Neil J. Korman, MD, PhD

Neil J. Korman, MD, PhD

Professor of Dermatology
Department of Dermatology
Case Western Reserve University
Clinical Director
Murdough Family Center for Psoriasis
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio

Neil J. Korman, MD, PhD

Neil J. Korman completed a medical degree and doctorate in biomedical engineering at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio. His postdoctoral training included a medical internship and dermatology residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland and an immunodermatology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He currently serves as Clinical Director of the Murdough Family Center for Psoriasis, a comprehensive psoriasis research, education, and treatment program. Dr. Korman also serves as the Director of the Dermatology Clinical Trials Unit in the Department of Dermatology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and as the Director of the Translational Research Core of the department’s National Institutes of Health–funded Skin Diseases Research Center.

Dr. Korman holds subspecialty board certification in dermatological immunology/diagnostic and laboratory immunology. He is a member of the American Dermatologic Association, the Psoriasis Expert Resource Group of the American Academy of Dermatology, and the Medical Advisory Board of the National Psoriasis Foundation. He is on the boards of trustees of both the Ohio Dermatological Association and the Cleveland Dermatology Society. Dr. Korman is the founding Director of the Regional Center for Immunobullous Diseases.

Dr. Korman has published over 120 articles in the peer-reviewed literature. He has served as an associate editor of Medical and Surgical Dermatology and currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. He is a reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals. Since 1997, he has been the principal or co-principal investigator in more than 50 clinical trials, the majority of which involved psoriasis. He is a regular speaker at national and international dermatology meetings.