Dermatology near Saddle Brook, NJ

Biography: Dr. Kimberly Morel is an Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center. She joined the staff of NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in 2003. Dr. Morel received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her medical degree from SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, New York. She completed her residency training in both Pediatrics and Dermatology at the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University and was a fellow in Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology at the Children's Hospital, San Diego, University of California, San Diego. She is board certified in Pediatrics, Dermatology as well as Pediatric Dermatology. Dr. Morel directs the Pediatric Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) Interdisciplinary Clinic at Columbia. The EB Clinic, which was initiated by Dr. Morel in June 2007, provides comprehensive outpatient consultation, consisting of various sub-specialists, such as dermatologists, occupational and physical tharapists, nutritionists, and social workers, who have expertise in treating the multiple aspects of EB. She is a also a member of the Vascular Anomalies Clinic (VAC) and the Pediatric Cutaneous Oncology Clinic (PCOC). Dr. Morel performs pulsed dye laser therapy for vascular birthmarks. She is the author of several articles and book chapters regarding skin conditions in pediatric patients. Dr. Morel is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a member of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology, Hemangioma Investigator Group, the Epidermolysis Bullosa Clinical Research Concortium, and is on the executive committee of the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA).

Care Philosophy: Dr. Jeffrey Rapaport, MD is a Dermatologist specialist in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. He graduated from Emory University.

Biography: Dr. Chernoffreceivedher undergraduate education atHarvard University. She attended medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed her internship at Mt. Sinai Hospital. After her internship, she completed dermatology residency at Weill Cornell Medical College. Following her residency, she completed an additional year of specialized fellowship training in pediatric dermatology at New York University Medical Center. This advanced training makes her distinctly qualified to treat skin disorders in children and adolescents.Dr. Chernoff's practice includes pediatric and adolescent dermatology. She treats a wide array of skin conditions, and has a particular interest in complex skin disease in children, including severe forms of common disorders as well as skin signs of internal disease. Her research interests include skin manifestations of rheumatologic and hematologic/oncologic disease.