Jeffrey S. Dover, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Dover is the author of over 300 scientific publications. He has co-authored and edited 23 textbooks. Six of these books are on cutaneous laser surgery and cosmetic surgery: Illustrated Cutaneous Laser Surgery: A Practitioner's Guide with Dr. Arndt, and co-authors, Controversies and Conversations in Cutaneous Laser Surgery with Dr. Arndt, and Atlas of Cosmetic Surgery with Drs. Kaminer and Arndt as well as Photoaging; four other textbooks; two on general dermatology: Pocket Guide to Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery, Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery: Self-Assessment and Review both with Dr. Arndt, and two for lay individuals; Skin Deep: An A-Z of Skin Disorders, Treatments and Health, and the Encyclopedia of Skin and Skin Disorders. Dr. Dover is very excited about a new 13 book series, Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology, the first seven of which were published in 2005 and the next six which will be published in 2006, for which he is the series editor. Dr. Dover edits Journal Watch for Dermatology, produced by the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Dover is an elected member of the board of directors of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery, the elected treasurer of this national organization, and member of the board of directors of the American Society of Lasers in Medicine and Surgery. He is past president of the New England Dermatological Society and organizes and directs numerous medical conferences, including the annual Controversies in Cutaneous Laser and Cosmetic Surgery Symposium along with Dr. Arndt. Dr. Dover has received many honors including repeated nominations for "teacher of the year" at Harvard Medical School as well as listings in the Who's Who of American Medicine, Guide to Top Doctors, and Woodward and White's The Best Doctors in America. He recently received the prestigious Leon Goldman Award of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. He has been regularly invited as a keynote lecturer to national and international meetings. |
Dr. Dover graduated as the silver medallist, Magna cum Laude with an M. D. degree from the University of Ottawa. His dermatology training was received at the University of Toronto followed by research fellowships at St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin at the University of London in London, England, and a two-year photomedicine fellowship at the Beth Israel Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Dover is a former Associate Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, was Chief of Dermatology at the New England Deaconess Hospital for over ten years and also Associate Chairman of Dermatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, at Yale University School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Medicine (Dermatology) at Dartmouth Medical School. Dr. Dover is a director of SkinCare Physicians in Chestnut Hill, MA. His research interests are lasers in medicine, cosmetic surgery and medical education.