Dr. Warren R. Heymann is the editor of DW Insights & Inquiries. He received his MD degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1979), completed an internship in Internal Medicine at NYU/Bellevue (1980), a residency in dermatology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1983), and a fellowship in dermatopathology at the University of Pennsylvania (1985). He is board certified in dermatology, dermatopathology, and pediatric dermatology. He has been affiliated with the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University since 1986, where he is currently Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Head of the Division of Dermatology. He is also Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, and serves as a Director of the American Board of Dermatology.
Dr. Heymann is a coeditor of the textbook Treatment of Skin Disease and the editor of the online dermatology program Clinical Decision Support: Dermatology. He is a past editor of Dialogues in Dermatology and has authored numerous papers and book chapters, focusing mostly on a variety of issues related to medical and pediatric dermatology. He currently has a column named “The Heymann File” in the journal SkinMed, where he discusses dermatologic subjects of interest. Dr. Heymann was the inaugural recipient of the 2011 Practitioner of the Year Award from the Philadelphia Dermatological Society, presented for Dr. Heymann’s exemplary service as a practitioner of dermatology. In 2013 Dr. Heymann was honored as the Dermatologist of the Year by the Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology. He has consistently been listed as a “Top Doctor” in Philadelphia Magazine, New Jersey Monthly, South Jersey Magazine, Best Doctors, and U.S. News and World Report. In 2015 he was named as a Master Educator at the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. The Medical Dermatology Society presented him with the “Lifetime Achievement” Award in 2018 for his contributions to the discipline. In 2019 the AAD honored him with its Thomas G. Pearson Memorial Education Achievement Award.
Dermatology World Insights and Inquiries Editorial Board
Warren R. Heymann, MD – Editor
Danielle DeHoratius, MD – Associate Editor
Section Editors:
Ashley Decker, MD – Dermatologic surgery and cosmetics
Joel Gelfand, MD, MSCE – Psoriasis and epidemiology
Sylvia Hsu, MD – Medical dermatology
Ellen Kim, MD – Cutaneous lymphomas
Naomi Lawrence, MD – Dermatologic surgery and cosmetics
Jason Lee, MD – Dermatopathology
Kiran Motaparthi, MD – Dermatopathology
Christen Mowad, MD – Contact dermatitis
Howard Pride, MD – Pediatric dermatology
Lorraine Rosamilia, MD – Medical dermatology
Adam Rubin, MD – Nails
Albert Yan, MD – Pediatric dermatology