Researcher

Steven Feldman, MD, PhD

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Dr. Steven R. Feldman is Professor of Dermatology, Pathology, Social Sciences & Health Policy, and Molecular Medicine & Translational Science at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. He received Outrun the Sun’s first Melanoma Research Scholar Award for his studies pertaining to the addictive properties of tanning beds and subsequently served on OTS’ Scientific Review Board.

Feldman received MD and PhD degrees from Duke University and completed a dermatology residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and dermatopathology training at the Medical University of South Carolina. He leads the Center for Dermatology Research, a health services research center whose mission is to improve the care of patients with skin disease. Dr. Feldman’s chief clinical interest is psoriasis, a chronic, physically & psychosocially disabling condition. His passion is to help guide how patients with psoriasis are treated. He serves on the Medical Board of the National Psoriasis Foundation and directed psoriasis education programs for the American Academy of Dermatology. According to Expertscape.com (on January 11, 2019), Feldman is the #1 expert in the world on psoriasis, acne and dermatology.

In collaboration with other Medical Center researchers, Feldman has done groundbreaking work on addiction to tanning beds and on patients’ adherence to their medication treatment regimens. He has given more than 700 invited lectures to dermatology groups and organizations around the world including the Pan Arab Dermatology Meeting held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Iranian Dermatology Society meeting in Tehran, Iran, and the Pan Asian Dermatology Meeting held in Seoul, Korea. Feldman also serves as the editor of the Journal of Dermatological Treatment and the Journal of Dermatology and Dermatological Surgery and as chief medical editor of The Dermatologist.

Dermatology Meeting held in Seoul, Korea. Feldman also serves as the editor of the Journal of Dermatological Treatment and the Journal of Dermatology and Dermatological Surgery and as chief medical editor of The Dermatologist.