Curriculum Vitae

Bijan Safai, MD, D.Sc.

Dermatology Department

Metropolitan Hospital Center

1901 First Avenue, room 1208

New York, NY 10029

Tel. 212-423-7467

safai@aol.com

EDUCATION:

05/1965 M.D.; Tehran University Medical School, Tehran, Iran

10/1981 D.Sc.; University of Gutenberg, Gutenberg, Sweden

LICENSED PHYSICIAN:

02/1968 ECFMG- Certificate (064-806)

10/1972 FLEX- New York

07/1972 New York License #113002

07/1972 Vermont #4602

POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING:

07/1968 – 06/1969 Medical Intern: Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY

07/1969 – 06/1970 Medical Resident: New York University Medical College, Veteran Administration Hospital, NY, NY

07/1971 – 06/1973 Dermatology Resident: New York University Medical College, Department of Dermatology, NY, NY

07/1973 – 06/1974 Fellow in Immunology: Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY, NY

07/1973 – 06/1974 Research Fellow in Immunology: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer and Allied Diseases, NY, NY

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

09/1974 American Board of Dermatology (Certified)

06/1972 American Board of Internal Medicine (Eligible)

POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS: Academic Appointments

12/1994 - 12/1998 Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

01/1993- present Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

10/1985 – 01/1993 Professor of Medicine/Dermatology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY

10/1980 – 10/1985 Associate Professor, Medicine/Dermatology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY

11/1982 – 12/1984 Adjunct Member, Rockefeller University, New York, NY

06/1979 – 10/1980 Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Dermatology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY

07/1974 – 05/1979 Assistant Professor, Medicine Dermatology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY

07/1973 – 06/1974 Teaching Clinical Assistant, Department of Dermatology, New York University Medical College, NY, NY

Research Appointments:

01/1994 – present Member Graduate School Medical Sciences, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

10/1988 – 01/1993 Member (MH) Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, NY

10/1988 – 10/1993 Member (MH) Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

11/1983 – 10/1988 Associate Member, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY, NY

10/1983 – 10/1988 Associate Member, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer and Allied Diseases, NY, NY

05/1979 – 10/1983 Assistant Member, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer and Allied Diseases, NY, NY

06/1977 – 05/1979 Research Associate, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer and Allied Diseases, NY, NY

Hospital Appointments:

03/2005 – present Chief of Dermatology Service, Metropolitan Hospital Center, NY, NY

01/1996 – present Director / attending of Dermatology, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, NY

01/1993 – 06/2005 Director of Dermatology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY

10/1985 – 03/1993 Attending physician, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, New York Hospital, NY, NY

09/1980 – 09/1985 Associate Attending Physician, Division of Dermatology/Department of Medicine, New York Hospital, NY, NY

01/1979 – 08/1993 Chief, Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital, NY, NY

10/1981 – 03/1993 Attending physician, Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital, NY, NY

09/1979 – 10/1981 Associate Attending Physician, Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital, NY, NY

07/1978 – 12/1978 Acting Chief, Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital, NY, NY

07/1974 – 06/1979 Assistant Attending Physician, Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital, NY, NY

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES & HONORS:

07/1989 – 06/1990 Chairman- New York Academy of Medicine, Dermatology Section

07/1990 – 06/1991 President- New York Dermatological Society

03/1993- 06/1998 President- Z. & E. Fisher Medical Foundation (Supports Alzheimer’s Research and Care).

01/1982 – 06/1985 Member- AIDS Advisory Task Force, NCI/NIH

03/1982 – 04-1985 Member- AIDS Etiology Task Force, NCI

03/1982 – 04/1988 Member- Ad hoc Study Section for AIDS, NIH

07/1990 – 06/1996 Member- Special Dermatology Review Group, GM2 Study Section, NIH

03/1987 & 04/1992 Member- Special Review Team, NCI Intramural Review, Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology.

10/1995 Member- Special Review Group, FDA Intramural Review, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Laboratory of Immunochemistry

07/1996 Member- Study Section, NCI’s RFA-CA-96-008, “Viral Etiology of HIV-Associated Malignancies”

09/1996 Member- Special Review Team, NCI Intramural Review, Medicine Branch, NCI

11/1998 Who’s Who in Science and Engineering

11/1999 Who’s who in the World

SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL SOCIETIES:

12/1974 Society for Investigative Dermatology, Inc

10/1974 American Medical Association

10/1974 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc

07/1974 International Society of Tropical Dermatology

07/1974 Medical Society of the State of New York

07/1974 Medical Society of the County of New York

06/1975 American Federation for Clinical Research

09/1975 New York State Society of Dermatology

11/1975 The Dermatological Society of Greater New York

10/1978 American Dermatologic Society for Allergy and Immunology

03/1978 The New York County Health Services Review Organization

07/1978 New York Academy of Sciences

01/1980 New York Dermatological Society

06/1982 Dermatology Foundation

09/1982 Member, Board of Advisors, Skin Cancer Foundation

07/1988-06/1989 Secretary, New York Academy of Medicine, Dermatology Section

01/1988-12/1991 Advisory Council, American Academy of Dermatology

01/1988-12/1991 Task Force on Cutaneous Oncology, American Academy of Dermatology

01/1989-12/1991 Committee on AIDS, American Academy of Dermatology

07/1989-06/1990 Secretary/Treasurer, New York Dermatological Society

07/1990-06/1991 President, New York Dermatologic Society

EDITIORIAL BOARDS:

04/1984-06/1988 Cancer Investigation

04/1986-06/1990 AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

05/1988 Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Dr. Safai is the author of more than 200 articles in Medical/Scientific Journals and a textbook on immunodermatology.