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Dr. Cory Simpson is a board-certified dermatologist based at the University of Washington's Roosevelt Dermatology Clinic. He completed his MD and PhD in Cell Biology at Northwestern University, where his doctoral thesis focused on the role of desmosomal cadherins in epidermal differentiation and skin disease. Following his residency in dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Simpson spent several years as a Clinical Instructor at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, where he established a subspecialty clinic for patients with inherited autoimmune bullous disorders. His clinical expertise encompasses a range of skin blistering diseases, including pemphigus, pemphigoid, and genetic skin barrier disorders such as ichthyoses and Hailey-Hailey disease. In 2021, he founded his research laboratory at the University of Washington, dedicated to studying the mechanisms of epidermal differentiation and its impairment in various dermatologic diseases. The lab employs advanced microscopy and organotypic skin models to visualize cellular processes within human keratinocytes and aims to identify innovative treatments for skin injuries and inherited dermatologic disorders. Dr. Simpson's work receives support from prominent institutions such as the National Institutes of Health and various dermatological foundations.
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