Robert Kirsner

Dr. Robert Kirsner is a Tenured Professor, Interim Chairman and holds the endowed Harvey Blank Chair in Dermatology in the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He currently serves as director of the University of Miami Hospital Wound Center and Chief of Dermatology at the University of Miami Hospital.

Dr. Kirsner received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University (1984) and received his medical degree from the University of Miami (1988) and he completed his doctorate in Epidemiology from the University of Miami (2004). Dr. Kirsner serves on the editorial boards for a number of journals in Dermatology and Wound Healing. He recently completed his term as chair of the American Academy of Dermatology’s Council on Education and as Board member of the Wound Healing Society. He is a trustee for the Dermatology Foundation and past president of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care and the Florida Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery. In addition industry sponsored funding, he is a recipient of NIH, ACS, CDC funding for his research. Independent of books, book chapters and abstracts, he has published over 400 articles.