Lynn McKinley-Grant, MD

Practice Focus

• Dermatologic oncology

Education:

• BA, Political Science, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
• MA, Student Personnel Administration in Higher Education, Columbia University Teacher's College, New York, N.Y.
• MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
• Post-Baccalaureate, Pre-Medical courses, City University of New York, New York, N.Y. and Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. 

Residency

• Dermatology residency, New York University, New York, N.Y.
• Internal medicine, internship and residency, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Fellowship

• Biotechnology Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.
• Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambarene, Gabon
• National Medical Fellowship, awarded to college graduates interested in studying medicine

Credentialed Areas
Licensure and Certification

• D.C. and Md.
• Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Diplomat, American Board of Dermatology

Honors, Awards & Society Memberships

• Checkbook Magazine – Listed as Best Doctor - 2000
• Washingtonian Magazine listing – Top Doctor  1997-present    
• The John Carroll Society Award  (for outstanding physicians who deliver health care to indigent patients in the Washington, D.C., Archdiocese) – 1998

Additional Training, Education & Research

• Coordinator, Extracorporeal Photopheresis Protocols, 1998 – present
• Treatment of Cutaneous T cell LymphomaScleroderma & Graft vs. Host Disease, 1999 – present
• Spokesperson, American Academy of Dermatology
• Media Health Consultant, local and National television, radio, Internet, newspapers and magazines
• Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1987 – present
• Consultant, skin cancer screening, NASA, Greenbelt, Md., 2001 – 2003
• Consultant, NIH, NCI, NHANES study (National Health and Nutrition Examination Study), 1994 – 1995
• Member, Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Nonprescription Drug Advisory Committee, 1995 – 1999
• Chief, Section of Dermatology Medical Service Administration, 2/94 – 11/95
• Howard University Dermatology Residency Program
• Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Guest Researcher, NIH, Bethesda, Md.
• Founder, Hansen's disease Clinic at Bellevue Hospital, New York, N.Y.
• Consultant/Dermatology, Goldwater Memorial Hospital, Roosevelt Island, N.Y.

Publications

• McKinley-Grant L, Idler W, Bernstein I, Parry D, Cannizzaro L, Croce C, Huebner K, Lessin S, Steinert P:  Characterization of a cDNA clone encoding human filaggrin and localization of the gene to chromosome region 1q21 Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 1989, 86:4848-4852.
• McKinley-Grant L: Hair Loss. Heart and Soul, April, 2000.
• Sanchez, Moy, McKinley-Grant: Ethnic Diseases. Clinics of Dermatology, March, 2004.
• Burman, Kenneth MD, McKinley-Grant, Lynn MD ,  Dermatologic aspects of thyroid disease, Clinics in Dermatology:  Endocrinology and the Skin,2006,24:247-253

Professional Organizations

• American Academy of Dermatology - Chairperson, Diversity Task Force Committee, 1998-2003
• Member, Workforce Committee, 1998-2003
• Member, Volunteer abroad 2003-present
• Society for Investigative Dermatology - Co-planner for SIDES program, Washington, D.C.
• Leaders' Society, Dermatology Foundation
• Women's Dermatology Society
• Washington D.C. Dermatological Society  - Treasurer, 2003