Adam Friedman, MD, Tapped as Interim Chair

The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and the GW Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) selected Adam Friedman, MD, FAAD, professor of dermatology, to serve as the interim chair of the GW Department of Dermatology.

Friedman, who joined the clinical staff of the GW MFA and was appointed to the SMHS faculty in 2015, has been a leader and innovator since his arrival. He also serves as the founding director of the Dermatology Residency Program, is the director of translational research in the Department of Dermatology, and is the director of the Supportive Oncodermatology Program at the GW Cancer Center.

Friedman also currently serves as the medical director for the Orlando Dermatology Aesthetic and Clinical Conference, special adviser for the Dermatology Education Foundation, and director of the Oakstone Institute’s Dermatology Board Review and Dermatology for Primary Care series.

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