Mathew Avram, MD, JD and Joel Cohen, MD received the AASDSA's annual Patient Safety Hero Award.

Mathew Avram, MD, JD and Joel Cohen, MD received the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association(ASDSA)'s annual Patient Safety Hero Award at ASDS / ASDSA Annual Meeting. 

Mathew Avram, MD, JD, has a long history of researching and publishing on patient safety, promoting patient safety and ensuring patients are protected. Dr. Avram has published numerous peer-reviewed research studies that affirm ASDSA policy positions and has done work to promote board certified dermatologists. He has testified several times at the FDA on key patient safety matters like compounding and laser safety.

Joel Cohen, MD, is a frequent speaker on patient safety topics, especially cosmetic complications. His work as an educator on filler complications (nodules and necrosis) and laser/intense pulsed light (IPL) burns has proven useful as ASDSA works to raise awareness about the importance of patient safety during cosmetic medical procedures. Dr. Cohen has presented to the Colorado Board of Medicine on complications from various injections, laser, and other dermatological procedures.

“ASDSA works to raise awareness surrounding patient safety and dermatologic surgery,” says ASDSA President Sue Ellen Cox, MD, in a news release. “We appreciate the hard work that both Drs. Mathew Avram and Joel Cohen have dedicated to ASDSA, particularly laser safety. ASDSA is proud to name them both as the ASDSA Patient Safety Hero Award recipients.”