2023 Annual Conference Recordings - Treating Skin of Color with Laser and Energy-Based Devices

Andrew F. Alexis, MD, MPH is the Vice-Chair for Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of Dermatology and Professor of Clinical Dermatology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. He is the former Chair of the Department of Dermatology at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West. Having served as Director of the first-of-its-kind Skin of Color Center for over 15 years, his work has helped to advance patient care, research, and education pertaining to dermatologic disorders that are prevalent in populations with skin of color.

Dr. Alexis received his medical degree from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons and his Master of Public Health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He completed his dermatology residency at Weill Cornell Medicine, followed by a fellowship in dermatopharmacology at NYU Langone’s Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology.

Dr. Alexis has published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals including the British Journal of Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, and JAMA Dermatology among others. He has co-edited two textbooks and authored over 10 book chapters. Dr. Alexis is a frequent lecturer at national and international conferences and has been invited as a Visiting Professor or Grand Rounds speaker at many prestigious academic institutions.

Dr. Alexis has held numerous leadership positions in professional organizations including Past President of the New York Dermatological Society, Past President of the New York Academy of Medicine Dermatology Section, Secretary/Treasurer of the Skin of Color Society and Chair of the Diversity Task Force Committee for the American Academy of Dermatology. He currently serves as President of the Skin of Color Society and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Scarring Alopecia Foundation.

Dr. Alexis has appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX television news programs and has been quoted in numerous leading publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Vogue, Allure, and Essence. He is listed in Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors ™ and Super Doctors®.

Dr. Woraphong Manuskiatti is a Professor of Dermatology at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital of Mahidol University, Thailand where he has served on full-time staff since 1998. Along with his responsibilities in teaching medical students and Dermatology residents and seeing patients, Dr. Manuskiatti has conducted extensive research in the field of laser and energy-based devices (EBDs). In addition to having published over 100 original journal articles and 14 international book-chapters in the field of cutaneous laser surgery, he regularly lectures at and coordinates international conferences on skin laser surgery. Furthermore, he founded and directs the month-long Siriraj International Short Course, an innovative program aimed to educate dermatologists on basic and practical laser and EBD treatment techniques. Since 2005, over 180 physicians from Europe and the Asia-Pacific region have completed the course and brought the benefits of laser surgery in dermatology to new clinics and training hospitals around the world.

David M. Ozog, currently serves as Chair, Department of Dermatology and holds the C.S. Livingood Chair in Dermatology, at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. He is also an active Mohs surgeon and Director of Cosmetic Dermatology. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan where he was a James B. Angell 4.0 GPA Scholar, completed post baccalaureate work at Bryn Mawr in Philadelphia and his medical degree from University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, New York, where he was awarded AOA honors society. He completed his dermatology residency at Henry Ford Hospital, in Detroit, where he served as Chief Resident. His Mohs, Cosmetic and Procedural fellowship was with Dr. Ron Moy at UCLA Medical Center and Moy-Fincher Medical Group, in Beverly Hills, CA. He has published more than 90 articles and book chapters and has given hundreds of lectures nationally and internationally in various facets of procedural dermatology. His textbook, co-edited with Joel Cohen, Botulinum Toxins: Cosmetic and Clinical Applications, was published in 2017. Dr Ozog has directed sessions at the American Academy of Dermatology's annual meeting for several years. He was a member of the AAD coding committee, and he currently serves on the AAD Scientific Assembly Committee for a six-year term. He is scheduled to chair both Summer and Annual AAD meetings. He is also an editorial board member of JAMA Dermatology and an assistant editor of Dermatologic Surgery. His active research interests include cutaneous oncology, scarring prevention and treatment, botulinum toxins, as well as laser delivery for cosmetic and malignant conditions. He has trained more than 76 residents in dermatological surgery and was chosen by the residents as “Teacher of the Year.” Dr Ozog has taught hands on workshops nationally for the American Society for Dermatological Surgery, and he is co-director of the cadaver lab at Henry Ford. He enjoys biking and spending time with his wife Dawnmarie and their three children. Although his research group successfully pivoted to COVID work during the pandemic, he is thrilled to return to lasers and oncology, leaving spike proteins behind (hopefully forever).

Dr. Peter Peng is a board certificated dermatologist and dermatologic surgeon in Taiwan.
Dr. Peter Peng serve as director, Taiwanese Dermatological Society(TDA) ; director, Taiwanese Society for Dermatological& Aesthetic Surgery(TSDAS), President, Laser and Photonics Medicine Society of Taiwan. Board of directors, DASIL. Board of directors, ISDS.
Lecturer, Department of Dermatology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center.
Director, international Medicine Affairs committee, Kaohsiung city Medical Association.
Dr Peter Peng is the Founder & Director of Dr. Peng’s Dermatological, Cosmetic and Laser Clinic (P-Skin professional Clinic) in Taiwan. In 2017, he opened the second clinic -international dermatological clinic in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The two clinics now have 9 full-time board certificated dermatologist, 1 part-time board certificated dermatologist and 2 part-time plastic surgeon working togather and have more than 40 different kinds of lasers and energy base devices such as fraxel, smartxide, C6, Revlite, thermage CPT, Vbeam, Cynergy laser, smoothbeam, Lumenis one, Cooltouch, Gentlase, GentleYAG , Ruby, Accolade(QS Alex laser) ,Sciton, Clear& Brilliant, Scarlet RF , Liposonix, Coolsculpting, eMatrix ,Ulthera ,M22, Picosure, Picoway, acupulse, ultrapulse, Discovery Pico Plus etc.

Dr Peng went to Shanghai and other cities of Mainland China to do clinical treatment of patients about toxin, fillers, lipolysis and thread lifting etc. 3-4 times a month since 2012.

Dr Peng has treated over a hundred thousand Asian patients in Taiwan and China, with toxins, fillers, thread lift, lipolysis, lasers& EBD (as listed above), or a combination of above.

With two decades of experience, Dr. Peng is a world-renowned expert in many of the aforementioned fields, and has been invited to share his innovative aesthetic approach in over 200 events across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia , North and South Americas.