The American Academy of Dermatology - Give Your Hair Loss Surgeon a Health Check!
When looking into hair restoration, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) can be a very useful medical resource. The AAD can verify what kind of medical training your hair transplant surgeon have had.
The AAD can also verify if your hair restoration surgeon meets certain medical and ethical criteria.
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Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology
The Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD) is the the official publication of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).
The JAAD is committed to further educating and keeping all the fields with dermatology up to date. The JAAD is known all over the world for its leading and high class content.
The JAAD articles include topics suchs as:
- Clinical and investigative studies
- Treatments
- New diagnostic techniques
- Other topics relating to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of dermatological conditions
The JAAD articles are based on the core curriculum of the AAD and many are included in the continued medical education (CME) of the AAD.
The American Academy of Dermatology
What is the vision, mission, and values of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Vision
The AAFP's vision is: Excellence in Dermatology.
Mission
The AAFP's mission is: Promoting leadership in dermatology and excellence in patient care through education, research and advocacy.
Values
The AAFP seeks to reflect the following values in all its programs and initiatives:
- Patients first: Compassion, caring and listening are at the heart of delivering the highest-quality dermatologic care. We are working to ensure members' ability to facilitate access to dermatologic care and deliver the highest quality of care
- Professionalism: Adhering to an uncompromising code of clinical and ethical standards among ourselves and with the public. The cornerstones of these standards emphasize honesty, integrity, transparancy and mutual respect
- Lifelong learning: Pursuing knowledge and continuous improvement, embodying a spirit of intellectual curiosity and interchange through self-assessment and ongoing evaluation
- Rigorous inquiry and creative work: Pursuing excellence through innovation, creativity, critical evaluation and open dialogue
- Collaboration: Working together with mutual respect, collegiality and transparency. Collective and coordinated efforts through partnerships and teamwork encourage engagement, inspire ideas, create essential dialogue, and foster synergistic results
- Social responsibility: A dedication to the greater good. Community leadership, volunteerism and stewardship are hallmarks of our ability to contribute to public health
- Diversity: Acknowledging, respecting and valuing differences. An inclusive approach to people, ideas and practice styles includes a willingness to listen to all points of view. The result is collectively better because the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
American Academy of Dermatology Contact Details
The American Academy of Dermatology can be contacted at the below address:
American Academy of Dermatology
930 East Woodfield Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
USA
Phone: +1 (847) 240-1280 or Toll-free: +1 (866) 503-SKIN (7546)
Fax: +1 (847) 240-1859
Website: American Academy of Dermatology homepage (opens in a new window)
What Can The American Academy of Dermatology Do For You?
The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) serves both their registrated dermatologists as well as potential patients.
The AAD lets you search their database of their dermatologists, either by:
- Geographical area,
- Dermatologists name, or
- Speciality
- Dermatologist's AAD profile
The AAD website seems aimed more towards dermatologists than potential patients. However, among the better features that the AAD website offer are:
- Educates and train their registrated dermatologists
- Educates potential patients with free online advise about skin cancer and all the different kind of dermatology conditions
Dermatology Schools
Dermatology schools offer specialization in hair clinics among many other subjects with dermatology.
Full-time programs should be accredited by the American Board of Dermatology to ensure a high standard and a high degree of competence in clinical dermatology.
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