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» A.J. Burns, M.D. » Jerome Garden, M.D. » Ronald Moy, M.D.

Dr. A. Jay Burns, M.D.

Dr. A. Jay Burns serves as president of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, April 2006-2007. The Society has over 3,000 members representing more than 45 specialties and is a valuable resource for laser research, safety, education, and clinical knowledge.

Dr. Burns, who was born in Garland, Texas in 1955 studied for his Baccalaureate at Baylor University in Waco and graduated Magna Cum

Laude in 1977.

He was voted "Outstanding Senior Man" in 1977 and "Outstanding Young Alumnus" in 1994. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas and served his Internship for General Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, from 1981 - 1982 under Frank Moody, M.D.

He served his residency in General Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, from 1982 - 1986 under William Gay, Jr., M.D. He served his residency in Plastic Surgery from 1986 - 1988 at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, TX. under Fritz Barton, Jr., M.D.

Dr. Burns is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery (expired) and the American Board of Plastic Surgeons, Inc. and has a teaching appointment at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center where he has served as an assistant professor since July of 1988. He also received a Fellowship (Vascular Anomalies) from July 1988 - October 1988 at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts under John B. Mulliken, M.D.

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Jerome M. Garden, M.D.

Jerome M. Garden, M.D., has devoted his medical career to the treatment of patients with lasers. Since receiving his medical degree, and dermatology training at Northwestern University Medical School, he has been constantly involved in laser therapy, research and patient care. He is currently a Professor of Clinical Dermatology at Northwestern University Medical School, and Director of the Physicians Laser and Dermatology Institute of Chicago. He is the author of numerous articles and chapters in the field of lasers in dermatology. He is also a frequent

lecturer on these topics at national and international medical meetings. For many years he has been involved in the training of physicians in laser therapy. His areas of research and study include laser hair removal, tattoo removal, skin rejuvenation and pigment and vascular lesion therapy.

Dr. Garden has been privileged to be placed multiple times on such lists as: "The Best Doctors in America", "Top Doctors in America" and "The Best Doctors in Chicago". He has also been featured in national magazines, in addition to serving as President of the American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery.

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Ronald Moy, M.D.

Dr. Moy was appointed to the California Division of Medical Quality by Governor Gray Davis in 2000. He is a practicing physician in private practice in Los Angeles. He serves as editor-in-chief of Dermatologic Surgery. He worked as co-chief and assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine’s Division of Dermatology. He has been on the Board of Directors of national organizations including the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, the American Society for

Dermatologic Surgery, and the Association of Academic Dermatologic Surgeons.He is a member and past President of the Los Angeles County Medical Association. Dr. Moy has published hundreds of scientific articles, given hundreds of scientific lectures, and has written several books on the topic of cutaneous and cosmetic surgery.

Dr. Moy earned his medical degree from the Albany Medical College of Union University in 1981.

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