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Mark G. Lebwohl, M.D., is an American dermatologist and author and the Sol and Clara Kest Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Lebwohl's books include the leading book on dermatologic therapy, ''Treatment of Skin Disease'' (ISBN 0323036031), as well as ''Atlas of the Skin and Systemic Disease'' (ISBN 044306539X). He has authored more than 400 publications,〔(TheDerm.org – Editorial Board and Advisors )〕 multiple book chapters and has been named as one of New York Magazine’s “Best Doctors” every year since the inception of the annual list.〔(New York Magazine Best Doctors 2009 )〕〔(American Registry )〕 ==Biography== Lebwohl graduated from Columbia University in 1974. He earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1978 and subsequently completed residencies in both internal medicine and dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In 1983, he was made Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Mount Sinai. In 1997, he was named Chairman of the Department〔 which, under his leadership, has been at the forefront of the management of psoriasis. Lebwohl was the first to report the cardiac complications of pseudoxanthoma elasticum, and, additionally, he has developed new techniques for diagnosing the disease.〔 He was also the first to use immunomodulators (imiquimod) to treat preccancerous skin lesions; the first to use topical calcineurin inhibitors to treat psoriasis; and the first to identify interactions between topical vitamin D analogues such as calcipotriol and calcitriol with other topical medications and with ultraviolet light. Lebwohl has served as president of the New York Dermatological Society, the Manhattan Dermatologic Society, and the New York State Society of Dermatology, and as chairman of the Dermatology Section of the New York Academy of Medicine. He served as chairman of the Psoriasis Task Force of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), and was a member of the Scientific Assembly Council. He chaired the Academy’s summer meeting in 2001 in California and the AAD annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in 2004. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the AAD for 2010-2014. He is the founding editor of Psoriasis Forum and was medical editor of the bulletin of the National Psoriasis Foundation,'' Psoriasis Advance''.〔(WebMD )〕〔(Business Week )〕 He is on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and was the editor of the Dermatology Section of Scientific American Medicine, now called ACP Medicine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark G. Lebwohl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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