Joseph F. Merola

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ABOUT JOSEPH F. MEROLA

Joseph F. Merola, MD, MMSc is Chair of Dermatology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, he is Professor of Dermatology and Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology. He holds the Mary Kay Distinguished Chair in Dermatology. Dr. Merola is uniquely triple board-certified in Dermatology, Internal Medicine, and Rheumatology. Dr. Merola was Vice Chair of Dermatology and Associate Professor in the Dept of Dermatology and Dept of Medicine, Rheumatology at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He founded the Clinical Unit for Research Innovation and Trials (CUReIT), was Director of the Center for Skin and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases and the Associate Program Director for the Harvard Combined Internal Medicine-Dermatology Residency Training Program. Dr. Merola earned his medical degree at the New York University School of Medicine and his Masters of Medical Sciences degree at Harvard Medical School. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, residency in Dermatology at NYU Medical Center, where he was chief resident. He continued residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Rheumatology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Merola is the Founding President of the Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Clinics Multicenter Advancement Network Consortium (PPACMAN), the Scientific and Medical Boards of the National Psoriasis Foundation, Board of International Dermatology Outcome Measures and Co-president-elect of GRAPPA, elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology, the Medical and Scientific Board of the Lupus Foundation. He is past president of the Medical Dermatology Society and president-elect of Rheumatology-Dermatology Society. He is a councilor for the International Eczema Council and International Psoriasis Council. He has served on multiple Guidelines Committees including for AAD and ACR. He had been named one of Boston’s Top Doctors for nearly a decade and is an expert in inflammatory and autoimmune conditions, namely Psoriasis / Psoriatic Arthritis and Connective Tissue Disease including Lupus and Dermatomyositis. Dr. Merola has published over 370 peer-reviewed publications and received numerous awards including the NPF’s Outstanding Educator Award, the Winter Clinical Educator of the Year Award, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Distinguished Clinician Award, the Mass General Brigham Pillar Award in Research Leadership, among many other research, mentorship and leadership awards.