2024 Annual Conference Recordings – Scars and Striae (Non-CME)

Dr. Uebelhoer began practicing laser surgery 25 years ago. He has since lectured across the world, authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on the subject, and won awards for his teaching and military service. He grew up in Massachusetts, did residency at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego and a fellowship in Cosmetic and Laser Surgery at SkinCare Physicians of Chestnut Hill in Massachusetts. Since then, he served as the division head of Mohs and Laser Surgery with the Navy until retiring as a Commander. Now in San Diego, his practice focuses on Mohs micrographic surgery, scar prevention and rehabilitation, and special interests in PDT and laser assisted drug delivery.
Nathan was also trained as a Naval Flight surgeon and private pilot and proudly served in this capacity deployed with the U.S. Marine Corps. In addition to procedural dermatology, he has been heavily involved in rural and tropical medicine, and he continues to lecture on his pioneering work with scar rehabilitation in burn and blast injured soldiers. When not in the operating room, Nathan is with his family and occasionally takes the time to play golf and the piano.

Jill S. Waibel, MD, practices as a board-certified dermatologist specializing in general dermatology, cutaneous laser surgery, and cosmetic dermatology for adults and children. She is in private practice in Miami, Florida, and Coral Gables, Florida. She is currently the medical director and owner of the Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute in Miami. Dr. Waibel is the subsection chief of Dermatology at Baptist Hospital. In addition, Dr. Waibel serves as a Clinical Voluntary Assistant Professor at the University of Miami. She is a world-recognized leader in dermatologic laser surgery and lectures worldwide to train other physicians. In her practice, she has over 40 laser devices and treats a wide variety of cutaneous diseases. Dr. Waibel is active in basic science clinical trials at the University of Miami and has a clinical trials division at Miami Dermatology and Research. One of Dr. Waibel’s primary passions is the treatment of scars by applying today’s latest cutaneous laser technologies. She has successfully developed industry-leading procedures and techniques with lasers, received numerous awards for her contributions to medicine, and published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and several textbook chapters. She was named “Person of the Week” on ABC World News Tonight in 2015 and was recently granted a Cutting Edge Research Grant by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. She has received numerous awards for her contributions to medicine, including an award given by Surgeon General Koop. The 2016 JDD Humanitarian Award has been given to Dr. Waibel for her innovative work in using lasers to treat patients with traumatic burn injuries. Dr. Waibel lectures, collaborates, and trains military physicians to help the wounded warriors. Dr. Waibel makes her home in Coral Gables with her husband and four children.

Andrew C. Krakowski, M.D. is a board-certified pediatric and adolescent dermatologist with a focus on pediatric procedural dermatology. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and two textbooks, including The Scar Book and Pediatric Procedural Dermatology. He is a section editor (procedural dermatology) for the Society of Pediatric Dermatology’s journal, Pediatric Dermatology, and the pediatric dermatology editor for Practical Dermatology and the Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology. Dr. Krakowski is a regularly invited lecturer and course director for the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Dermatology, and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. Dr. Krakowski currently serves as the Network Chair of Dermatology at St. Luke’s University Health Network and as the Program Director for the ACGME-approved St. Luke’s Residency in Dermatology, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Sandy Tsao graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Cum Laude from Colorado College with a Bachelor‘s degree in Biology and from Harvard Medical School with an MD degree, winning the Soma Weiss Research Award. She then completed her internship at Boston’s Children’s Hospital and her Dermatology residency at the prestigious Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency, where she was selected as Chief Resident during her third year. Dr. Tsao subsequently trained in laser and cosmetic dermatology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. In 2001, Dr. Tsao joined the Massachusetts General Hospital Dermatology Laser and Cosmetic Center and is currently an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School. She is considered both locally in Boston and nationally as one of the premier "must see" laser and cosmetic dermatologists. Dr. Tsao has delivered well over 100 lectures on laser and cosmetic dermatology at conferences throughout the world and has been recognized by the MGH as one of its leading physicians through multiple Partners-in-Excellence Awards and a nomination for the Brian A. McGovern, MD Award for Clinical Excellence. Dr. Tsao is also one of Boston’s prestigious SuperDoctors in the specialty of Dermatology.

Dr. Tsao is deeply committed to education, having served as both the Director of Dermatological Surgery and the Associate Director of Procedural Dermatology at Harvard Medical School. For her efforts, she won the Teacher-of-the-Year award from the Department of Dermatology at Harvard. Dr. Tsao has been on committees for dermatological organizations including the American Academy of Dermatology, the Women’s Dermatologic Society and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery and has helped set the national agenda for medical and procedural dermatology. She has also served as a medical advisory board member for OrthoNeutrogena and Roc and as a consultant to Johnson and Johnson.

Dr. Tsao has written numerous original articles and book chapters about laser and cosmetic dermatology or skin disease and has co-authored a major dermatologic surgical textbook- The Color Atlas of Cosmetic Dermatology- which is now in its second edition and the consumer-oriented book, Harvard Medical School: A Woman’s Guide to Hair Loss and Excess Hair. She is recognized as a thought leader in skin health and skin care and is frequently featured in magazines such as Health, Shape, Allure, Oprah, Good Housekeeping, OK, Natural Health and Parenting, just to name a few. In addition, she helped pioneer the use of photochemical tissue bonding (or “nanosuturing”) for sutureless wound closure.

E. Victor Ross, M.D., CAPT MC, USN (ret) attended Mississippi State University where he graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in physics. He obtained his medical degree from the Tulane University School of Medicine where he was a junior year inductee into Alpha Omega Alpha. Following internship, Dr. Ross went to Sasebo, Japan as a General Medical Officer. In 1992, he completed a three-year dermatology residency at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. In 1994, he was the first Navy-sponsored fellow in photomedicine and lasers at the Massachusetts General Hospital. While there, he conducted basic research experiments and human clinical trials in photodynamic therapy and novel laser applications in dermatology. He was honored as the 2001 Navy Recipient of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Award for excellence in Military Medicine.

Dr. Ross is presently the director of the Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology Center at Scripps Clinic in San Diego. He also served on the boards of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (president in 2008), the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, and the American Society for Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery. His special interests are fractional laser skin rejuvenation, photodynamic therapy, non-ablative skin remodeling, laser management of scars, laser treatment of acne, and laser hair reduction in dark skinned patients. He is the author of over 100 articles and nine book chapters. Presently, Dr. Ross is investigating novel approaches in pigment quantification as well as conducting comparative trials of picosecond laser sources, novel RF technologies in skin rejuvenation, photon recycling, and laser assisted acne treatments.