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Voting for a number of positions on the board of directors and the nominating committee is now taking place until March 1, 2025. Vote Now

Applications are no longer being accepted for Student Board Representative positions for the 2025 - 2027 term. For any questions, please contact Miranda Buck.

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

President (Term Ends 2025) - Arisa E. Ortiz, MD | UC San Diego

President-Elect (Term Ends 2025) - Ashish C. Bhatia, MD, FAAD, FASLMS | Oak Dermatology

Vice President (Term Ends 2025) - Omar A. Ibrahimi, MD, PhD | Connecticut Skin Institute

Past President (Term Ends 2025) - Murad Alam, MD, MSCI, MBA | Northwestern University

Secretary (Term Ends 2027) - Kristen M. Kelly, MD | Beckman Laser Institute

Historian (Term Ends 2027) - J. Stuart Nelson, MD, PhD | Beckman Laser Institute

Treasurer (Term Ends 2027) - Molly Wanner, MD, MBA | Massachusetts General Hospital

Division Representatives

Basic Science (Term Ends 2027) - Fernanda H. Sakamoto, MD, PhD | Wellman Center for Photomedicine

Basic Science (Term Ends 2025) - Lilit Garibyan, MD, PhD | Harvard Medical School

Biomedical Engineering (Term Ends 2026) - Merete Haedersdal, MD, PhD, DMSc | University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Industrial/Marketing (Term Ends 2027) - Alexander J. Makowski, PhD | Sciton

Industrial/R&D (Term Ends 2025) - Brad Hauser | Soliton, Inc.

Laser Medicine (Term Ends 2025) - Christopher Zachary, FRCP | UCI Health Dermatology Center

Laser Medicine (Term Ends 2026) - Shlomit Halachmi, MD, PhD | FDA

Laser Safety (Term Ends 2027) - Zakia Rahman, MD | Stanford University

Laser Surgery - Non-Dermatology (Term Ends 2027) - Taryn Travis, MD, FACS | Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Laser Surgery (Term Ends 2025) - Anne Chapas, MD | UnionDerm

Laser Surgery (Term Ends 2027) - Girish S. Munavalli, MD, MHS, FACMS | Dermatology, Laser & Vein Specialists of Carolinas

Nursing/Allied Health (Term Ends 2026) - Rebecca L. Sprague, RN, NP-C | Laser & Skin Surgery Center of Northern California

Non-Voting Directorships

Director of Government Communication and Education (Term Ends 2026) - Kachiu C. Lee, MD, MPH | Main Line Center for Laser Surgery

Safety Director (Term Ends 2025) - John Hoopman, AAS, CMLSO | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Editor-in-Chief (Term ends 2025) - Brian J.F. Wong, MD, PhD | Beckman Laser Institute

Public Policy Director (Term Ends 2025) - George J. Hruza, MD, MBA | Laser & Dermatologic Surgery Center

Non-Voting Student Representatives

Early Career Scientist (Term Ends 2025) - Open

Early Career Scientist (Term Ends 2024) - Junsoo Lee, MS | University of California - Irvine

Resident/Fellow (Term Ends 2025) - Hasina Maredia, MD | Mayo Clinic

Resident/Fellow (Term Ends 2024) - Gaurav Agnihotri, MD | University of Chicago

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