Dr. David Norris Named New ASA President
David Norris, MD, Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is the new President of American Skin Association (ASA).
Dr. Norris has been a part of ASA since 1997, serving on its Board of Directors and as the Chair of its Medical Advisory Committee. He has been on the faculty of the University of Colorado for 39 years and has supervised 25 trainees, many of whom have entered academic careers. He is Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases -funded P30 Skin Diseases Research Core Center at the University of Colorado Denver and is co-Director, with Dr. Dennis Roop, of the NIAMS T32 training grant. This NIAMS supported Research Center is a consortium of 49 investigators. For 12 years, Dr. Norris has also been funded by a Department of Veterans Affairs Merit Award to study drug combinations that kill melanoma by overcoming anti-apoptotic defenses, especially in melanoma initiating cells.
From 1989 to 1992, he was Editor of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, on the Program Committee from 1980-1985 and was President of the Society from 1998-1999. He was a member of the Board of Directors for the Melanoma Research Foundation from 2003-2005. He has been a long-standing member of grant review committees for multiple Foundations: Dermatology Foundation (1985-1987, 2000), National Psoriasis Foundation (1998-present), ASA (1997-present), and National Alopecia Areata Foundation (1993-2010). Dr. Norris is Chairman of the Medical and Scientific Review Committee of the National Psoriasis Foundation (2003-present), Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council of NAAF (2003-2010), and Chairman of the MAC of ASA (2012-present).
Dr. Norris will be taking over the position from New York City dermatologist Philip Prioleau, MD, who has held the position since 2014. Prior to Dr. Prioleau's tenure, the position of President was held by ASA Founder Dr. George W. Hambrick, Jr. for more than 25 years.