Early mycosis fungoides: Management of stage IB with phototherapy

John Alan Zic, MD, earned his medical degree Tennessee. He then completed an internship in internal medicine at the Hospital and a residency in dermatology (serving as chief resident) at the University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital. Dr. Zic currently is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Dermatology of Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine and the Associate Dean of Admissions for the medical school. In 1996 he established the multidisciplinary Vanderbilt University Cutaneous Lymphoma Clinic. Dr. Zic has served as principal investigator in numerous studies on cutaneous lymphoma. He serves on the international editorial board of the American Journal of Drugs in Dermatology while also serving as a reviewer for numerous journals. His primary research interests focus on variables predicting response and survival of patients with cutaneous lymphomas. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Dermatology, the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphoma, the United States Consortium for Cutaneous lymphoma, the Society for Investigative Dermatology, and the Tennessee Dermatology Society. While at Vanderbilt University, Dr Zic has earned a Master Clinical Teacher appointment, a CANDLE Award for medical student mentoring/teaching, a Grant Liddle Award for research mentoring of young physicians and in 2007 he was elected a Founding Member of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Academy of Excellence in Teaching.