Richard Chen, MD, MS
Dr. Chen is a practicing dermatologist in Northern California and is on the
Advisory Board for Direct Dermatology. Dr. Chen is currently the Chief Scientific
Officer at Personalis and has co-founded and served on the board of several other
informatics and technology startup companies, including Ingenuity Systems.
Dr. Chen has been actively involved in process and technology innovation
for improved health care delivery at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Chen received a BS in Computer Science from Stanford, and a MD from Stanford University
School of Medicine. He also received a MS in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford.
He completed his Dermatology residency training and was chief resident at
Stanford and is board-certified by the American Board of Dermatology.
Ronald Cotliar, MD
Dr. Ronald Cotliar is a Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
In addition, he is the Attending Pediatric Dermatologist at the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA.
He is one of only 232 Board Certified Pediatric Dermatologists in the US.
He is co-director of the Pediatric Cutaneous Oncology Clinic at UCLA and is currently
participating in establishing a Vascular Birthmarks Clinic, a multiple disciplinary
evaluation and treatment clinic. Since 1986 he has been Consultant Team Physician for
the Los Angeles Angels. In addition to skin exams during spring training, he regularly
visits the clubhouse for areas in his specialty that arise during the season. As all MLB teams do,
he conducts the yearly Playing Safe in the Sun melanoma screening for players, staff,
and their families.
Noah Craft, MD, PhD
Dr. Craft is Chief Scientific Officer of Direct Dermatology and is a practicing dermatologist in Los Angeles.
He completed his Dermatology Residency at UCLA and was a graduate of
the prestigious STAR Program there. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Brown University
and then attended UCLA for both his MD and PhD degrees. In 2005, he completed the
Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine. Dr. Craft has been a leader of several local and statewide
teledermatology programs in California. He is also focused on the development and
implementation of decision-support innovations to reduce diagnostic errors while
providing performance-improving education at the point-of-care including VisualDx.
Dr. Craft has published over 45 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 17 book chapters,
and he is the senior editor of a popular dermatology textbook,
VisualDx: Adult Dermatology Essentials. He has received over 25 NIH and private
research grants to support his basic science, translational, and telemedicine research.
Gerald Gellin, MD
Dr. Gellin has practiced dermatology for over 40 years. He received his MD
from New York University School of Medicine. He completed residency training in
Internal Medicine at UCLA and in Dermatology at New York University Medical Center
and Bellevue Hospital Skin and Cancer Clinic. He is board-certified by the American
Board of Dermatology. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Pennsylvania.
In his private practice in San Francisco, he has treated tens of thousands of patients.
In addition, he has been author or co-author of 93 scientific publications,
held professional positions with several hospitals and universities,
held elected positions with numerous professional societies, and has received numerous awards.
Marc Goldyne, MD, PhD
Dr. Goldyne is a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at UCSF School of Medicine.
He completed his dermatology residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota and is board-certified by the American Board of Dermatology.
He received his MD from UCSF and a Ph.D. in Dermatological Science and
Pathology at the University of Minnesota and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine.
He conducted both NIH-and VA-funded research for 20 years as a faculty member at UCSF.
He has been one of the pioneers in teledermatology and has performed over
2500 teleconsults with primary care providers throughout California.
He serves as a teledermatology consultant for the Blue Cross of California
Telemedicine Program and wrote the first Teledermatology Practice Guide for
the California Telemedicine and e-Health Center.
He is currently the Chair of the Teledermatology Special Interest Group of the
American Telemedicine Association and also serves on the Telemedicine Task Force
of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Eric Huang, MD, PhD
Dr. Huang is a practicing dermatologist in New York City. He is affiliated with NYU
and the New York Harbor VA Medical Center. He received his MD and PhD from the University
of Pennsylvania and completed his residency in dermatology at NYU. He is board-certified
by the American Board of Dermatology. He is a past recipient of a research award from the
Dermatology Foundation. He has co-authored several articles in peer-reviewed research journals.
Dr. Huang is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Reza Kafi, MD
Dr. Kafi is Chief of Dermatology at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
He completed his dermatology residency at Stanford University Hospital and Clinics,
during which time he served as chief-resident. He is board-certified by the American
Board of Dermatology and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.
He was awarded his MD, with both research and academic distinction, from the University
of Michigan Medical School, where he served as President of the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)
medical honor society. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and
lectured at a number of national conferences. His passion is complex medical
dermatology with an emphasis on life-threatening skin eruptions.
Belinda Tan, MD, PhD
Dr. Tan is a dermatologist and dermatopathologist practicing in Southern California.
She completed dermatology residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and dermatopathology
fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell-New York Presbyterian Hospital.
She is board-certified in both specialties. She received a Bachelor's of Science from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and MD from UCLA. She also earned a PhD in immunology,
and has published many articles in peer-reviewed scientific and medical journals.
Dr. Tan continues to pursue her academic passions by regularly teaching medical
residents as well as collaborating with university scientists studying the biology
of skin disease.
David J. Wong, MD, PhD
Dr. Wong is CEO of Direct Dermatology and is a practicing dermatologist in Northern California.
He completed his dermatology residency at the Stanford University Hospital
and Clinics, and is board-certified by the American Board of Dermatology.
He received his MD from the University of Washington School of Medicine,
where he was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical society.
He holds a Bachelor's of Science with honors from Brown University, and a Ph.D.
from the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
He has co-authored multiple articles in high impact peer-reviewed medical research
journals and is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the American
Academy of Dermatology Young Investigator Award and Career Development Awards from
the Dermatology Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Wong is a
Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and a member of the American Telemedicine
Association.
