1. Julie Cantatore-Francis, MD, chief resident at SUNY Downstate Dermatology
   Topic: Dermatologic Laser Surgery
   Mentor: Tina Alster, MD, Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery
2. Adela Rambi G. Cardones, MD, a resident at Duke University Medical Center.
   Topic: Medical Dermatology
   Mentor: Timothy Berger, MD, University of California San Francisco
3. Y. Connie Chang, MD, a resident at the Loma Linda University Medical Center.
   Topic: Dermatologic Laser Surgery
   Mentor: Melissa Bogle, MD, University of Texas at Houston Medical Center
4. Jennifer Chwalek, MD, a resident at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
   Topic: Histopathology of Hair Disease
   Mentor: Beth Ruben, MD, University of California, San Francisco
5. Ana M. Ciurea, MD, a resident at Northwestern University.
   Topic: Infections involving the skin, contact dermatitis, unusual cases
   Mentor: William James, MD, University of Pennsylvania
6. Anna L. Cole, MD, a resident at the Tulane University Medical Center.
   Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
   Mentor: Ronald C. Hansen, MD, Phoenix Children's Hospital
7. Jennifer Meiyin Fu, MD, a resident at University of California, San Francisco.
   Topic: Disorders of the Hair and Nails
   Mentor: Antonella Tosti, MD, Department of Dermatology, University of Bologna
8. Michele J. Gonzales, MD, a resident at the Naval Medical Center San Diego.
   Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
   Mentor: Judith Williams, MD, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA
9. Lisa M. Grandinetti, MD, a resident at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
   Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
   Mentor: Dawn Marie Davis, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY
10. Monica Lynn Halem, MD, a resident at University of Miami.
    Topic: Dermatologic Laser Surgery Research
    Mentor: Tina S. Alster, MD, Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery
11. Alyssa R. Hoverson, MD, a resident at the Mayo Graduate School of Medical Education.
    Topic: Tropical Dermatology
    Mentor: Evandro Rivitti, MD, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
12. Shasa Hu, MD, a resident at the Univeristy of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital.
    Topic: Melanoma
    Mentor: Scott W. Menzies, MB, BS, PhD, Sydney Melanoma Diagnostic Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia
13. Erin Huiras, MD, a resident at the University of Minnesota Fairview Medical Center.
    Topic: HIV and Dermatology
    Mentor: Timothy Berger, MD, Toby Maurer, MD, University of California, San Francisco
14. Marvi Iqbal, MD, MPH, chief resident at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew University Dermatology.
    Topic: Complex Dermatology
    Mentor: Lindy P. Fox, MD, University of California, San Francisco
15. Sunil Kalia, MD, a resident at the University of British Columbia.
    Topic: Clinical Epidemiology and Academic Medicine
    Mentor: Alexa Kimball, MD, Harvard Medical School
16. Eleanor Ann Knopp, MD, a resident at the Yale-New Haven Hospital.
    Topic: Hair Pathology
    Mentor: Leonard C. Sperling, MD, Uniformed Services University, Department of Dermatology
17. Eun Ji Kwon, MD, a resident at Case Western Reserve University.
    Topic: Autoimmune disorders and cutaneous oncology
    Mentor: Jennifer M. McNiff, MD, Yale Dermatopathology Laboratory
18. Kevan Gerard Lewis, MD, MS, a resident at Brown Medical School/ Rhode Island Hospital.
    Topic: Nail pathology and general dermatopathology
    Mentor: Beth Ruben, MD, University of California, San Francisco
19. Cheryl L. Lonergan, MD, a resident at the University of Virginia.
    Topic: Cutaneous lymphomas
    Mentors: Jacqueline Junkins-Hopkins, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
20. Kristin Magnuson Nord, MD, a resident at Columbia University.
    Topic: Genital Dermatology
    Mentor: Libby Edwards, MD, Mid-Charlotte Dermatology and Research
21. Melanie Dawn Palm, MD, a resident at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center.
    Topic: Dermatologic Surgery
    Mentor: Roberta Sengelmann, MD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
22. Susan Marie Poelman, MD, a resident at McGill University.
    Topic: Melanoma/Pigmented Lesions
    Mentor: Jean Bolognia, MD, Yale University School of Medicine
23. Heather D. Rogers, MD, a resident at the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University.
    Topic: Immunosuppression and Skin Cancer
    Mentor: George A. Varigos, MD, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Private Medical Center
24. Lydia Yang-Lei Sahara, MD, a resident at the University of Minnesota.
    Topic: Epidermolysis bullosa and melanoma
    Mentor: Dedee Murrell, MD, Department of Dermatology, St. George Hospital, Sydney
25. Ritu Saini, MD, a resident at the Univeristy of Miami-Miller School of Medicine.
    Topic: The Mechanics of Laser Therapies
    Mentor: Elizabeth Tanzi, MD, Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery
26. Bethanee J. Schlosser, MD, PhD, chief resident at Emory University School of Medicine.
    Topic: Genital Dermatology
    Mentor: Libby Edwards, MD, Mid-Charlotte Dermatology and Research
27. Vishakha Modi Sharma, MD, a resident at the University of Chicago Hospitals.
    Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
    Mentor: Marilyn Liang, MD, Children's Hospital, Boston
28. Kanade Shinkai, MD, PhD, a resident at UCSF Department of Dermatology.
    Topic: Medical Dermatology
    Mentor: Victoria Werth, MD, University of Pennsylvania
29. Rebecca Shpall, MD, a resident at Stanford Department of Dermatology.
    Topic: Wound care and ulcer management
    Mentor: O. Fred Miller, MD, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, CA
30. Joanne Joo-Yeon Sung, MD, PhD, a resident at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland.
    Topic: Dermatopathology
    Mentor: Shawn Cowper, MD, Yale University School of Medicine
31. Allison Marie Swanson, MD, a resident at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
    Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
    Mentor: Amy Nopper, MD, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
32. Sima Zahra Torabian, MD, a resident at the University of California, Davis.
    Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
    Mentor: Bari Cunningham, MD, University of California San Diego
33. Naissan O. Wesley, MD, a resident at the University of California, San Francisco.
    Topic: Surgery and Lasers in Ethnic Skin
    Mentor: Brooke Jackson, MD, Skin Wellness Center of Chicago
34. Priya Swamy Zeikus, MD, a fellow at the Lahey Clinic at Harvard Medical School.
    Topic: Laser Surgery/Balance of Clinical Practice with Academic Pursuits
    Mentor: Elizabeth McBurney, MD, Skin Care Specialists

This award program generously sponsored by: Dermik Laboratories