia.
		Mark Holzberg, MD Mark Holzberg, M.D. is the founder of Newnan Dermatology and has practiced in Newnan for over 20 years. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University in 1979 and received his medical doctorate degree from Emory University School of Medicine. He completed his internship in both medicine and pediatrics at Emory and then completed his dermatology residency at Emory. Dr. Holzberg is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and is board-certified in dermatology. An active member of the dermatologic community, Dr. Holzberg has served as president and then medical director of the Georgia Dermatologic Network, an organization involved in ensuring access to dermatology for all patients. He has served as both secretary-treasurer and president of the Atlanta Dermatological Association and is president-elect of the Georgia Society of Dermatologists. Dr. Holzberg is a clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the Department of Dermatology at Emory University School of Medicine and supervises the Nail Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Dr. Holzberg has lectured and published articles and book chapters on many aspects of dermatology and diseases of the nail. His main areas of focus have been general dermatology, dermatologic surgery, and cosmetic dermatologic procedures. He has a special interest in diseases and surgery of the nail.
		Narayan Naik, MD Narayan S. Naik, M.D. earned his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, where he was selected for membership in Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society and was valedictorian of his graduating class. He completed an internship in Preliminary Internal Medicine at Summa Health System / Akron City Hospital and a dermatology residency at New York University. Dr. Naik then served as a fellow in dermatopathology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Naik practiced full-time dermatopathology for two and a half years with Pathology Associates in Westchester County, New York, prior to joining Finan Templeton Dermatopathology Associates in 2006. He is board certified in both dermatology and dermatopathology and is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Society of Dermatopathology. Areas of interest include inflammatory skin diseases, skin infections, and elastic tissue disorders.
		Stuart Goldsmith, MD Stuart Goldsmith, M.D. is a dermatologist at Southwest Georgia Dermatology in Albany, Georgia. He earned a medical degree from Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Goldsmith completed his residency at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., and fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is board-certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology and in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
		Petra Milde, MD Dr. Milde is Board Certified in Dermatology, Pathology, and Dermatopathology. She started practicing Dermatopathology in 1991, and joined Atlanta Dermatopathology and Pathology Associates (ADPA) in 2001. She has authored over 40 publications in Dermatology, Dermatopathology and Pathology. Dr. Milde received her medical degree from the Heidelberg University Medical School. She completed her Residency Programs in Dermatology & Venereology at the Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany and Anatomic Pathology at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. Her Dermatopathology Fellowships were at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., under the direction of Dr. George P. Lupton, and as a Visiting Fellow at the New York University Medical Center under Dr. A. Bernard Ackerman. She is a very well respected teacher of dermatology and pathology students and currently and has served as a speaker at local and international meetings of professional organizations in the field. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Medicine (Dermatology) at The Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA and is Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Milde is an active member of the Atlanta Dermatology Association, the Georgia Society of Dermatologists, the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Society of Dermatopathology, and the International Society of Dermatopathology.
		Jamie Weisman, MD Jamie Weisman, MD, joined Peachtree Dermatology Associates in June 2006. Dr. Weisman grew up in Atlanta, graduated with honors from Riverwood High School and went on to attend Brown University. At Brown, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in English literature and graduated magna cum laude with honors. She received a fellowship to study in Cairo, Egypt at the American University in Cairo, and then came home to attend Emory University Medical School. Dr. Weisman stayed at Emory to complete her internship and residency in dermatology. A writer as well as a physician, she is the author of the memoir, As I Live and Breathe: Notes of a patient doctor. She has also published articles or been profiled in Life, Glamour, Omagazine, National Public Radio and the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Weisman has participated in numerous clinical trials and has lectured on the treatment of psoriasis. Her areas of interest include not only the treatment of psoriasis but also auto-immune skin diseases, as well as general medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology, including Botox®, fillers and laser therapy.
		Don Bolia Don Bolia, partner at Peachtree Government Affairs, and current lobbyist for the Georgia Society of Dermatologists, provides industry leaders with strategic advice on how legislative trends will impact their businesses and assists them in shaping policy debates at the state, federal, and local levels in Georgia. He manages clients’ relationships before the Georgia General Assembly, as well as numerous city and county governments and agencies. His background and experience especially give clients an edge on conducting business with local governments. Because of his key relationships at the municipal level, his clients are able to clearly communicate their message to the pertinent decision makers. Mr. Bolia began his political career working for then Congressman Newt Gingrich in Washington, D.C. In 1993, he was appointed the Political Director of the Georgia Republican Party. In that capacity, he was directly responsible for managing the GOP’s statewide effort to elect Republicans to the Georgia General Assembly. In 1993, he was appointed chief of staff of the Fulton County Commission chairman. During Mr. Bolia’s first weeks in office, Fulton County, Georgia’s most populous county, cut taxes for the first time in a decade and the chairman’s office returned over $180,000 in savings from the chairman’s budget alone. Mr. Bolia was responsible for directing the chairman’s agenda and working with the Board of Commissioners. In 1994, Mr. Bolia was appointed executive director of the Georgia Republican Party, during an election cycle that saw Republicans win six state-level offices for the first time since Reconstruction, including insurance commissioner, superintendent of schools, and a majority of the seats on the Public Service Commission. Mr. Bolia was the president of D&B Communications, a government affairs and public relations firm he founded in 1995. Working in a bipartisan manner, he advocated for the passage of several important pieces of legislation on behalf of his clients and developed a unique niche that focused on lobbying county and city governments. He served as treasurer of the G-8 PAC, the political fundraising arm of the GOP members of Congress from Georgia, and managed the transition team for the superintendent of schools, cutting the internal budget from $35 million to $19 million. He currently serves as treasurer of the Republican Leadership Fund. Considered a leader in campaign management and grassroots training, Mr. Bolia has managed statewide campaign training seminars. Don continues to advise key political leaders on campaign and other strategic initiatives. He has been named one of the state’s top 40 business leaders under 40 by Georgia Trend magazine, and was recently named Jeff Dickerson’s “Winner of the Week” on WAGA-TV’s political roundtable program The Georgia Gang.
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		D. Gary Lovell, Jr. Partner, Carlock & Copeland As a litigation partner in the firm with 22 years experience, Gary’s trial practice includes representation of doctors, nurses, hospitals, nursing homes, allied health care providers, insurers of motor carriers and others in civil tort litigation. Gary counsels and represents brokers, agents, and business associations in insurance, business and employment related matters. Gary has served as lead counsel in over 75 jury trials of catastrophic injury or wrongful death tort actions in state and federal courts in Georgia and South Carolina. Gary also represents clients in the State Courts of Florida. He has participated in hundreds of mediations or arbitration proceedings in the Southeastern states. He also represents his clients in the Appellate Courts of Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. In addition to litigation work, Gary also lectures at the invitation of firm clients and numerous organizations in the legal and other fields. For the past five years, Gary has been an honoree on the Georgia Super Lawyers® list in Atlanta Magazine/Law and Politics Magazine.