Amy Paller MS, MD

Dr. Amy S. Paller, MD, is the Walter J. Hamlin Professor and Chair of Dermatology, Professor of Pediatrics, and Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Brown University and her medical degree from Stanford University. Dr. Paller completed residency training in Pediatrics and Dermatology at Northwestern University and her postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of North Carolina. An author of >750 original publications, Dr. Paller is an NIH-funded investigator conducting laboratory-based and clinical investigations related to psoriasis.

Dr. Paller has led international epidemiological studies on psoriasis and atopic dermatitis, developed new tools to measure patient-related outcomes in pediatric inflammatory skin disease, and focused on psoriasis research on obesity, cutaneous innervation, and new nanotechnology-based treatment approaches. She has been the lead investigator on landmark trials in pediatric skin disease, including the first TNF inhibitor and the first IL-17 inhibitor for children with psoriasis, as well as several new topical and systemic therapies for atopic dermatitis. She has served on the Medical Advisory Board (now Emeritus) and received the Excellence in Leadership Award from the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF).

Dr. Paller has been an active IPC Councilor since 2010 and is now a member of IPC’s Board of Directors. She has served as Chair of the National Eczema Association’s Scientific and Medical Advisory Council and was co-founder and inaugural President of the International Eczema Council (IEC). She has also been President of the Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID), the Society for Pediatric Dermatology (SPD), the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA), the Women’s Dermatological Society (WDS), the International Society of Pediatric Dermatology (ISPD), and the American Dermatological Association (ADA). She has served on the Board of many national and international organizations, including the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) and the American Board of Dermatology (ABD), and on the editorial boards of leading journals, including, currently, as Section Editor of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology (JID). She has written several textbooks, including the leading textbook for pediatric dermatology, Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology.