Time
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM: Networking Reception; 6:45 PM – 8:00 PM Presentation
Venue
The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029
Cost
Free, but advance registration is required.
Speakers
Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD, Professor of Dermatology and Pathology Senior Dermatologist and Dermatopathologist, Cleveland Clinic
Sponsored by
The Academy Section on Dermatology
Hair growth and its important follicular growth cycle is an intriguing interaction of genes, signaling cytokines, cell to cell interactions, the local stromal environment, complex proteins, and hormones. For years, the research, clinical evaluation and therapies have focused on the influence of circulating and local androgen metabolism. This presentation will update the attendee on the current understanding of androgen influence on hair growth and how this information can be helpful in both assessing patient’s with hair loss and the available treatments.
About the Speaker:
Wilma Fowler Bergfeld, MD, FACP is Emeritus Director, and past Director and Co-Director of Dermatopathology, Departments of Dermatology and Pathology and Senior Staff Dermatologist Dermatological Research in the Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic. She is the Director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Dermatopathology Fellowship and Professor of Dermatology and Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation and Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University. She is a consultant to the Department of Sports Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Bergfeld’s specialty interests include clinical dermatology (hair disorders, androgen excess, photo aging, and cosmetic dermatology) and dermatopathology.
Dr. Bergfeld completed her undergraduate work at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, and is a graduate of Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. She did her dermatology residency at Cleveland Clinic and her Dermatopathology fellowship at Armed Forces of Pathology in Washington DC. She joined the Cleveland Clinic in 1969 as a Clinical Dermatologist and later, after the AFIP Dermatopathology Fellowship in 1972, she was appointed as Head (1977-2007), Dermatopathology, Department of Pathology and in 2007 Co-Director of Dermatopathology, Departments of Dermatology and Pathology and in 2015 Emeritus Director. She has been the Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Dermatopathology fellowship since 1975.
Dr. Bergfeld is a former chair and currently consultant to the FDA Dermatology and Ophthmology Advisory Committee (1972-current) and currently consultant to the Devise advisory committee. She is the current President of North American Hair Research Society (2011-2016) and Director, World Congress of Hair Research 2015 Miami. Dr. Bergfeld is the author of over 600 publications, 4 books, and 80 book chapters.
Event series:
Endowed Lectures and Awards