Emma Guttman-Yassky

Dr. Guttman is the system chair of the department of dermatology, and the Waldman Professor of Dermatology and Immunology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. She is the director of the center for excellence in eczema and the laboratory for inflammatory skin diseases and current President of the international eczema council/ICE. Dr. Guttman’s major research focus areas are atopic dermatitis (AD)/eczema and alopecia areata. Her research has made paradigm-shifting discoveries on the immunologic basis of AD/eczema in both adults and children, opening the door for novel, pathway-specific drugs to treat this disease. Dr. Guttman earned her MD from Sackler School of Medicine at the Tel-Aviv University, and her PhD degree from the Bar-Ilan University, Israel.