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Lowell A. Goldsmith, MD, MPH
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Goldsmith is Dean emeritus of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and Professor emeritus of dermatology at the University of North Carolina. He chairs the VisualDx editorial board and recruits expert physicians for both authoring and editorial contribution. Dr. Goldsmith is Editor-in-Chief emeritus of both the Journal of Investigative Dermatology and Journal Watch Dermatology, and he is an editor of the definitive dermatology text Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine.
Dr. Goldsmith is one of the Masters of Dermatology in the American Academy of Dermatology and has received multiple honors, such as the Distinguished Service Award and Distinguished Presidential Citation from the American Academy of Dermatology and the Stephen Rothman Memorial Service Award from the Society for Investigative Dermatology. He has been President of the Association of Professors of Dermatology, Society for Investigative Dermatology, and the American Dermatology Association. Dr. Goldsmith has headed many professional committees and served on multiple medical advisory boards. He is an honorary member of the British, Japanese, and Polish Societies of Dermatology. He holds a US patent and has written over 160 publications and book chapters.
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Art Papier, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Medical Information Officer
Dr. Papier is the co-founder of Logical Images (developer of VisualDx), Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Medical Information Officer. A thought leader in clinical informatics, Dr. Papier maintains the overall vision for the VisualDx product, with a keen focus on software integration and impacting costs in healthcare through clinical accuracy. His entrepreneurial drive, years of clinical experience, and passion for delivering true healthcare solutions have propelled VisualDx clinical decision support to the top in quality and innovation.
A dermatologist and medical informatics expert, Dr. Papier has a particular interest in designing clinical decision support systems based on visually rich knowledge areas to reduce diagnostic error at the point of care. In line with this goal, he is focused on transforming medical education to include training in cognitive error and the use of information technology. Dr. Papier also focuses on consumer health, developing tools to educate and empower patients.
A graduate of Wesleyan University, Dr. Papier completed his premed studies at Columbia University, received his MD from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, and completed his graduate medical training at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He is an Associate Professor of Dermatology and Medical Informatics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
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Noah Craft, MD, PhD, DTM&H
Chief Medical Officer
As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Craft is responsible for all medical oversight of VisualDx product development and implementation. He also studies the decision support tool scientifically as it functions in both the medical practice and educational settings. Deeply committed to the pursuit of educational innovations for medical students, professionals, and patients, Dr. Craft is currently focused on transforming the ways we use technology to better diagnose and treat all patients.
Dr. Craft completed his Dermatology Residency at UCLA in 2005 and was a graduate of the prestigious STAR Program. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Brown University and attended UCLA for his MD and PhD degrees. In 2005, he completed the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Craft has been working with Logical Images on VisualDx since 2004, originally as the Section Editor for Tropical, International, and Humanitarian Medicine.
Dr. Craft is a practicing dermatologist in Los Angeles and was a Principal Investigator at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center for 7 years. He has been a leader of several local and statewide teledermatology programs in California. Dr. Craft has published over 45 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 17 book chapters, and he is the senior editor of a popular dermatology textbook, VisualDx: Essential Adult Dermatology. He has received over 25 NIH and private research grants to support his basic science, translational, and telemedicine research.
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Jeffrey D. Bernhard, MD
Senior Dermatology Editor
Dr. Bernhard is Editor emeritus of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and Professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he was Chief of dermatology for nearly two decades. From 1989 to 1995 he was also Chair of the Admissions Committee and Associate Dean of the UMass Medical School. In 2009 he joined Logical Images as a senior consulting editor for VisualDx.
Dr. Bernhard is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard College. He was a Knox Fellow at the University of Cambridge in 1973-74, and then went on to receive his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1978. He was a resident, Chief resident, and research fellow in dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital before joining the faculty at the University of Massachusetts in 1983.
Dr. Bernhard is especially interested in journalology, itching, and psoriasis. He was a contributing editor to the Yearbook of Dermatology for 9 years, and currently serves on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Dermatology, the International Journal of Dermatology, and the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. In 2010, Dr. Bernhard received the International League of Dermatological Societies Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of a lifelong dedication to the study of itch.
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