ArturoPedroSaavedraMD
Dermatology • Charlottesville, VADermatopathology
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Office
1221 Hospital Dr
Fl 3
Charlottesville, VA 22908Phone+1 434-924-5115Fax+1 434-924-5936- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Arturo P. Saavedra, MD, PhD, MBA, currently serves as Chief of Population Health and Health Policy and has been chair of the Department of Dermatology since October 2017. As a clinician and researcher, he specializes in the care of complex medical dermatology, with particular interest in HIV dermatology, severe drug reactions that manifest with dermatologic complications and care of oncologic and posttransplant patients.
Saavedra is originally from Salamanca, Spain, but grew up in Puerto Rico in a large family of six. His father, a physician, and his mother, a teacher, instilled in him a love of science.
He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in biological sciences. Saavedra then received a combined medical and doctoral degree from University of Pennsylvania with specialized training in pharmacology. After completing residency training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, he went on to graduate from the Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program and completed his fellowship in dermatopathology.
In addition to his role at UVA, Saavedra is an editor of Fitzpatrick’s Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, the most widely read dermatology atlas for diagnosis and treatment of skin conditions.
In his free time, he enjoys triathlon, hiking and theater.
Education & Training
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Dermatopathology, 2006 - 2007
Massachusetts General Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Brigham and Women's HospResidency, Dermatology, 2003 - 2006
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2000 - 2003
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2000
Certifications & Licensure
NH State Medical License 2016 - Present
VA State Medical License 2017 - 2024
PR State Medical License 2015 - 2023
ME State Medical License 2016 - 2019
SC State Medical License 2017 - 2019
MA State Medical License 2002 - 2019
NY State Medical License 2014 - 2018- American Board of Dermatology Dermatology
- American Board of Dermatology Dermatopathology
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
- Fellow (FAAD) American Academy of Dermatology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Cutaneous melioidosis: An updated review and primer for the dermatologist.Gabrielle Schwartzman, Soumya A Reddy, Scott H Berg, Bart J Currie, Arturo P Saavedra> ;Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2023 Dec 1
- 1 citationsRetrospective chart review of melanoma outcomes in non-Hispanic black patients and case-matched non-Hispanic white patients.Nicole Edmonds, Braden Miller, Arturo Saavedra> ;Skin Health and Disease. 2023 Apr 1
- Monkeypox outbreak, vaccination, and treatment implications for the dermatologic patient: Review and interim guidance from the Medical Dermatology Society.Anusha M Kumar, Steven T Chen, Joseph F Merola, Arash Mostaghimi, Xiaolong A Zhou, Nicole Fett, Gideon P Smith, Arturo P Saavedra, Megan H Noe, Misha Rosenbach> ;Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2023 Mar 1
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Press Mentions
- Pearls from the Medical Dermatology Society MeetingMarch 27th, 2023
‘Everybody Is Fully Engaged’: Pandemic Prompts Regional CooperationApril 16th, 2020
Reviewers' List December 2019August 23rd, 2019- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Hospital Affiliations
University of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville, Virginia
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