Our Leadership
Board of Directors
The AARS Board of Directors is comprised of 4 elected Executive Officers (President, President-Elect, Treasurer, and Secretary) and 3 elected Directors with staggering terms.
Each Board member is appointed to an action committee within the AARS, including the Education Committee, Website/Public Relations Committee, Finance Committee, Fundraising Committee, Grant Committee, and Membership Committee.
Our leadership has been comprised of great innovators of basic science in acne and rosacea:
AARS Officers
Andrea Zaenglein, MD, President
Professor, Department of Dermatology and Department of Pediatric Dermatology; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State Health
Hershey, PA
James Del Rosso, DO, President Elect
Private Practice; Founder and Research Director, JDR Dermatology Research, LLC
Las Vegas, NV
Valerie Callender, MD, Treasurer
Founder, Callender Dermatology & Cosmetic Center
Glenn Dale, MD
Bethanee Schlosser, MD, PhD, Secretary
Associate Professor at Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
Chicago, IL
AARS Directors
Emmy Graber, MD
The Dermatology Institute of Boston
Boston, MA
Jonette Keri, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Miami
Miami, FL
Jonathan Weiss, MD
Georgia Dermatology Partners
Snellville, GA
Honorary Chairs
James Leyden, MD
Peter Pochi, MD
Guy Webster, MD, PhD
Honorary Chair with Distinction
Albert Kligman, MD
In Memoriam
Alan Shalita, md
In Memoriam
John Strauss, MD
In Memoriam
AARS Past Presidents
Guy Webster, MD, PhD
2005-2007
Hilary Baldwin, MD
2007-2009
James Del Rosso, DO
2009-2011
Diane Thiboutot, MD
2011-2013
Lawrence Eichenfield, MD
2013-2015
Sewon Kang, MD, MPH
2015 – 2017