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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Mary Lee Amerian, MD Santa Monica Laser and Skin Care Center, Santa Monica, CA Saul R. Berger, MD Medical Director, New Age Aesthetics, Encino, CA Padraic Deighan, MBA, JD, PhD Vail, CO Michael H. Gold, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Founder, Gold Skin Care Center, Nashville, TN Bruce Katz, MD Clinical Professor Dermatology, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine Director, Juva Skin & Laser Center, New York Lorrie Klein, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California-Irvine Medical School Founder, LK Dermatology & Laser Center Euro Day Spas, Laguna Niguel, CA Allan Share President, International Medical Spa Association, Minnetonka, MN David H. McDaniel, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School Director, The Institute of Anti-Aging Research, Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA Vic Narurkar, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, UC Davis Medical School Chief of Dermatology, California Pacifi c Medical Center, San Francisco Ava Shamban, MD Laser Institute for Dermatology and European Skin Care, Santa Monica, CA Hema Sundaram, MD Director, Dermatology, Cosmetic & Laser Surgery Rockville, MD and Fairfax, VA Wm. Philip Werschler, MD Spokane Dermatology Clinic and Aesthetic Image Medical Spa, Spokane, WA EDITOR'S NOTE ihansen@creativeage.com • 603.354.3291 In Memoriam In July, the medical aesthetics community lost one of its most ardent supporters and innovators. Richard E. Fitzpatrick, MD, dermatologist and co-founder of SkinMedica, passed away following a 12-year battle with cancer. I had the opportunity to meet and speak with Dr. Fitzpatrick many times during my tenure as both a contributor to and editor of MedEsthetics. Like many in the industry, I was always impressed by—and appreciative of—his willingness to share his knowledge of skin care, laser medicine and dermatology. During his 36 years in private practice in San Diego, California, Dr. Fitzpatrick received numerous awards for his work as a dermatologist and laser surgeon, including the Leon Goldman Award, the Elliot Drake Lectureship Award, and the Caroline and William Mark Memorial Award from the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. His practice partner and long-time colleague Mitchel P. Goldman, MD, shared the following words in memory of Dr. Fitzpatrick: In addition to treating tens of thousands of patients, Fitz conducted nearly 130 medical research projects and published over 130 medical papers, three medical textbooks and nearly 60 textbook chapters. He infl uenced the lives of countless physicians by lecturing extensively throughout his career. He traveled worldwide training physicians on the latest advances in laser surgery. While he contributed to a wide variety of medical therapies, he was best known for his pioneering work on the treatment of vascular malformations, skin cancer, photoaging, tattoos and pigmented lesions. He will be sorely missed as a mentor and friend to many, but his infl uence on advancing patient care will continue for decades more. Donations in his memory can be made to the Richard E. Fitzpatrick, MD, Clinical Research and Innovations Memorial Award through the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery at aslms.org. Inga Hansen Executive Editor/Associate Publisher 4 SEPTEMBER 2014 | Med Esthetics