Undergraduate Education:

Vanderbilt University – 1970-1973
Medical school – University of Mississippi Medical Center – 1973-1977
Medical Internship – University of Mississippi Medical Center – 1977-1978
Residency in Dermatology – University of Alabama, Birmingham – 1978-1981

Leadership positions:

1. President Council for Nail Disorders, Mississippi Dermatology Society, Jackson Academy of Medicine, St. Dominic’s Health Services Foundation
2. Vice President European Nail Society
3. Board of Directors – American Academy of Dermatology, NOAH, American Medical Athletic Association
4. Published:
   1. 6 books on nails
   2. Over 120 papers

Dr. Boni Elewski, an Ohio native, started her career at Ohio State University College of Medicine, where she earned her medical degree.  She completed an internship in internal medicine and residency in dermatology at University of North Carolina Memorial Hospital, and she held faculty positions at Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, before joining UAB faculty in 1999.  Currently, Dr. Elewski serves as the Chair for UAB’s Department of Dermatology and the Program Director for the Dermatology Residency Program, where she has been a professor for the past seventeen years. She holds the James E. Elder M.D. Endowed Professorship for Graduate Education. As an international leader in fungal and psoriasis research and dermatological clinical trials, she has conducted clinical trials through her entire career and has received 85 clinical trial study grants to pursue therapies for many dermatologic conditions.  Dr. Boni Elewski is the author of more than 300 publications and has an esteemed history of serving in numerous national societies and professional organizations, including president of the American Academy of Dermatology from 2004-2005.

Aditya K. Gupta, MD, received his medical degree from the University of Southampton, UK. He completed his internship at the University of Toronto, Ontario, and a dermatology residency and clinical research fellowship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He received his PhD from the University of Göteborg, Sweden.

Dr. Gupta is a Professor of Dermatology at the University of Toronto. He runs active clinical trial units in London, Ontario and is the director of a mycology research laboratory. His clinical research has focused on superficial fungal infections (onychomycosis, tinea pedis, tinea capitis), psoriasis, eczema, acne, actinic keratosis, and skin cancer. Dr. Gupta has over 600 publications, is on 19 journal editorial boards, and reviews for over 25 journals. 

Dermatologist, Dermatol Clin „Dermaticum“, Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse, Freiburg, Germany, since 2004

Visiting professor, Dept Dermatol, Univ Berne, Switzerland, since 2005

Senior Consultant, Dept Dermatol, Acad Hosp, Univ Ghent, Belgium, since 2006

Senior Consultant, Centro de Dermatologia, Instituto CUF, Porto, Portugal, since 2008

MD: Univ Halle 1968
PhD: Univ Erlangen 1978

Special interests

Dermatopathology, dermatological surgery, nail diseases, diseases of the oral mucosa, aesthetic dermatology

Publications

403 journal articles, >230 book chapters, author of 5 books, co-editor of 10 books, >1600 lectures at national and international meetings

Reviewer and member Editorial Board of several peer-review journals

Ordinary, corresponding and honorary member of many dermatological societies

Prof. BM Piraccini is Associate Professor in Dermatology at the University of Bologna, Italy.

She is Head of the Outpatient consultation for Hair and Nail Disorders, Outpatient consultation of Allergology, and the Laboratory of Mycology and Parasitology.

Major research activities:

• Hair science: clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic and basic aspects
• Nail science: clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic and basic aspects
• Mycology: direct examination and cultures of biological materials

Memberships:

• European Hair Research Society (EHRS) (President)
• European Nail Society (ENS) (Past-President)
• Società Italiana di Dermatologia e Malattie Sessualmente Trasmesse (SIDeMaST) (Board member)
• Council for Nail Disorders (CND) (Board member)
• American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)
• European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV)
• North American Hair Research Society (NAHRS)

Editoral boards:

• New pages on Therapy
• Journal of Clinical and Esthetic Dermatology
• Journal of Dermatology and Clinical Research
• Skin Appendage Disorders
• Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Professor Piraccini is Author of 270 Papers published on International and Italian Journals, and of 13 monographies on diseases of the cutaneous appendages.

Phoebe Rich, M.D. is adjunct professor of dermatology and director of the Nail Disorder Clinic at Oregon Health & Science University. She has been in private practice in Portland for 30 years. She received her medical degree at OHSU and performed her Dermatology residency at OHSU. She is a scientific advisory board member of the Council of Nail Disorders, an organization dedicated to research and education about nail disorders and nail science. Additionally, she is a member of the European Nail Society and previously served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Dr. Rich enjoys educating residents and lecturing nationally and internationally on the vast array and importance of inflammatory, neoplastic, infectious, and inherited nail conditions. She has over 20 years of experience as principal investigator in over 120 clinical trials.  Phoebe has authored a textbook Nail Atlas, numerous text book chapters including the Nail Surgery chapter in the Bolognia Dermatology text, three nail chapters in the online reference UpToDate, and over 80 publications in peer reviewed journals. She has also been involved in mentoring with the Woman’s Dermatology Society and the Council for Nail Disorders.

Professor Rigopoulos graduated from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece. He performed his residency in Dermatology-Venereology at Sygros Hospital, he was trained in Lasers and Dermo-surgery at the Northwestern University of Chicago. He was elected as Lecturer at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, then as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and finally as Full Professor of Dermatology.

He is Member of the European Academy of Dermatology, of the American Academy of Dermatology, of the American Dermatological Association , of the International Society of Dermatology.

He was the Past President of the Council for Nail Diseases (USA) and he is the President of the European Nail Society.

He is the President of the Hellenic Society of Dermatology and Venereology since 2010.

He has published 200 peer reviewed papers, he is the author of 10 books, 20 chapters in books and has participated in 30 clinical trials. He is invited speaker in many European and International Congresses and Meetings.

He is the founder and one of the two Editors of the Skin Appendage Disorders Medical Journal, Published by S. Karger AG, Basel, Switzerland.

Adam I. Rubin, MD is an Associate Professor of Dermatology, Pediatrics, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. There he directs the adult and pediatric nail clinics, and practices at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Rubin specializes in nail disorders, nail surgery, and histopathology of the nail unit. Dr. Rubin is the lead editor for the 4th edition of Scher and Daniel’s Nails: Diagnosis, Therapy, Surgery, published in 2018. He is an author of the 3rd edition of the Atlas and Synopsis of Lever's Histopathology of the Skin, and an associate editor of the 11th edition of Lever's Histopathology of the Skin. At the Children’s Hospital of Philadephia he is the pediatric dermatopathologist, and a member of the largest pediatric dermatology group in the United States. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, where he focuses on nail pathology and pediatric dermatopathology. He is an Assistant Editor for the journal Dermatologic Surgery, where he focuses on nail surgery. Dr. Rubin is also an Assistant Section Editor for JAMA Dermatology. He serves on multiple other editorial boards including the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, The American Journal of Dermatopathology, Skin Appendage Disorders, and Dermatology Practical and Conceptual. Dr. Rubin is a current board member of the Council for Nail Disorders and The European Nail Society, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Dermatopathology. Dr. Rubin is the current Secretary-Treasurer of the Council for Nail Disorders and a co-director of the annual European Nail Society Nail Histopathology Workshop.

Regina Casz Schechtman is a dermatologist for more than 30 years with a PhD from University of London (1995). She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students since 1996. Has lectured in national and international meetings such as the Nail Council and AAD. She is a director of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology - Regional RJ and of ISD - FIDE Beca and was a member of the AAD International Committee Award (2011-14). She heads the dermatological mycology department and is the academic coordinator for the training program in dermatology at PUC-RJ University. In 2018 she was recipient of PUC-RJ award on medical education.

Dr. Antonella Tosti is Fredric Brandt Endowed Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of Miami. She is a worldwide recognized expert in hair and nail disorders and contact dermatitis and invited lecturer at major international conferences.

She is a founding member and past president of the European Hair Research Society and Secretary and Treasurer of the North American Research Society. She is a founding member and secretary of the International Society of Trichoscopy.

She is a founding member and past president of the European Nail Society and past president and member of Board of Directors of the Council of Nail Disorders. She is editor of four Textbooks on diagnosis and treatment of Hair Disorders and three Textbooks on Nail Disorders. She is the author of Dermoscopy of Hair and Nails, the first hair and nail atlas on dermoscopy ever published

Professor Antonella Tosti is the author of over 700 scientific publications.