The OHSU Department of Dermatology is a comprehensive team of board-certified specialists who manage all aspects of skin care, from melanomas and skin diseases to aesthetic treatments using the latest lasers and therapeutics. Our providers are involved in multiple missions, including patient care, research, education, community service and leadership at the local, state, national and international levels. 

In addition to caring for patients at clinics at the Center for Health & Healing on OHSU's South Waterfront campus and at offices in Lake Oswego, Beaverton and Hillsboro, our doctors provide care at OHSU Hospital and Doernbecher Children's Hospital. OHSU providers also care for veterans at the Portland VA Medical Center, and for underserved people in clinics in The Dalles and Longview, Washington. 

The OHSU Department of Dermatology is made up of:

• 26 board-certified dermatologists
• 2 board-certified dermatopathologists
• 4 board-certified pediatric dermatologists
• 3 nurse practitioners
• 5 physician associates
• 1 fellow (a dermatologist training in a subspecialty of dermatology)
• 14 residents (doctors training to be dermatologists)
• 10+ Ph.D. researchers
• 100+ staff supporting the clinical operations

The OHSU Department of Dermatology provides:

• The only pediatric dermatologists in Portland
• Internationally recognized expertise in atopic dermatitis (eczema) and psoriasis
• Internationally recognized expertise in dermatopathology
• Internationally recognized expertise in dermatologic surgery
• Dermatologists across the Northwest; nearly half of the dermatologists trained at OHSU have stayed in Oregon or bordering states

The OHSU Department of Dermatology supports:

• 55,000+ patients a year in its clinics
• 25,000+ patients a year through its dermatopathology services
• Hundreds of doctors each year with consultations on the phone, in person and in the hospital
• Hundreds of articles/papers published and presentations given annually by faculty to students and the worldwide dermatology community

The Department of Dermatology is led by Chair Alex Ortega Loayza, M.D., M.C.R. Dr. Alex Ortega-Loayza is a board-certified dermatologist specializing in general and complex dermatology. He is also board-certified in internal medicine, and has completed his Master of Clinical Research. Dr. Ortega is particularly interested in the treatment of psoriasis, sarcoidosis and pyoderma gangrenosum (PG).

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