Dr. Mark G. Lebwohl graduated summa cum laude from Columbia College in 1974 and graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1978. He completed residencies in internal medicine and dermatology, both at Mount Sinai.
Practicing dermatology since 1983, Dr. Lebwohl is Waldman Professor and Chairman of the Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology and Dean for Clinical Therapeutics of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Lebwohl was President of the American Academy of Dermatology from 2015-16.
Dr. Lebwohl is Chairman Emeritus of the Medical Board of the National Psoriasis Foundation. He is the founding editor of the NPF’s Psoriasis Forum and of the recently launched Journal of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. He is editor of the dermatology section of Scientific American Medicine. Dr. Lebwohl is world-renowned for his expertise in skin disease; he has chaired numerous symposia and has written, edited, or co-edited several books including the first atlas devoted entirely to cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease and the leading book on dermatologic therapy, Treatment of Skin Disease. The second edition of The Skin and Systemic Disease has been published in English and in French. Further, English, French, Chinese, Portuguese, and Polish versions of Treatment of Skin Disease have been published. Other books include Difficult Diagnoses in Dermatology, Psoriasis, Mild-to-Moderate Psoriasis, and Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis. He has authored or co-authored over 500 peer-reviewed articles in addition to numerous invited articles and book chapters. Dr. Lebwohl is actively involved in clinical trials of many new dermatologic treatments.