Councilors

IEC is composed of 174 Councilors and Associates*, including the leading voices in the field of atopic dermatitis (AD) from around the globe. IEC’s 131 Councilors are well-established and experienced clinicians or researchers in Atopic Dermatitis (AD) management. They have published multiple peer-reviewed articles, and been actively engaged in clinical trials, leadership, and scholarship activities.

  • Katrina Abuabara, MD MA MSCE, USA
  • Ioana Agache, MD PhD, Romania
  • Tove Agner, MD, DMSc, Denmark
  • Jiyoung Ahn, MD PhD, South Korea
  • Andrew Alexis, MD MPH, USA
  • Masayuki Amagai, MD PhD, Japan
  • Valeria Aoki, MD PhD, Brazil
  • Michael Ardern Jones, BSc MBBS, DPhil FRCP, UK
  • April Armstrong, MD MPH, USA
  • Matthias Augustin, MD Germany
  • Martine Bagot, MD PhD, France
  • Sebastien Barbarot, MD PhD MSc, France
  • Lisa Beck, MD, USA
  • Thomas Bieber, MD PhD, MDRA, Switzerland
  • Robert Bissonnette, MD FRCPC MSc, Canada
  • Andrew Blauvelt, MD MBA, USA
  • Mark Boguniewicz, MD, USA
  • Sara Brown, PhD FRCPE, UK
  • Patrick Brunner, MD MSc, USA
  • Zelma Chiesa Fuxench, MD MSCE, USA
  • Eung Ho Choi, MD PhD, South Korea
  • Raj Chovatiya, MD PhD MSCI FAAD, USA
  • David Cohen, MD MPH, USA
  • John Common, PhD, United Kingdom
  • Kevin Cooper, MD, USA
  • Michael Cork, BSc MB PhD FRCP, UK
  • Tali Czarnowicki, MD, USA
  • Abhishek De, MBBS MD, India
  • Marjolein De Bruin-Weller, MD PhD, Netherlands
  • Mette Deleuran, MD DMSc, Denmark
  • Sandipan Dhar, FRCP MD, India
  • Ncoza Dlova, MBChB FCDERM PhD, South Africa
  • Aaron Drucker, MD ScM FRCPC, Canada
  • Lawrence Eichenfield, MD, USA
  • Kilian Eyerich, MD PhD, Germany
  • Silvia Mariel Ferrucci, MD, Italy 
  • Carsten Flohr, MA MSc PhD FRCPCH, UK
  • Regina Foelster-Holst, MD, Germany
  • Carlo Gelmetti, MD PhD, Italy
  • Giampiero Girolomoni, MD, Italy
  • Melinda Gooderham, MSc MD FRCPC, Canada
  • Johann E. Gudjonsson, MD, USA
  • Emma Guttman, MD PhD, USA
  • DirkJan Hijnen, MD PhD, Netherlands
  • Emmilia Hodak, MD, Israel
  • Bernhard Homey, MD, Germany
  • Chih-ho Hong, MD FRCPC, Canada
  • Alan Irvine, MD DSc, Ireland
  • Yong Hyun Jang, MD PhD, South Korea
  • Kenji Kabashima, MD PhD, Japan
  • Daniel Kaplan, MD PhD, USA
  • Norito Katoh, MD PhD, Japan
  • Hyeone Kim, MD PhD, South Korea
  • Kyu Han Kim, MD PhD, South Korea
  • Leon Kircik, MD, USA
  • Kanokvalai Kulthanan, MD, Thailand
  • Shawn G. Kwatra, MD, USA
  • Mark Koh, MD, Singapore
  • Heidi Kong, MD MHSc, USA
  • Cheng-Che (Eric) Lan, MD PhD, Taiwan
  • Sinead Langan, FRCP MSc PhD, UK
  • Kwang Hoon Lee, MD PhD, South Korea
  • Chih-Hung (Abel) Lee, MD PhD, Taiwan
  • Dong Hun Lee, MD PhD MBA, South Korea
  • Yael Anne Leshem, MD MCR, Israel
  • Donald Y. Leung, MD PhD, USA
  • Wei Li, MD PhD, China
  • Peter Lio, MD, USA
  • Angela Maria Londoño Garcia, MD MSC, Colombia
  • Thomas Luger, MD, Germany
  • Lin Ma, MD PhD, China
  • Danielle Marcoux, MD FRCPC, Canada
  • Joseph Merola, MD MMSc FAAD FACR, USA
  • Elisante John Masenga, MD, Tanzania
  • Sonja C. Molin, MD, Canada
  • Akimichi Morita, PhD MD, Japan
  • Jenny Murase, MD, USA
  • Dedee Murrell, MA BMBch FAAD MD FACD FRCP DSc, Australia
  • Graham Ogg, BMBCh DPhil FRCP, UK
  • Raquel Orfali, MD PhD, Brazil
  • Amy Paller, MD MS, USA
  • Chang Ook Park, MD PhD, South Korea
  • Lavinia Paternoster, PhD, United Kingdom
  • Carle Paul, MD PhD, France
  • Andrew Pink, BMedSci (Hons) BMBS PhD MRCP, United Kingdom
  • Vimal H. Prajapati, MD FRCPC DABD, Canada
  • Marius Rademaker, BM FRACP FRCPE DM FNZDSI FACD, New Zealand
  • Yael Renert-Yuval, MD, Israel 
  • Nick Reynolds, BSc MB BS MD FRCP, UK
  • Johannes Ring, MD, Germany
  • David Rosmarin, MD, USA
  • Hidehisa Saeki, MD, Japan
  • Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier, MD, Switzerland
  • Jochen Schmitt, MD MPH, Germany
  • Seong Jun Seo, MD PhD, South Korea
  • Elaine Siegfried, MD, USA
  • Jonathan Silverberg, MD PhD MPH, USA
  • Eric Simpson, MD MCR, USA
  • Phyllis Spuls, MD PhD, Netherlands
  • Sonja Ständer, MD, Germany
  • Jean Francois Stalder, MD, France
  • Linda F. Stein Gold, MD, USA
  • Martin Steinhoff, MD PhD MSc FRCPI FAAD, Qatar
  • Georg Stingl, MD, Austria
  • John Chit Su, MD MEpi MA MSt, Australia
  • Jacek Szepietowski, MD, PhD, Poland
  • Alain Taieb, MD, France
  • Roberto Takaoka, MD, Brazil
  • Reiko J. Tanaka, PhD, United Kingdom
  • Diamant Thaci, MD PhD, Germany
  • Elizabeth H. Tham, MBBS MRCPCH MCI FAMS, Singapore
  • Jacob Thyssen, MD PhD DmSci, Denmark
  • Gail Todd, MBChB UCT PhD FFDERM SA, South Africa
  • Antonio Torrelo, MD, Spain
  • Tiago Torres, MD PhD, Portugal
  • Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, MD, Germany
  • Magdalena Trzeciak, MD PhD, Poland
  • Benjamin Ungar, MD, USA
  • Fernando Valenzuela, MD, Chile
  • Peter van de Kerkhof, MD PhD, Netherlands
  • Christian Vestergaard, MD PhD DMSc, Denmark
  • Stephan Weidinger, MD MaHM, Germany
  • Elke Weisshaar, MD PhD, Germany
  • Thomas Werfel, MD, Germany
  • Andreas Wollenberg, MD FAAAAI, Germany
  • Xu Yao, MD PhD, China
  • Zhirong Yao, MD, China
  • Yik Weng Yew, MBBS MPH, Singapore
  • Gil Yosipovitch, MD FAAD, USA
  • JiaDe Yu, MD, USA
  • Alexander GS Zink, MD MPH PhD, Germany

Learn more about how you can become a councilor or associate.

If you are a Councilor or Associate and would like to submit a proposal for a manuscript, please complete the application form. 

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*Numbers as of July, 2025