Hadas Skupsky

Biography

Hadas Skupsky, MD, FAAD, is Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology at UC Irvine, Laboratory Director at LSCC Dermatopathology in Long Beach, and Consultant Dermatopathologist at the VA Long Beach Health Care System. She is board-certified by the American Board of Dermatology in both Dermatology and Dermatopathology. Skupsky completed her dermatopathology fellowship at the Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology in New York and her dermatology residency at the University of California, Irvine, where she later joined the faculty.

Skupsky graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where she received the Dean's Full Scholarship and Stipend and was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha. During medical school, she received the Dr. Francis Donaldson Prize for Excellence in Pathology and the Ulenhuth Award for Excellence in the Anatomical Sciences. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree Summa Cum Laude from Cornell University, where she served as Commencement Banner Bearer.

Skupsky has received multiple teaching awards from the Department of Dermatology at UC Irvine, including Resident Teacher of the Year in 2014 and the Resident Teaching Award in 2020. She has authored numerous publications in dermatology and dermatopathology journals and has presented at national and international meetings of the American Society of Dermatopathology and the International Society of Dermatopathology. She is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Society of Dermatopathology, and the International Society of Dermatopathology.

Education

• MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2010
• BS in Human Biology, Health & Society, Cornell University, 2005

Distinctions

• Fellow for Life, Albert Schweitzer Foundation, 2007-2008
• Women's Dermatologic Society Mentorship Award, 2014
• Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2009-2010
• Dr. Francis Donaldson Prize for Excellence in Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2010
• Ulenhuth Award for Excellence in the Anatomical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2010
• Giuseppe Inesi, MD, PhD Award in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2006
• Robinson Award for Academic Excellence, Cornell University, 2005
• Resident Teaching Award, Department of Dermatology, University of California Irvine, 2020
• Resident Teacher of the Year, Department of Dermatology, University of California Irvine, 2014
• Dean's Full Scholarship & Stipend, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2006-2010