Biography

Dr. Abel Jarell is a practicing Dermatologist, Dermatopathologist, and Clinical Trials Investigator who has helped bring to market many of the most innovative and life-changing medicaments currently used in dermatology. A native of New Mexico, Abel Jarell graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point where he was a Distinguished Cadet (top 5% in the class), and he subsequently obtained his medical degree (MD) from Harvard Medical School. He then completed a surgical internship at the University of Washington in Seattle and returned to Boston to obtain his dermatology training in the Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Program where he served as Chief Resident. He then completed a dermatopathology fellowship at the University of California in San Francisco. He served out his military obligation at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, where he was an Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services University and the Medical Director of the Melanoma and Pigmented Lesion Clinic. He is the author of numerous publications and has served as the Principal Investigator on more than 100 research protocols. Dr. Jarell served two combat tours as a U.S. Army Surgeon, one each in Iraq and Afghanistan.