International Organizations

Consulting Member, International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection

Reviewer, National Medical Research Council, Singapore
Reviewer, Ligue Suisse Contre le Cancer, Bern, Switzerland
Reviewer, National Cancer Institute of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Reviewer, Association for International Cancer Research, St Andrews, UK
Reviewer, Wellcome Trust, London, UK
Reviewer, Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Milano, Italy
Reviewer, National Research Foundation of South Africa
Reviewer, National Science Foundation, USA
Reviewer, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Reviewer, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, Padova, Italy
Reviewer, Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Executive Health Dept, UK
Reviewer, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
Reviewer, Universities Programs for the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, Columbia, MD

Co-Chair, Director, International Photodynamic Association
Advisory Board European Society for Photobiology Conference
National Medical Research Council, Singapore
VolkswagenStiftung, Hannover, Germany
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), Cooperative Grants Program for Scientists & Engineers in the former Soviet Union
Scientific Advisory Board, QLT Inc, Vancouver, BC
Medical Research Council Grant, UK
Cancer Campaign, Medical Research Council, UK

Member, World Health Organization (WHO) Melanoma Program
Boston Member, GenoMEL International Melanoma Genetics Consortium

National Organizations

Board, American Society for Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
Chair, Blue Ribbon-Government Liaison Committee, ASLMS
Chair, Awards Committee, ASLMS

Study Section, American Heart Association
Study Section, NRSA Fellowships, NIH

Founding chair, Conference on Mechanisms for Low-Light Therapy, Bios SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, CA
Member Executive Organizing Committee, Bios SPIE Photonic West, San Jose, CA
Study Section, Chip Based Biosensors, Bioreactors and Protein Separation and Detection, NSF
Study Section, NIH-RAID Pilot Cycle V Proposal Review Panel
Study Section, NIH ZRG1 IDM-Q (10) SBIR.STTR

Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Case Western Reserve University, Photodynamic Therapy Program, Cleveland, OH
Member, Technical Advisory Board, OPOTEK Inc, Cambridge, MA
Consultant Peridontix, Inc, Watertown, MA
Board Member, League of Women Voters
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Rasiris Technologies, Bozeman, MT
Consultant, Medtronic Vascular, Santa Rosa, CA
Co-Chair, Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection, SPIE Conference, San Jose, CA
Member, various Study Sections on NIH and DoD (since 1998)

Chair Elect, Gordon Research Conference, Lasers in Medicine and Biology

Study Section, Microsopic Imaging, NIH

Fellow, American Academy of Dermatology
Board of Directors, Sun Protection Foundation
Member, Melanoma Prevention Working Group, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
American Academy of Dermatology
Ad Hoc Member, American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Poster Committee
Ad Hoc member, AAD Melanoma/Skin Cancer Committee
Technical Advisory Board, American Academy of Dermatology/Entertainment Industries Council (First Draft)
Member, Melanoma/Skin Cancer Committee, American Academy of Dermatology
Member, Guidelines for Melanoma Management Committee, American Academy of Dermatology
Member, Seal of Recognition Work Group, American Academy of Dermatology
Member and Basic Science Editor, Core Curriculum Committee, American Academy of Dermatology
Society for Investigative Dermatology
Member, Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) NIAMS Coalition
Member, Society for Investigative Dermatology Albert Kligman Fellowship Committee
Member, Society for Investigative Dermatology Committee on Scientific Programs Abstract Review Committee for Annual Meeting
Member, Society for Investigative Dermatology Membership Committee
Member, Society for Investigative Dermatology Resident Retreat Organizing Committee
Board Member, Scientific Advisory Board, 2005 Advances in Cosmetic and Medical Dermatology Meeting, 2005, Maui
Member, Dermatology Foundation Medical and Scientific Committee
Member, Melanoma Committee, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
Member, Basic Science Subcommittee, American Board of Dermatology

Local Organizations

Director, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, MGH
Harvard Medical School Dermatology Executive Committee
MGH Laser Center Executive Committee
Co-Founder, Project Prentiss

MGH Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (SRAC)

Joint Chair Wellman-MIT-CIMIT Lester-Wolfe semi annual symposium
MGH Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, WCP, MGH
Associate Director, WCP, MGH
Chair, Faculty Council, WCP, MGH
Faculty Executive Council, WCP, MGH
Director, Office of Research Career Development, MGH
Committee of Professors, WCP, MGH
Member, Affirmative Action Committee, MGH
Chair, Executive Director Search Committee, WCP, MGH
Member, Harvard Skin Disease Research Center, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, BWH
Chair, Joint Committee on Status of Women, HMS and HDS
Chair, Appointments and Promotion Committee, WCP, MGH
Chair, Executive Committee, WCP, MGH
Member, Women in Academic Medicine Leadership Committee, HMS
Member, Standing Dean's Committee on Promotion, Re-appointments and Appointments, HMS
Chair, Dean's Award Committee, Joint Committee on Status of Women, HMS/HDS
Member, Faculty Council, HMS
Committee of Professors, HMS
Member, Standing Search Committee, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology (HST)
Member, Career Conference Committee, HMS
Faculty, HMS Leadership Course for Junior Faculty
Member, ECOR
Research Administration Management Project (RAMP), MGH
Member, Partners Research Council
Member, Personnel Committee, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology (HST)
Member, Standing Committee on Promotions, Reappointments and Appointments (P&R), HMS
Voting Member, HMS Promotion and Review Board (PRB)
Member, Milton Committee, HMS
Member, Student Review Board, HMS
Member, Council of Mentors, HMS Office for Diversity and Community Partnership

Scientific Advisory Board, Laser Biomedical Research Center, MIT

Clinical Director, MGH Laser Center
Board of Advisors, Division of Health Sciences and Technology, MIT
Steering Committee, CIMIT, MGH

Director, Pigmented Lesion Center, MGH
Resident Education Coordinator, Dermatology Education Committee; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
Chairperson, Dermatology Curriculum Committee; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
Member, Procedural Dermatology Committee; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
Member, Dermatology Residency Education Committee; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
Faculty Director for Resident Didactic Curriculum; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
Member, Subcommittee I; Admissions Committee, Harvard Medical School
Member, Early Disease Committee; Dana Farber/Partners Cancer Care (DF/PCC) Melanoma Program
Member, Public Relations Committee; DF/PCC Melanoma Program
Co-Chairperson, Early Disease Committee; DF/PCC Melanoma Program
Member, Cancer Genetics Group; MGH Cancer Center
Member, Cell Biology Search Committee; Wellman Laboratories
Member, Executive Committee; Harvard Skin Cancer SPORE, DF/HCC Skin Oncology Program
Member, Education Committee; Wellman Center for Photomedicine
Coordinator, Photomedicine Lecture Series; Wellman Laboratories
Coordinator, Harvard Skin Cancer SPORE Lecture Series; Harvard Skin Cancer SPORE, DF/HCC Skin Oncology Program
Co-chairperson, Ad Hoc Space Committee; Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Member, Ad Hoc Faculty Recruitment Committee; Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Member, Faculty Executive Council; Wellman Center for Photomedicine
Member, Executive Committee, Harvard Skin Cancer SPORE
Coordinator, MGH Melanoma Lecture Series; MGH Cancer Center
Member, Steering Committee, Office of Research Career Development, Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical Advisory Board, Melanoma Foundation of New England
Board of Directors, Children’s Melanoma Prevention Foundation

Editorial Boards

Senior Editor, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine; Journal of Cutaneous Laser Therapy; Journal of Investigative Dermatology; Journal of American Academy of Dermatology

Associate Editor, Optics Express, Optical Society of America

Associate Editor: Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
International Journal of Immunopharmacology and Pathology
European Journal of Inflammation
International Journal of Molecular Sciences - Molecular Pathology

Editorial Board, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
Associate Editor, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology (European)
Associate Editor, Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences
Editorial Board, International Journal of Green Nanotechnology
Associate Editor, Journal of Cancer Nanotechnology; Basic, Translational & Clinical Research

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Ad Hoc Reviewer, Archives of Dermatology
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Melanoma Research
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of the American Medical Association
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Guest Editor; November 2001 Genome Issue, Archives of Dermatology
Basic Science Editor; Journal Watch for Dermatology
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Cancer Research
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Cancer
Ad Hoc Reviewer, New England Journal of Medicine
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Medical Genetics
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Human Pathology
Molecular Medicine Section Editor; British Journal of Dermatology
Associate Editor, Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Editorial Board; Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Assistant Editor; Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Editorial Academy, International Journal of Oncology

Awards and Honors

Boston's Top Doctor's List, Boston Magazine

Edward M. Kennedy Award for Health Care Innovation

Morris Hilleman Lectureship, Montana State University

National Merit Scholarship, Punjab Board of Education, Pakistan
National Merit Scholarship, Punjab University, Pakistan
National Merit Fellowship, University of Islamabad
Partners in Excellence Award, Partners Healthcare System, Inc.
Partners in Excellence Award, Partners Healthcare System, Inc.
William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award, HMS, the Office for Diversity & Community Partnership
Pioneer Award in Biomedical Optics, Bench to Bedside Translation, National Institutes of Health

Edward M. Kennedy Award for Health Care Innovation

Phi Beta Kappa; Brown University, Providence, RI
Sigma Xi Scientific Society; Brown University, Providence, RI
Honors in Biochemistry; Brown University, Providence, RI
Magna cum laude, Brown University, Providence, RI
National Institutes of Health Medical Scientist Training Program; Columbia University, New York, NY
Alfred Steiner Dean’s Day Award for Excellence in Research, Columbia University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, New York, NY
Alpha Omega Alpha, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Titus Munson Coan Prize, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Travel Grant to 19th World Congress of Dermatology, Australia American Academy of Dermatology, Schaumburg, IL
Warner Wellcome Research Fellowship Award, Dermatology Foundation, Evanston, IL
Young Investigator’s Award, American Academy of Dermatology, Schaumburg, IL
The Deborah Shalita Marmour Clinical Career Development Award, Dermatology Foundation, Evanston, IL
Research Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation, International Conference on Melanoma, Athens, Greece
DM Carter Scholar, American Skin Association, New York, NY
American Academy of Dermatology Clinical Career Development Award, Dermatology Foundation, Schaumburg, IL
Skin Cancer Career Development Award, SPORE in Skin Cancer, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Physician-Scientist Clinical Career Development Award, Dermatology Foundation, Schaumburg, IL
“Combating Cancer” Study Section; European Commission’s 6th Framework Programme for Research
Member, Dermatology Foundation Medical and Scientific Committee
Harvard Medical School Leadership Development of Physicians/Scientists
2005 Samuel Bluefarb Honorary Lecturer; Chicago Dermatological Society/ Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Ad Hoc Member, Austrian Science Fund Study Section
Massachusetts General Hospital Physician Leadership Development Certificate Program
Ad Hoc Member, Cancer UK Study Section
2007 William Reed Honorary Lecturer; University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Plenary Lecturer,
American Academy of Dermatology Summer Meeting, New York, NY
Partners-in-Excellence Award for Leadership and Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital
Ad Hoc Member, ZRG1 MOSSH-02 Study Section, National Institutes of Health
Elected Member, American Dermatological Association
Individual Honoree, MGH Cancer Center “The 100 Award”
Visiting Professor, Department of Dermatology, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT
2008 Louis A. Brunsting Memorial Lecturer and Visiting Professor, Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2008 Louis Duhring Lecturer; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
A. Edgar Miller, Jr. Memorial Lecture, Florida Society of Dermatology and Dermatological Surgery 2008 Annual Meeting
Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
Team Leader, MGH Cancer Center “The 100 Award” for the MGH Melanoma and Pigmented Lesion Center
2009 Henry Silver Lecturer; Dermatologic Society of Greater New York