International Psoriasis Council

Advancing Knowledge. Improving Care.

Board of Directors

THE WORLD’S LEADING PSORIASIS EXPERTS ELECTED TO GUIDE THE IPC IN ADVANCING THE KNOWLEDGE AND ENHANCING THE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH PSORIASIS

The International Psoriasis Council is governed by a volunteer board of directors comprised of the world’s leading experts in psoriasis and others who provide business expertise to the organization.

OFFICERS

Bruce Strober, MD, PhD

Yale University and Central Connecticut Dermatology

Cromwell, Connecticut, United States

IPC President

Bio

Claudia de la Cruz, MD

Clinica Dermacross

Santiago, Chile

IPC Vice President/President-Elect

Bio

Joel Gelfand, MD, MSCE

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

IPC Treasurer

Bio

Catherine Smith, MD

Kings College London, and Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust

London, United Kingdom

IPC Secretary

Bio

Christy Langan

International Psoriasis Council

Santa Rosa, California, United States

IPC Chief Executive Officer

Bio

DIRECTORS

Andrew

Blauvelt

,

MD, MBA

Blauvelt Consulting, LLC

Annapolis

,

Maryland

,

United States

IPC Board Member

André

Carvalho

,

MD, PhD

Hospital Moinhos de Vento

Porto Alegre

,

Brazil

IPC Board Member

Siew Eng

Choon

,

MBBS, FRCP

Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru, Clinical School Johor Bahru, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Services, Monash University Malaysia

Johor

,

Malaysia

IPC Board Member
Curdin Conrad Headshot

Curdin

Conrad

,

MD

University Hospital of Lausanne

Lausanne

,

Switzerland

IPC Board Member
Mahira El Sayed Headshot

Mahira

El Sayed

,

MSc, MD

Ain Shams University

Cairo

,

Egypt

IPC Board Member

Johann

Gudjonsson

,

MD, PhD

University of Michigan, Department of Dermatology

Ann Arbor

,

Michigan

,

United States

IPC Board Member
Akimichi Morita, with straight, shoulder-length gray hair and glasses, wears a dark pinstripe suit, white shirt, and patterned tie while speaking against a plain light background.

Akimichi

Morita

,

MD, PhD

Nagoya City University West Medical Center and Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Nagoya

,

Japan

IPC Board Member

Amy

Paller

,

MS, MD

Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School

Chicago

,

Illinois

,

United States

IPC Board Member
A mature man with glasses and a bald head, dressed in a white lab coat, light blue shirt, and light green tie, stands in front of a blurred background with indistinct text—identified as Lluís Puig.

Lluís

Puig

,

MD, PhD

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Barcelona

,

Spain

IPC Board Member

Lone

Skov

,

MD, PhD

Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen

Hellerup

,

Denmark

IPC Board Member

HONORARY FOUNDERS

Christopher

Griffiths

,

OBE, MD, FMedSci

University of Manchester and King’s College London

London

,

United Kingdom

IPC Honorary Founder

Craig

Leonardi

,

MD

Central Dermatology

St Louis

,

Missouri

,

United States

IPC Honorary Founder

Alan

Menter

,

MD

Dermatology Associates/Baylor University

Dallas

,

Texas

,

United States

IPC Honorary Founder

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What's New

Videos Now Available from the IPC Symposium at SID Chicago

Did you miss the IPC symposium at the 83rd Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) Annual Meeting? Select session videos are now available. The Arc of Disease Control in Psoriasis: Early Interception – Deep Pathway Blockade – Treatment Failure covered early intervention strategies, treatment selection, immune pathway targeting, PsA prevention, clinical escape, and real-world cases that inform long-term psoriasis care.

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Depression affects approximately 20% of patients with psoriasis, five times the rate seen in the general population. IPC Jr. Councilor Mio Nakamura, MD, MS, FAAD, walks through the bidirectional relationship between psoriasis and depression, the shared inflammatory pathways driving both conditions, and practical guidance on screening and incorporating multidisciplinary mental health support into psoriasis management.

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