Lawrence Eichenfield

Lawrence Eichenfield, MD FAAD, is Chief of Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, Distinguished Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, and Vice-Chair of the Department of Dermatology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

Dr. Eichenfield has served as lead author and co-chair of the committee for the American Academy of Dermatology Guidelines for Atopic Dermatitis, past president of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology, a founder and past President of the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA), and as a past board member of the American Academy of Dermatology.

He sits on the editorial boards of multiple journals and periodicals and has authored over 400 publications on inflammatory skin disease. Dr. Eichenfield received his MD from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, was a pediatric resident and chief resident at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and completed his dermatology residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.