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    Fernanda H. Sakamoto, MD, PhD

    Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

    Dr. Fernanda H. Sakamoto, MD, Ph.D is an Assistant Professor in Dermatology at the Harvard Medical School, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA since 2015. She is a fellow of the AAD, fellow of the American Society of Lasers in Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS), a member of the Société Française de Dermatologie; of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology, of the Brazilian Society of Dermatological Surgery, of the Brazilian Group of Melanoma and of the International Society of Dermoscopy. She is a physician-scientist and board certified Dermatologist from Brazil. Dr. Sakamoto’s research interests include laser and device therapies, PDT, acne, skin cancer, wound healing and new material science. Working with translational and clinical sciences in academia and industry are Dr. Sakamoto’s field of interest. Currently her work is focused on the development of new light-based treatments of acne and atopic dermatitis. Dr. Sakamoto is a Co-Director of the Education Committee of the Wellman Center/MGH since 2017 and has served on the ASLMS Education, International Committees, Nomination Committee, Research and Development Committee and Women in Energy Based Devices Committee of which she was the Chair in 2021. She was the Program Chair of the 2022 ASLMS Annual Meeting and has received Best Overall Scientific Award, Best Clinical Science Award (twice) and Bast Basic Science Award, the Horace Furimoto Award for Innovation, and the Ellet Drake Memorial Award for innovative laser procedures by the same society. Recently, she has joined the ASLMS New Beginnings Task Force and Guidelines Focus group.
    Dr. Sakamoto has contributed with over 30 scientific and clinical publications in peer-reviewed journals, and over a dozen book chapters in the major Dermatology textbooks. She is a co-inventor on seven US and international patents on innovations in Dermatology. She has contributed to the creation of FDA approved technologies, including the skin micro-grafting, micro-coring device for skin tightening; and Dr. Sakamoto is the primary inventor of laser for acne treatment.
    She has served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Investigative Dermatology for 4 years and was Guest Editor of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine in 2012, and an ad-hoc reviewer to major Dermatology journals. While Dr. Sakamoto is focused on cutting edge translational research, she maintains a cosmetic laser/device clinic in Brazil, and as a founding member of the Dream Beam Foundation, she is actively creating a free clinic and training center in Sao Paulo. Dr. Sakamoto has a diverse clinical experience, from treating general and cosmetic dermatology patients to providing primary care for natives in the Amazon jungle. She lectures in major meeting nationally and internationally and teaches graduate students and fellows in the lab. Dr. Sakamoto also works as a consultant to multiple laser and cosmetic companies in the US.

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