ABD Examination and Item Writing Committees
The American Board of Dermatology has established Examination and Item Writing Committees for all ABD examinations. Members of the Examination Committees include Directors of the ABD. Members of the Item Writing Committees include Directors of the ABD and other physicians who are not Directors of the ABD.
2021 EXAMINATION DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES
BASIC EXAMINATION
Christine Ko, Chair
Mercedes E. Gonzalez, Vice Chair
Keith Choate
CORE EXAMINATION
Mary S. Stone, Chair
Warren R. Heymann, Vice Chair
Anna L. Bruckner (Ped Derm)
Keith Choate (Science)
Warren R. Heymann (Med Derm)
Mary S. Stone (Dermpath)
Allison Vidimos (Surg Derm)
APPLIED EXAMINATION
Anna L. Bruckner, Chair
Julia R. Nunley, Vice Chair
Chris Bichakjian
Edward W. Cowen
Christine Ko
MOC EXAMINATION
Warren R. Heymann, Chair
David Allen (Surg Derm)
Karynne Duncan (Med Derm)
Warren R. Heymann (Gen Derm/Visual Rec)
Mary S. Stone (Dermpath)
Moise L. Levy (Ped Derm)
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David Allen (Cosmetic Derm)
Karynne Duncan (Med Derm)
Tammie C. Ferringer (Dermpath)
Moise L. Levy (Ped Derm)
Julia R. Nunley (Gen Derm/Visual Rec)
Carl V. Washington (Surg Derm)
PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALTY EXAMINATION
Anna L. Bruckner, Chair
Mercedes E. Gonzalez, Vice Chair
MDS SUBSPECIALTY EXAMINATION
Allison Vidimos, Chair
Carl V. Washington, Vice Chair
Chris Bichakjian
Julia Nunley
2021 ITEM WRITING COMMITTEES
GENERAL DERMATOLOGY COMMITTEE
Julia R. Nunley, Chair
Edward W. Cowen, Vice Chair
Karynne Duncan
Warren R. Heymann
Non-Director Item Writers
Alain Brassard
Susan Burgin
Jennie Clark
Mary Maiberger
Patricia Malerich
Michael Ming
Andrea Murina
Vinod Nambudiri
Kanade Shinkai
PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY COMMITTEE
Moise L. Levy, Chair
Anna L. Bruckner, Vice Chair
Mercedes E. Gonzalez
Non-Director Item Writers
Lucia Diaz
Elena Hawryluk
Brandi Kenner-Bell
Erin Mathes
Adnan Mir
Robert Sidbury
Megha Tollefson
SURGICAL DERMATOLOGY COMMITTEE
Carl V. Washington, Chair
Allison Vidimos, Vice Chair
Chris Bichakjian
Non-Director Item Writers
Jerry Brewer
Cindy Firkins Smith
Alex Miller
Kishwer Nehal
Christie Travelute
Siegrid Yu
Nathalie Zeitouni
DERMATOPATHOLOGY COMMITTEE
Mary S. Stone, Chair
Tammie C. Ferringer, Vice Chair
Christine Ko
Non-Director Item Writers
Kiran Motaparthi
Jeffrey North
Leslie Robinson-Bostom
Olayemi (Yemi) Sokumbi
Karolyn Wanat
SCIENCE & RESEARCH COMMITTEE
Keith Choate, Chair
Hensin Tsao, Vice Chair
Non-Director Item Writers
Esther Freeman
Delphine Lee
John C. Selby
Kenneth Tsai
COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY COMMITTEE
David Allen, Chair
Non-Director Item Writers
Mat Avram
Terrence Keaney
Shilpi Khetarpal
Suzanne Kilmer
Gilly Munavalli
Jeffrey Orringer
Sandy Tsao