Lawrence Eichenfield, MD

Scientific Advisor

Dr Eichenfield is chief of Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology at Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego, and vice chair of the Department of Dermatology and professor of dermatology and pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. Dr Eichenfield has authored more than 400 journal articles, chapters, abstracts, and books and has served as the senior editor of the journals Neonatal and Infant Dermatology and The Eczemas and as editor in chief of Pediatric Dermatology for 12 years, and serves on the editorial boards of multiple other journals and periodicals. Dr Eichenfield is past president of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology and past board member of the American Academy of Dermatology as well as chair for the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. Dr Eichenfield is also a founding board member of the American Acne and Rosacea Society, and a founder and past co-chair of the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA). He received his MD from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, was a pediatric resident and chief resident at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and completed his dermatology residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.