Daniel Siegel

Affiliation

SUNY Downstate

Biography

Daniel M. Siegel, MD serves as Clinical Professor of Dermatology at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn New York. A former President and honorary member of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), he is a graduate of Albany Medical College in New York, completed his residency in dermatology at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, followed by a fellowship in Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Siegel also earned a Master of Science degree in Management and Policy from the W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy, SUNY Stony Brook, and holds an Advanced Certificate in Labor/Management. He serves or has served on boards of the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS), the American Dermatological Association, the Women’s Dermatologic Society, the Noah Worcester Dermatological society, the International League of Dermatological Societies, IDEOM and the New York Dermatological Society among others. Dr. Siegel has published over 200 articles and book chapters in major medical journals and textbooks. He is a reviewer, editor, or advisor for many dermatology journals. His expertise extends outside of “routine” dermatology including IT and botany. He also has served the specialty since 1998 in the American Medical Association Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) process, serving as the sitting member, alternate, advisor and alternate advisor. Dr. Siegel received the 2023 American Academy of Dermatology Gold Medal, the AAD’s highest award presented on a very selective basis to acknowledge outstanding and exceptional service in the field of dermatology, the 2013 American Skin Association Public Policy & Medical Education Award and the 2012 Clinical Educator Award from the 2012 Winter Clinical Dermatology Conference. Among Dr. Siegel’s many other awards are the Academy of Dermatology Presidential Citation, which he received in 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and 2022.