Leon H. Kircik, MD, FAAD
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
BIOGRAPHY
LEON KIRCIK, M.D. Dr. Kircik is a Board Certified Dermatologist who graduated with AOA Honors from State University of New York at the Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn after completing his undergraduate work with Phi Beta Kappa at New York University. He completed a Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology Fellowship under the auspices of Dr. Frederick Mohs at the University of Wisconsin after completing his dermatology residency at State University of New York in Buffalo. He currently teaches as Clinical Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and as Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Kircik is also the Medical Director of DermResearch, PLLC, Physicians Skin Care, PLLC and Skin Sciences, PLLC in Louisville, Kentucky. He has been the principal investigator of numerous clinical trials for psoriasis, acne, rosacea, atopic dermatitis, skin cancers, and actinic keratosis, just to name a few. Dr. Kircik is an author of many scientific articles, abstracts and posters. He has lectured extensively nationally and internationally on all aspects of dermatologic conditions. In addition, he also serves on the advisory boards of several pharmaceutical companies as a consultant. He is on the editorial board of Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, Practical Dermatology, The Journal of Clinical & Aesthetic Dermatology, and Case Report in Clinical Pathology. He volunteers for multiple local and national medical society committees.
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DISCLOSURES
3M Pharmaceuticals – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Abbott Laboratories – Speaker(Honoraria); Ablynx – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Acambis – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Allergan, Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Almirall – Consultant(Honoraria); Alumis – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Amgen – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); AnaptysBio – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Apogee Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Apollo Therapeutics Ltd – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Aqua – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Arcutis, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Astellas Pharma US, Inc – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Asubio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Bayer Consumer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Beiersdorf, Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Biofrontera – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Biogen – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Biolife – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Biopelle, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Boehringer Ingelheim – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Botanix Pharmaceuticals – Consultant(Honoraria); Breckinridge Pharma – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Bristol-Myers Squibb – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Cassiopea SpA – Consultant(Honoraria); Celgene – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Cellceutix – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); ChemoCentryx – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); ColBar LifeScience Ltd. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria); CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Connetics Corporation – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Coria Laboratories – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Dermata Therapeutics – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Dermavant Sciences, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Dermik Laboratories, a business of sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC – Speaker(Honoraria); Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Eli Lilly – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Embil Pharmaceuticals, Co., Ltd – Speaker(Honoraria); Enveda Biosciences – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); EOS – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Feldan Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Ferndale Laboratories, Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Galderma Laboratories, L.P. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Genentech, Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); GlaxoSmithKline – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Healthpoint – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Incyte Corporation – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Intendis, Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Isdin – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria), Stockholder(Stock); Kymera Therapeutics – Advisory Board(Honoraria); L'Oreal – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Laboratory Skin Care, Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); Leo Pharma Inc – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); MC2 Therapeutics – Consultant(Honoraria); Medical International Technologies – Consultant(Honoraria); Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Merck – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Merck & Co., Inc – Consultant(Honoraria); Merck Serono – Speaker(Honoraria); Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC – Consultant(Honoraria); NanoBio Corporation – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Nektar Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Nucryst – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Obagi Medical Products – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Onset Dermatologics – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Organon Biosciences SRL – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Ortho Dermatologics – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Oruka Therapeutics – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Pharmaderm – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Promius Pharma, LLC – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); PuraCap Pharmaceutical – Consultant(Honoraria); QLT Inc. – Investigator(Honoraria); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Sagimet Biosciences – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Sandoz, a Novartis company – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Sanofi – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); SkinMedica, Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Stiefel a GSK company – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Taro Pharm – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); TolerRx – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Triax Pharmaceuticals, LLC – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); UCB Pharma – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Valeant Pharmaceuticals International – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Vellera – Stockholder Private Company(No Compensation Received); Warner Chilcott – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Xenoport, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Zalicus – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding);