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Advisory Board
Dr. John Epstein
Dr. John Epstein has been on the faculty at University
of California San Francisco for over thirty years. He has authored
260 papers and received numerous awards for his work as a researcher,
physician and professor. In 1991 the American Academy of Dermatology
honored him with the Master Dermatology Award; in 1990 the Dermatology
Foundation bestowed upon him the Clark Finnerud Award; and
in 1989 UCSF granted him the Charlotte Baer Clinical Faculty Award.
A Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Dr. Epstein specializes
in photomedicine, particularly photocarcinogenesis (sun-induced
cancer) and other conditions such as porphyria, allergies to
the sun and lupus.
He also maintains a private dermatology practice in San Francisco
and acts as a consultant to many of the city's hospitals. Dr. Epstein
is a Sponsor of several professional societies, including the Dermatology
Foundation, the American Dermatological Association and the San
Francisco Dermatological Society. He is currently Treasurer of
the Space Dermatology Foundation and is working to have dermatological
issues studied in space. Dr. Epstein is a former Editor of the
Archives of Dermatology and has sat on the Editorial Board of the
Journal of the American Medical Association.
In addition, he has served on the board of the American Porphyria
Foundation for twenty years.
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