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Leon Kircik MD

Leon Kircik MD

Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

Dr. Kircik is a Board Certified Dermatologist who graduated with AOA Honors from State University of New York at the Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn after completing his undergraduate work with Phi Beta Kappa at New York University.  He completed a Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology Fellowship under the auspices of Dr. Frederick Mohs at the University of Wisconsin after completing his dermatology residency at State University of New York in Buffalo. 

He currently teaches as Clinical Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and as Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Kircik is also the Medical Director of DermResearch, PLLC, Physicians Skin Care, PLLC and Skin Sciences, PLLC in Louisville, Kentucky.  He has been the principal investigator of numerous clinical trials for psoriasis, acne, rosacea, atopic dermatitis, skin cancers, and actinic keratosis, just to name a few.

Dr. Kircik is an author of many scientific articles, abstracts and posters.  He has lectured extensively nationally and internationally on all aspects of dermatologic conditions.  In addition, he also serves on the advisory boards of several pharmaceutical companies as a consultant.  He is on the editorial board of Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, Practical Dermatology, The Journal of Clinical & Aesthetic Dermatology, and Case Report in Clinical Pathology.  He volunteers for multiple local and national medical society committees.

Disclosures

Leon Kircik, MD, Financial Disclosures:

Company Name

Type of Relationship

Nature of Compensation

Abbott Laboratories

 

Speaker

H

Abbvie

Consultant

Investigator

H

G

Ablynx

Investigator

G

Aclaris

Advisory Board

H

Acambis

Investigator

G

Allergan, Inc.

Investigator

Advisory Board

Speaker

Consultant

H

H

H

H

Almirall

Consultant

Investigator

Speaker

Advisory Board

H

G

H

H

Amgen, Inc.

Consultant

Investigator

Speaker

Advisory Board

H

G

H

H

Anacor Pharmaceuticals

Investigator

Consultant

Advisory Board

G

H

H

Anaptys

Investigator

G

Arcutis

Investigator

Advisory Board

Consultant

G

H

H

Arena

Investigator

Advisory Board

G

H

Assos Pharma

Speaker

H

Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

Investigator

Speaker

G

H

Asubio

Investigator

G

Bausch Health

Investigator

G

Berlex Laboratories (Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals)

Investigator

G

Biogen-Idec

Advisory Board

H

Biolife

Investigator

G

Biomimterix

Investigator

G

Biopelle

         Investigator

G

BMS

Consultant

Investigator

Advisory Board

H

G

H

Boehringer-Ingleheim

Investigator

G

Breckinridge Pharma

Investigator

G

Cassiopea

Consultant

Advisory Board

H

H

Centocor, Inc.

Investigator

G

Cellceutix

Investigator

G

Cipher

Consultant

Speaker

Advisory Board

H

H

H

Coherus

Investigator

G

Colbar

Consultant

Advisory Board

H

H

Combinatrix

Investigator

G

Connetics Corporation

Advisory Board

Consultant

Speaker

Investigator

H

H

H

G

Coria

Investigator

G

Dermavant

Investigator

Consultant

Speaker

Advisory Board

G

H

H

H

Dermira

Investigator

Consultant

Speaker

Advisory Board

G

H

H

H

Dermik Laboratories

Speaker

H

Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.

Investigator

G

Dr. Reddy’s Lab

Investigator

Consultant

Advisory Board

G

H

H

Dusa

Investigator

G

Embil Pharmaceuticals

Speaker

H

Eli Lilly

Investigator

Speaker

Advisory Board

Consultant

G

H

H

H

EOS

Advisory Board

H

Exeltis

Advisory Board

Consultant

Speaker

Investigator

H

H

H

G

Ferndale Laboratories, Inc.

Advisory Board

Investigator

H

G

Foamix

Investigator

Advisory Board

G

H

Ferrer

Consultant

Speaker

H

H

Galderma

Consultant

Speaker

Advisory Board

Investigator

H

H

H

G

Genentech, Inc.

 

Advisory Board

Speaker

Investigator

Consultant

H

H

G

H

GlaxoSmithKline, PLC

Investigator

Speaker

Consultant

Advisory Board

G

H

H

H

Glenmark

Investigator

Advisory Board

G

H

Health Point, LTD

Investigator

G

Idera

Investigator

G

Incyte

Investigator

Advisory Board

G

H

Intendis

Advisory Board

Consultant

Investigator

H

H

G

Innocutis

Speaker

Advisory Board

H

H

Innovail

Speaker

H

Isdin

Advisory Board

H

Consultant

H

Johnson & Johnson

Consultant

Investigator

Advisory Board

Speaker

H

G

H

H

 

Kyowakirin

Speaker

H

Laboratory Skin Care Inc.

Consultant

H

Leo

Investigator

Consultant

Speaker

G

H

H

L’Oreal

Investigator

Speaker

G

H

3M

Speaker

Investigator

H

G

Maruho

Investigator

G

Medical International Technologies

Consultant

H

Merck

Consultant

Investigator

H

G

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.

Investigator

G

Merz

Consultant

H

Nano Bio

Advisory Board

Investigator

H

G

Nektar

Investigator

G

Nimbus

Investigator

G

Novartis AG

Investigator

Consultant

Speaker

Advisory Board

G

H

H

H

Noven Pharmaceuticals

Investigator

G

Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp

Investigator

G

Obagi

Investigator

G

Onset

Investigator

Speaker

G

H

OrthoNeutrogena

Speaker

Investigator

Advisory Board

Consultant

H

G

H

H

PediaPharma

Speaker

H

Pfizer

Investigator

G

Promius

Investigator

Consultant

Advisory Board

G

H

H

PuraCap

Consultant

H

PharmaDerm

Investigator

Speaker

G

H

QLT, Inc

Investigator

G

Quinnova

Investigator

Advisory Board

H

H

Quatrix

Investigator

G

Rapt

Investigator

Consultant

G

H

Regeneron

Investigator

Speaker

G

H

Sanofi

Speaker

Investigator

Consultant

Advisory Board

H

G

H

H

Serono (Merck Serono International SA)

Speaker

H

SkinMedica, Inc.

Consultant

Investigator

Advisory Board

Speaker

H

G

H

H

Stiefel Laboratories, Inc.

Speaker

Investigator

Advisory Board

Consultant

H

G

H

H

Sun Pharma

Consultant

Advisory Board

Speaker

Investigator

H

H

H

G

Taro

Consultant/Speaker

H

TolerRx

Investigator

G

Triax

Speaker

H

UCB

Investigator

Consultant

Speaker

G

H

H

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl

Advisory Board

Investigator

Consultant

Speaker

H

G

H

H

Ventyx

Investigator

 

Warner-Chilcott

Advisory Board

Speaker

Investigator

H

H

G

XenoPort

Investigator

G

ZAGE

Consultant

H

Legend: G=grant; H=honorarium