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Hadar Avihai Lev-Tov, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
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Irena Pastar, Ph.D.

Research Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
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Biography: Dr. Irena Pastar received doctoral degree in molecular microbiology at the University of Belgrade, followed by postdoctoral trainings at The Rockefeller University and Cornell University Weill Medical College, Hospital for Special Surgery. She was an Assistant Professor at the New York University School of Medicine before joining the University of Miami faculty in 2011....
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Sara Danker, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Plastic Surgery
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Biography: Sara Danker, M.D. is an assistant professor of clinical surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and is a board certified surgeon by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Danker earned a dual baccalaureate degree from the University of Florida, where she graduated valedictorian. She then received a scholarship...
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Ariel Eber, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology
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Biography: Dr. Eber is an enthusiastic and distinguished Columbia University-trained Dermatologist and Miami Native. She completed her advanced Laser and Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery Fellowship at the preeminent Skincare Physicians in Chestnut Hill, MA. Initially fueled by her interest in bringing health-care to under-served communities across the globe, she discovered her passion...
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Marjana Tomic-Canic, Ph.D.

Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery

Biography: Dr Tomic-Canic is internationally recognized scientist, inventor and leader in a field of skin biology, with particular focus on understanding mechanisms that control tissue repair and regeneration. She has over 25 years of experience and has authored over 150 peer-reviewed papers in her fields of research. Dr Tomic-Canic completed her doctoral and postdoctoral training...
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Robert Scott Kirsner, M.D., Ph.D.

Chairman and Harvey Blank Professor
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Biography: Dr. Kirsner is Chairman and the endowed Harvey Blank Professor in the Dr. Phillip Frost Dermatology in the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery and Professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is Chief of Dermatology at the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics and Jackson Memorial Hospital and directs the University...
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Natasa Strbo, M.D., D.Sc.

Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
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Biography: Dr. Natasa Strbo is a basic and translational immunologist, assistant professor on a tenure-track at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. She pioneered research on molecular and cellular mechanisms of heat shock protein gp96 and developed vaccines against emerging infectious diseases and cancer that are based on...
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Eleonore Beurel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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Biography: I earned my Ph.D. in 2005 from the University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris, France, studying the role of glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3) in regulating apoptosis associated with the use of chemotherapy drugs in the treatment of liver cancer. I then joined the laboratory of Dr. Richard Jope, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a postdoctoral fellow. In Dr....
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Marjana Tomic-Canic, Ph.D.

Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery

Biography: Dr Tomic-Canic is internationally recognized scientist, inventor and leader in a field of skin biology, with particular focus on understanding mechanisms that control tissue repair and regeneration. She has over 25 years of experience and has authored over 150 peer-reviewed papers in her fields of research. Dr Tomic-Canic completed her doctoral and postdoctoral training...
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