Speaker Details

BIOGRAPHY

Robert T. Brodell, MD is tenured Professor Dermatology and Pathology, Past Founding Chair of the Department of Dermatology (2012-22), Past Chair of the Department of Pathology (2022-2026), and Billy S Guyton MD Distinguished Professor (2020-2026) at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. A graduate of Washington and Jefferson College ('75) and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry ('79), he completed dermatology and dermatopathology training at Barnes Hospital (Washington University in St Louis). He was in solo private practice for 27 years in Warren, Ohio. Dr. Bob has performed 2,093 lectures, directed 51 symposia, and produced 473 publications almost all with medical students and residents, 50 book chapters, 105 poster presentations, and has written three books: The Diagnosis and Treatment of Warts: An Evidence Based Approach (2003); Tips and Tricks in Procedural Dermatology (2019); and, Dermatology in Rural Settings -- Organizational, Clinical, and Socioeconomic Perspectives. Other service to dermatology: Editor-in-chief of Practice Update: Dermatology (Elsevier) (2013-2024); Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) (2019-present); American Board of Dermatology (ABD) (2003-12) and ABD President (2011-12); American Dermatological Association (2003-present), Secretary-Treasurer (2017-21) and President (2021-22); American Academy of Dermatology Board of Directors (2012-16); Dermatology Residency Review Committee (RRC) of American Board of Medical Specialties (2012-19); Council of Faculty and Specialty Societies (CFAS) of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Senior Representative, University of Mississippi Medical Center, (2020-present); The International League of Dermatological Societies’ Certificate of Appreciation for Humanitarian Dermatology (2021); Noah Worcester Dermatological Society (2002-present), President-elect (2025-2026). Honors and awards: Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, the American Association of Medical Colleges/Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative Humanism in Medicine Award (1999); American Cancer Society St. George National Award for Distinguished and Exemplary Leadership (2003); ACS National Relay For Life Hall of Fame (2005); the AAD Thomas G. Pearson, EdD, Memorial Education Award (2018); Honorary Member, AAD (2023); AAD Presidential Citations (2019 & 2022), and Dermatology Foundation Practitioner of the Year Award (2024).