| Dr. Rhett Drugge
is a native of Darien, Connecticut and a graduate of Harvard
University. Graduating with a baccalaureate degree
in Intellectual History, he went to Washington DC and wrote senatorial
speeches for Connecticut Senator Lowell Weicker. A few years
later, he distinguished himself in medical research at Yale
University by discovering the receptor for cyclosporin A
(the major drug for organ transplant patients). He then matriculated
to New York Medical
College in Valhalla, New York where he went on to receive
his medical degree. While a medical student, he served some
of his medical rounds at Stamford
Hospital. He completed his medical internship at New
York University and then served his Dermatology Residency
at the University
of Michigan.
Board Certified in both Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery
in 1992, Dr. Drugge is a member of the Society for Investigative
Dermatology, the American
Academy of Dermatology, and the
American Society for Mohs Surgery. He is the founder of
the Internet
Dermatology Society and he is the Chief Editor of the Electronic
Textbook of Dermatology. Dr. Drugge has written numerous
database information systems for networked medical record keeping,
with a special focus on physician to physician communications & dermatology information systems.
He also designs and tests imaging solutions for the skin care
industry.
In 2008 Dr. Drugge was granted a patent for his unique invention, the Melanoscan system for whole body imaging, which aids in the early detection of skin cancers. He is also active in interviewing prospective undergraduates for Harvard.
Dr. Drugge and his wife Heather live in Darien with their three children.
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