Melanie Clemenz, MD
President
Dr. Clemenz received her medical degree at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. She completed a combined internal medicine and dermatology residency at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Dermatology. She practices at The Polyclinic Dermatology, Madison Center and enjoys taking care of patients with a mix of complex medical dermatology needs and skin cancers/atypical nevi.
Ata Moshiri, MD, MPH
Secretary
Dr. Moshiri is a Seattle-area native. After graduating from Lakeside School in 2001, Dr. Moshiri attended the University of Washington, where he went on to pursue broad interests in science, medicine, public health and healthcare policy that culminated in three Bachelor’s degrees, a Master’s degree in Public Health in Epidemiology, and a Doctor of Medicine with honors. During training, he was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society as well as the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the latter of which he served as chapter president. He went on to complete a Preliminary year in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington prior to completing his Dermatology residency and Dermatopathology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Moshiri specializes in skin oncology, complex medical dermatology, and diagnostically challenging cases where his training in dermatopathology is critical to clinical-pathologic correlation. He has special interests in melanoma and pigmented lesions, and using the latest technologies and techniques to diagnose, monitor and treat these growths.
Katie DeNiro, MD
Treasurer
Katie DeNiro, MD, is a board-certified physician at the Dermatology Clinic at Harborview Medical Center who specializes in complex medical dermatology. She is a UW assistant professor of Dermatology and Medicine.
Dr. DeNiro completed her medical degree at UW. She completed residencies in internal medicine and dermatology. Her clinical and research interests include complex medical dermatology, severe cutaneous adverse reactions, hidradenitis suppurativa, cutaneous lupus and autoimmune conditions.
Past Officers
| 2020-2021 President: Alice Zhao, MD, PhD Secretary: Melanie Clemenz, MD Treasurer: Ata Moshiri, MD, MPH | 2019-2020 President: Laura Swanson, MD Secretary: Alice Zhao, MD, PhD Treasurer: Kate Khorsand, MD |
| 2018-2019 President: Kendra Bergstrom, MD Secretary: Laura Swanson, MD Treasurer: Alice Zhao, MD, PhD | 2017-2018 President: Michi Shinohara, MD Secretary: Kendra Bergstrom, MD Treasurer: Laura Swanson, MD |
| 2016-2017 President: Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD Secretary: Michi Shinohara, MD Treasurer: Kendra Bergstrom, MD | 2015-2016 President: John Walsh, MD Secretary: Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD Treasurer: Michi Shinohara, MD |
| 2014-2015 President: Scott Isenhath, MD Secretary: John Walsh, MD Treasurer: Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD | 2013-2014 President: Kyle Garton, MD, PhD Secretary: Scott Isenhath, MD Treasurer: John Walsh, MD |
| 2012-2013 President: Jay Vary, MD, PhD Secretary: Kyle Garton, MD, PhD Treasurer: Scott Isenhath, MD | 2011-2012 President: Lisa Williams, MD Secretary: Jay Vary, MD, PhD Treasurer: Kyle Garton, MD, PhD |
| 2010-2011 President: Jennifer Reichel, MD Secretary: Lisa Williams, MD Treasurer: Jay Vary, MD, PhD | 2009-2010 President: Andy Shors, MD Secretary: Jennifer Reichel, MD Treasurer: Lisa Williams, MD |
| 2008-2009 President: Marc Antezana, MD Secretary: Andy Shors, MD Treasurer: Jennifer Reichel, MD | 2007-2008 President: Melanie Kuechle, MD Secretary: Marc Antezana, MD Treasurer: Andy Shors, MD |
| 2006-2007 President: Claire Haycox, MD, PhD Secretary: Melanie Kuechle, MD Treasurer: Andy Chien, MD, PhD |