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Joseph Merola, MD, Dermatology, Dallas, TX, Brigham and Women's Hospital

JosephFMerolaMDMMSc, FACR, FAAD

Dermatology • Dallas, TX

Professor and Chair, Dermatology Professor of Dermatology, Medicine and Rheumatology Mary Kay Distinguished Professor of Dermatology UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

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Summary

  • Joseph F. Merola, MD, MMSc the Chair of Dermatology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX; he is Professor of Dermatology and Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology. He holds the Mary Kay Distinguished Chair in Dermatology. Previously, Dr. Merola was Vice Chair of Dermatology and Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Merola is board-certified in Dermatology, Internal Medicine, and Rheumatology. He serves as the Vice Chair for Clinical Trials and Innovation, the Director of the Clinical Unit for Research Innovation and Trials (CUReIT), Director of the Center for Skin and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases and the Associate Program Director for the Harvard Combined Internal Medicine-Dermatology Residency Training Program at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Merola earned his medical degree at the New York University School of Medicine and his Masters of Medical Sciences degree at Harvard Medical School. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, followed by a residency in Dermatology at the New York University Medical Center, where he was chief resident. He continued with a residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Rheumatology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

    Dr. Merola is Founding President of the Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Clinics Multicenter Advancement Network Consortium (PPACMAN), the Scientific and Medical Boards of the National Psoriasis Foundation, Board of the International Dermatology Outcome Measures Group and VP of GRAPPA (Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis), Medical and Scientific Board of the Lupus Foundation. He is also the current president of the Medical Dermatology Society and ores-elect of Rheum-Derm Society.

Education & Training

  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolMMSc, Clinical Research, Clinical Scholars Program, 2011
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Rheumatology, 2010 - 2013
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2010
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineChief Residency, Dermatology, 2008 - 2009
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Dermatology, 2006 - 2009
  • University of Pennsylvania Health System
    University of Pennsylvania Health SystemInternship, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2006
  • New York University School of Medicine
    New York University School of MedicineClass of 2005

Certifications & Licensure

  • NH State Medical License
    NH State Medical License 2022 - 2024
  • VT State Medical License
    VT State Medical License 2022 - 2024
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2023 - 2024
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2009 - 2024
  • RI State Medical License
    RI State Medical License 2021 - 2024
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2021 - 2024
  • ME State Medical License
    ME State Medical License 2021 - 2023
  • American Board of Dermatology Dermatology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Are Your Patients Satisfied? A Systematic Review of Treatment Satisfaction Measures in Psoriasis  
    Sanminder Singh, Alice B Gottlieb, Nicole Salame, Joseph F Merola, Dermatology
  • Inflammatory Arthritis and Crystal Arthropathy: Current Concepts of Skin and Systemic Manifestations  
    Joseph F Merola, Mahdieh Fazel, ScienceDirect
  • Dietary Recommendations for Adults with Psoriasis or Psoriatic Arthritis from the Medical Board of the National Psoriasis Foundation  
    Ronald Prussick, Johann E Gudjonsson, Alice Gottlieb, John Koo, Jerry Bagel, Adam R Ford, Joseph A Markenson, Wilson Liao, Joseph F Merola, Jashin J Wu, JAMA

Lectures

  • Psoriatic Arthritis and the Dermatologist: An Approach to Screening and Clinical Evaluation 
    American Academy of Dermatology - Annual Meeting 2019 - Washington, D.C. - 3/1/2019

Press Mentions

  • Perspectives on Nonmedical Switching and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review
    Perspectives on Nonmedical Switching and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative ReviewNovember 1st, 2022
  • Bimekizumab Calms Psoriatic Arthritis in Phase 3 'BE' Trials
    Bimekizumab Calms Psoriatic Arthritis in Phase 3 'BE' TrialsJune 15th, 2022
  • Sage Bionetworks Releases Psorcast App to Support Patients with Psoriatic Disease and Health Researchers
    Sage Bionetworks Releases Psorcast App to Support Patients with Psoriatic Disease and Health ResearchersJanuary 4th, 2022
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Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • French

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Joseph Merola, Dr. Joseph Merola, MD, Dr. J Merola, Dr. Joseph F Merola