Speaker Details

BIOGRAPHY

Jane M. Grant-Kels, MD, FAAD, is Vice Chair of the Department of Dermatology, Associate Director of the UConn Dermatology Residency Program, Founding Director of the Cutaneous Oncology Center and Melanoma Programs, and Professor of Dermatology, Pathology and Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She was the founding Chair of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Connecticut, which she led from 1979-2015 at which time she voluntarily stepped down as chair to allow the next generation to be leaders. She was also the founding Director of the Dermatology Residency Program and the founding Director of the Dermatopathology Laboratory at UConn. She is an Adjunct Professor of Dermatology at the University of Florida. She has been the recipient of the following honors: WDS Mentor of the Yearr (2026). WDS Rose Hirschler Award (2018), AAD Professionalism Award 2014, AAD Presidential Citations in 2016, 2017 and 2021, 2022 AAD Honorary Membership Award 2022, ASDP 2022 Elson B. Helwig Memorial Lectureship, AAD 2023 Clarence S. Livingood, MD Memorial Award., 2021 UCONN Dermatology Residency D.R.T.E.A.C.H.E.R. Award. and was elected AAD President elect -elect this year.