Mark G Lebwohl, MD
- DEAN FOR CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS
- PROFESSOR | Dermatology
Specialties:
Internal Medicine, DermatologyDr. Mark Lebwohl graduated summa cum laude from Columbia College in 1974 and graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1978. He completed residencies in internal medicine and dermatology, both at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Lebwohl has been practicing dermatology since 1983. He is the Dean of Clinical Therapeutics at the Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. 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. Dr. Lebwohl is a past chairman of the Psoriasis Task Force of the American Academy of Dermatology, and has directed the AAD's annual Psoriasis Symposium, Diagnostic Update Symposium and Therapeutics Symposium. In 2015-16 he served as President of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Dr. Lebwohl is chairman emeritus of the Medical Board of the National Psoriasis Foundation. He is the founding editor of Psoriasis Forum as well as medical editor of the bulletin of the National Psoriasis Foundation, Psoriasis Advance. He has been on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and the Journal of Skin Cancer. He is editor of the Dermatology Section of Scientific American Medicine and co-Editor-in-Chief of Skin, the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine. Dr. Lebwohl has chaired numerous symposia and has written or edited several books including the first atlas devoted entirely to cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease, and the leading book on dermatologic therapy, Treatment of Skin Disease, now in its fifth edition. His books have been translated into numerous foreign languages, including French, Portuguese, Chinese and Polish. Other books include Difficult Diagnoses in Dermatology and Psoriasis. He has authored or co-authored over 500 publications including articles, chapters and abstracts. Dr. Lebwohl is actively involved in clinical trials of many new dermatologic treatments.
In The NewsDr. Lebwohl discusses skin cancer in The Daily News.
Videos
Certifications
American Board of Dermatology
American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Focus
- Actinic Keratosis
- Alopecia Areata
- Biopsy
- Cutaneous Lymphoma
- Eczema
- Psoriasis
- Psoriasis Vulgaris
- Skin Cancer
- Total Body Skin Exam
Education
MD, Harvard Medical School
Residency, Internal Medicine, The Mount Sinai Hospital
Residency, Dermatology, The Mount Sinai Hospital
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2006
America's Top Doctors -
Best Doctors -
President's Volunteer Service Award -
American Academy of Dermatology Bronze Award -
Presidential Citation -
Best Teacher & Mentor of the Millenium
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Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Lebwohl during 2022 and/or 2023. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting:
- AltruBio Inc.; American Osteopathic College of Dermatology; Anaptys Bio; Arcutis, Inc.; Arena Pharmaceuticals; Aristea Therapeutics; Avotres Therapeutics; BioMX; Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation; Brickell Biotech; Castle Biosciences; Celltrion Inc.; Dermavant Sciences; Evommune Inc.; Focus Insight Strategic Consulting ltd; Forte Biosciences; Hexima; Incyte Corporation; Meiji Seika Pharma; Mindera; National Psoriasis Foundation; National Society of Cutaneous Medicine; Pfizer Inc.; Seanergy; Trevi Therapeutics; Verrica Pharmaceuticals; Vial; vtv therapeutics
Industry-Sponsored Lectures: MSSM faculty occasionally give lectures at events sponsored by industry, but only if the events are free of any marketing purpose.
- American Osteopathic College of Dermatology; Facilitation of International Dermatology Education (FIDE); New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM)
Other Activities: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership.
- American Academy of Dermatology; Corevitas; Foundation for Research and Education in Dermatology
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