This is a list of dermatologists who have made notable contributions to the field of dermatology.
| Name | Lifespan | Nationality | Notable contribution(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1768–1837 | French | Authored one of the first dermatologic atlases, entitled "Descriptions des maladies de la peau"[1] | ||
| 1934–2004 | Brazilian | Was a physician and dermatologist respected due to his lifetime work with leprosy patients and leprosy research. Opromolla performed all his work at Lauro de Souza Lima Institute in Bauru, São Paulo, a WHO reference hospital for dermatology. He taught dermatology and leprosy to doctors, nurses, and other health workers. Among other things, he was the first to introduce rifamycin in the treatment of leprosy, in 1963. | ||
| 1684–1766 | American | Wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases, and considered, by some, to be the "founder of modern dermatology"[2] | ||
| Anne-Charles Lorry | 1726-1783 | French | Student of Astruc wrote a treatise on skin diseases | |
| 1943– | American | Governor of Alabama. He entered private medical practice and opened a series of dermatology clinics throughout the southern United States. | ||
| Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra | 1816-1880 | Austrian | Co-author of the influential Atlas der Hautkrankheiten, an detailed illustrated guide to skin diseases.[3] | |
| 1842–1910 | American | Wrote An Elementary Treatise on Diseases of the Skin (1871), A Treatise on the Materia Medica and Therapeutics of the Skin (1881), A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin (1891), and translated Alfred Hardy's The Dartrous Diathesis, or Eczema and its Allied Affections.[4] | ||
| 1846–1909 | English | Wrote Diseases of the Skin: their Description, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment, which established him as a leading figure in the field | ||
| 1955– | American | Author of twenty-one medical textbooks on the subject | ||
| American | Described the "tumescent liposuction technique", which added high volumes of fluid containing a local anesthetic, allowing the procedure to be done in an office setting under intravenous sedation rather than general anesthesia | |||
| 1957– | American | Also has Guinness world record collection of yo-yos; athlete, author, and actor | ||
| 1922–2019 | American | Performed the first successful modern hair transplant in 1952 in his New York office. Created Clinique, the first widely popular cosmetics brand developed by a dermatologist. | ||
| 1920—2017 | Polish | Pioneering work on human papillomaviruses and their link to cancer. Recipient of the National Order of Merit and the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. |