About Dr. Ali Moiin, MD

A Comprehensive Dermatology Center

Dr. Ali Moiin, MD

Position

  • Michigan Board of Medicine, Member, December 2001 – January 1, 2006
  • Clinical Professor, WSU School of Medicine, June 1995 – December 2000
  • University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
  • Chief of Dermatology, Harper University Hospital, Wayne State University,
  • Detroit, MI, 1997 – 2001
  • President, A Comprehensive Dermatology Center, Troy, MI
  • Executive Board, Peace Jam (Consists of 12 Nobel Peace Laureates)

Education

  • Division of Pharmacology, UCSB, September 1980 – March 1984, BA
  • Department of Biology, UCSB, September 1984 – June 1985, MA
  • School of Pharmacy, UCSF, August 1985 – June 1987
  • School of Medicine, UC Davis, September 1987 – June 1991, MD
Dr. Ali Moiin, MD

Training

  • UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center, Internship in Medicine, June 1991 – June 1992
  • WSU School of Medicine, Resident, Department of Dermatology, July 1992 – July 1995
  • WSU School of Medicine, Chief Resident, Department of Dermatology, July 1994 – July 1995
  • Tulane University Medical Center, Cosmetic Surgery Fellow, February, 1 1995 – March 1, 1995

Hospital Affiliations

  • Harper University Hospital, Detroit, MI
  • Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI
  • Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, MI
  • Rehabilitation Center of Michigan, Detroit, MI
  • St. John's Oakland Hospital, Madison Heights, MI
  • St. Mary's Hospital, Livonia, MI
  • Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI

Teaching

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, June 2005 – Present
  • Course Director, Year II Dermatology Curriculum, January 1997 – February 2001

Major Professional Societies

  • American Academy of Dermatology
  • American Medical Association
  • Michigan State Medical Society
  • Michigan Dermatological Society
  • Society of Investigative Dermatology
  • Wayne County Medical Society
  • Association of Professors of Dermatology
  • American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery
  • Iranian Dermatology Society

Licensure and Board Certification

  • American Board of Dermatology, Recertified, 2006 – 2016
  • American Board of Dermatology, Certified, 1995 – 2006
  • Medical Board of Michigan (Active)
  • Medical Board of California (Active)
  • Diplomate of National Board of Medical Examiners, 1991

Patents

  • Use of Light for Treatment of Molluscum, Pending 2004
  • Mochemical Peel, Pending 2005

Teaching Awards

  • Best Teacher, Department of Dermatology, 1999
  • Best Teacher, Department of Dermatology, 2000
  • Best Clinical Faculty, Fourth-Year Medical Student, 200

Honors/Awards

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Beta Chapter
  • President's Scholarship, 1987 – 1991
  • Rapp Foundation Research Grant, 1990 – 1991
  • Mortin Levitt Research Grant, 1989 – 1991
  • Lester Conrad Foundation Research Grant, 1990 – 1991
  • Ortho Pharmaceutical Grant, 1993
  • ALS Research Grant, 1994
  • Honda Research Grant, 1999

Committees

  • Vice President, Health & Community Affairs, UCSF, June 1986 – June 1987
  • Representative to the Regents of the University of California, June 1986 – June 1987
  • Graduate Student Health Insurance Committee, UCD, School of Medicine Representative, September 1988 – August 1989
  • Institute on Global Conflict & Cooperation Steering Committee, UCD School of Medicine, September 1988 – June 1991
  • American Academy of Dermatology Task Force Legislation, 1996 – 1998
  • CME Chair, Michigan Dermatological Society, 1996 – 2001
  • Wayne County Medical Legal Committee, June 1995 – Present
  • Wayne County Medical Society Legislative Committee, 1996 – Present
  • Detroit Medical Center Formulary Committee, 1999 – Present
  • American Academy of Dermatology History Committee, 1998 – 2005
  • American Academy of Dermatology Environment Committee, 2001 – 2006
  • American Academy of Dermatology Government Relations Committee, 1997 – 2002
  • American Academy of Dermatology CME Evaluation Committee, 2004 – 2007
  • Detroit Medical Center Dermatology Advisory Committee, 1999 – 2002
  • Medical Staff Operation, Harper University Hospital, 1999 – 2002

Ad Hoc Reviewer

  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • Archives of Dermatology

Public Services

  • Chair Event, Fund-Raising, Honorable A. Richner, September 1997
  • Chair Event, Fund-Raising, Honorable Senator S. Abraham, December 1999
  • Chair Event, Fund-Raising, Supreme Court 2000, August 2000
  • Founders Society Ars Poetica Chamber Orchestra
  • Michigan Opera Theatre Volunteer Association Executive Board
  • Grosse Pointe Park Foundation Member
  • Michigan Opera Theatre Trustee
  • Detroit Institute of Art, Chair of Asian and Islamic Art Forum

Invited Lectures

  • Systemic Medications – Cutaneous Reactions, Grand Rounds, UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center, July 1994
  • Drugs Do Harm, Grand Rounds, Department of General Medicine, WSU School of Medicine, March 2, 1995
  • Treatment of Impetigo Herpetiformis, Skin & Pharmacology Meeting, Vienna, Austria, November 2 – 6 1995
  • Drug Reactions, Department of Internal Medicine, McClaren Hospital, Flint, MI, February 1996
  • Dermatology for the General Practitioner: Skin Cancers, Ambulatory Grand Rounds, Division of General Internal Medicine, WSU School of Medicine, April 2, 1996
  • Skin Diseases of Genitalia, Department of Internal Medicine, Barcelona, Spain, April 29, 1996
  • Photo Medicine, Ambulatory Care Grand Rounds, WSU School of Medicine, January 1997
  • Great Cases from Detroit, Department of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, February 1997
  • Genital Lesions, American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 23, 1997
  • Unusual Melanoma, 22nd Annual Hawaii Dermatology Seminar, Hawaii, January 26, 1998
  • Melanomas in the General Population, Michigan State Medical Society, October 1998
  • Skin Cancers, Ambulatory Grand Rounds, Detroit Medical Center, April 20, 1999
  • Uses of Lasers in Dermatology, Iranian Dermatological Society, May 6, 1999
  • How to BOTOX Your Wrinkles, International Dermatological Meeting, Tehran, Iran, September 20, 2000
  • Penile Lesions, Denmark Dermatology Academy, Keynote Speaker, January 18, 2004
  • Photodermatoses, International Dermatological Meeting, Tehran, Iran, September 19, 2004

Courses

  • Penile Lesions, American Academy of Dermatology, Summer Session, Miami, FL, July 26, 1996
  • Genital Lesions, American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 23, 1997
  • Genital Lesions, American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 1998
  • Genital Lesions, American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 1999
  • Penile Lesions, American Academy of Dermatology Annual Matrix 10:75-83, 1990
  • Moiin, A.; Hashimoto, K.; Linear Focal Elastosis in a Young Black Man: A New Presentation, J Am Acad Dermatol 30:874-877, 1994
  • Moiin, A.; Downham II, T.F.; A Slow-Growing Lesion on the Face, Arch Dermatol 132:81-86, 1996
  • Hashimoto, K.; Moiin, A.; Chang Wu, M.; Tada, L.; Sudoriferous Acrosyringeal Disease, A Subset of Grover's Disease, J Cutan Pathol 23:151-164, 1996
  • Wu Chang, M.; Miner, J.; Moiin, A.; Hashimoto, K.; Iododerma After Computed Tomographic Scan with Intravenous Radiopaque Contrast Media, J Am Acad Dermatol 36:1014-1016, 1997
  • Moiin, A.; Yashar, S.S.; Sanchez, J.E.; Yashar, B.; Treatment of Erythromelalgia with a Seratonin / Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitor, Br J Dermatol 146(2):336-7
  • Moiin, A.; Photodynamic Therapy for Molluscum Contagious Infection in HIV-Co-Infected Patients: Review of 6 Patients, J Drugs Dermatol, December 2003 2(6):637-9

Local-Regional Meetings

  • Moiin, A.; Branchial Cleft Cyst in an Infant, Michigan Dermatological Society, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, November 3, 1993
  • Moiin, A.; Skin Manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus, Michigan Dermatological Society, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, November 3, 1993
  • Moiin, A.; Dystrophic Dominant Epidermolysis Bullosa: Study of Two Affected Families, Michigan Dermatological Society, Wayne State Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 2001
  • Penile Lesions, American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2002
  • Penile Lesions, American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2003
  • Mocases from Motown American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 200

Presentations

  • Moiin, A.; Brofeld, T.; Isseroff, R.; The Effect of Lidocaine on Contraction of Collagen Lattice by Fibroblasts, Poster Presentation, Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, April 1992
  • Moiin, A.; Isserof, R.; Effects of Ultraviolet Irradiation on Dermatol-Fibroblast on Hyaluronate Synthesis, Poster Presentation, Annual Meeting of Society for Investigative Dermatology, Washington, D.C., April 28 – May 1, 1993
  • Moiin, A.; Hashimoto, K.; Linear Focal Elastosis in a Young African-American Man: A New Presentation, Gross and Microscopic Section-Oral Presentation, American Academy of Dermatology, December 1993
  • Moiin, A.; Nabai, H.; Rahbari, H.; Invention of a New Biopsy Device Bioplug, and Use of Gelatin Sponge for Biopsy Repair, Poster, American Society for Dermatological Surgery, 21st Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 11 – 15, 1993
  • Moiin, A.; Borders, I.S.; Hashimoto, K.; Sarkar, F.H.; Detection of p53 Mutation in Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Poster Presentation, Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, Baltimore, MD, April 27 – 30, 1994
  • Moiin, A.; A Clue to Merkel Cell Carcinoma Histogenesis, Fellows and Residents Symposium, American Academy of Dermatology, February 199

Publications

  • Decker, M.; Chiu, E.; Dolbaum, C.; Moiin, A.; A Hyaluronic Acid-Stimulating Activity in Sera from Bovine Fetus and from Breast Cancer Patients, Cancer Research 49:3499-3505, 1989
  • Huey, G.; Moiin, A.; Stern, R.; Levels of [3H] Glucosamine Incorporation Into Hyaluronic Acid by Fibroblasts Is Modulated by Culture Conditions, University, Detroit, MI, November 2, 1994
  • Moiin, A.; Impetigo Herpetiformis: A New Treatment for an Old Disease, Michigan Dermatological Society, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, November 2, 1994
  • Moiin, A.; Bart's Syndrome: A Study of a Family with 13 Affected Members, Michigan Dermatological Society, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, November 2, 1994

National Presentations and Meetings

  • Collagen Lattice by Fibroblasts, Poster Presentation, Annual Meeting of The Society for Investigative Dermatology, April 1992
  • Moiin, A.; Isseroff, R.; Effects of Ultraviolet Irradiation on Dermatol-Fibroblast on Hyaluronate Synthesis, Poster Presentation, Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, Washington, D.C., April 18 – May 1, 1993
  • Moiin, A.; Hashimoto, K.; Linear Focal Elastosis in a Young African-American Man: A New Presentation, Gross and Microscopic Section-Oral Presentation, American Academy of Dermatology, December 1993
  • Moiin, A.; Nabai, H.; Rahbari, H.; Invention of a New Biopsy Device, Bioplug, and Use of Gelatin Sponge for Biopsy Repair, Poster Presentation, American Society for Dermatological Surgery, 21st Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 11 – 15, 1993
  • Moiin, A.; Borders, J.S.; Hashimoto, K.; Sarkar, F.H.; Detection of p53 Mutation in Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Poster Presentation, Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, Baltimore, MD, 1994
  • Moiin, A.; A Clue to Merkel Cell Carcinoma Histogenesis, Fellows and Residents Symposium, American Academy of Dermatology, February 1995
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