Joel M. Gelfand MD MSCE is Associate Professor of Dermatology and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. He is internationally recognized for his clinical research in psoriasis. He has received numerous grants from the National Heart Lung Blood Institute and the National Institute for Arthritis Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Dr. Gelfand received PENN’s Medicine’s Marjorie Bowman Award for excellence in patient oriented research and the American Skin Association’s Achievement Award for psoriasis research. In 2013 he was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the American Dermatology Association. He has authored over 100 publications which can be found JAMA, European Heart Journal, British Medical Journal, and major dermatology journals.