Scott Alan Norton MD, MPH, MSc

Scott A. Norton, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., is Chief of Dermatology at Children’s National Medical Center and a Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at the George Washington University. He is additionally on the academic faculty at Georgetown University and Howard University. Dr. Norton was Chief of Dermatology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for many years and retired as a Colonel from the US Army. He has clinical privileges at the National Institutes of Health and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and serves as a frequent consultant in Dermatology and in Tropical Medicine to the State Department, Peace Corps, and CDC.

In addition to Dermatology, Dr. Norton’s academic interests are in Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Global Health. He has additional certification in Tropical Medicine and Traveler’s Health from the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. Other interests include ethnobotany (traditional uses of plants) and medical anthropology. While with the federal government, his overseas medical experiences included duties in Zambia, Egypt, Ghana, Mauritania, Senegal, Haiti, Jamaica, Guyana, Bolivia, Peru, Marshall Islands, Fiji, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Philippines, where he worked on clinical, educational, and public health projects, including much humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.