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Prof Emma Guttman-Yassky, M.D., Ph.D.
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Waldman Professor and System Chair, The Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman, Department of Dermatology; Director, Center of Excellence in Eczema Director, Laboratory of Inflammatory Skin Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
Dr. Guttman-Yassky is the Sol and Clara Kest professor and Chair in the department of dermatology, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. She earned her M.D. from Sackler University, Tel-Aviv, and a Ph.D. from Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. After her Israeli Board certification in dermatology, Dr. Guttman moved to the U.S. to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship at Rockefeller University and a second dermatology residency at Weill-Cornell in New York. Her major focus is atopic dermatitis and alopecia areata, where she made paradigm-shifting discoveries, enriching their understanding and opening the door to new therapeutics.