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Nominee for NCSCP Co-Chair (2011–2014)
Sandra I. Read, M.D.
Dr. Sandra Read is a private practice dermatologist for the past 30 years in Washington,
D.C. and is an instructor at the Department of Dermatology, Georgetown University.
She is currently the Chair of the Political Action Committee for the American Academy of
Dermatology Association (AAD), Chair of the Audit Committee for the Womenʼs
Dermatologic Society (WDS), representative for the National Council Skin Cancer
Prevention for the Womenʼs Dermatologic Society, Chair of the Mentorship and
Scholarship Committee for the International Society of Dermatology, and a member of
the Board of Directors for Health Volunteers Overseas. Dr. Read is a member of the
American Academy of Dermatology, Atlantic Dermatology Society, Noah Worcester
Society, Womenʼs Dermatologic Society, American Dermatology Society, and the
International Society of Dermatology.
She is also currently Chair of the
Scholarship/Grants Program for the Washington, D.C. Dermatology Society and has
served as an officer for numerous other state and professional societies in the past. Dr.
Read has been a guest lecturer for numerous national organizations on such topics as
acne, ethics and practice, liability risk management, legal issues in dermatology, skin
cancer, and anti-aging. She has been presented on television and radio most especially
to discuss skin cancer, sunscreens, and indoor tanning. She served as a major in the
U.S. Army Reserve at the Walter Reed Medical Center from 1972 to 1982, as Assistant
Chief of Dermatology. She has publications in the Journal of American Academic
Dermatology, Arch Dermatology, British Journal of Dermatology, and the Health
Sciences Consortium. She received the WDS Presidentʼs Award in both 1999 and 2002
as well as the AAD Presidentʼs Citation in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2011. Dr. Read is
fluent in English and German.