The Department of Dermatology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine is a young and rapidly growing department providing the highest caliber clinical care for patients, top-notch training for future practitioners of dermatology, and a productive setting for basic and applied research on diseases of the skin. The department has a number of special clinical programs and specialties that began in 1986 under the direction of Joseph L. Jorizzo, MD.

Mission

"Members of the Department of Dermatology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine are passionately committed as a faculty and staff to the Medical Center mission of delivering first-quality patient care, teaching, clinical and basic research, and community service to our constituencies. It is our intention to do this in a highly ethical, egalitarian, compassionate, and collegial fashion."

— Alan B. Fleischer, Jr., MD, Chair