Robert Baran

Nail Diseases Centre, France

Robert Baran

Academic positions:
- Head of the Nail Disease Center, Cannes
- Former Head of the Dermatology Unit, at the Cannes General Hospital

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:

Any other information:
Dr Baran is a member of;
- American Academy of Dermatology
- American Dermatological Association
- Council for Nail Disorders
- European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
- European Nail Society (Founder-Member and former President)
- French Society of Allergy
- French Society of Dermatology and Syphiligraphy
- International Society for Dermatological Surgery (Founder-Member and former President)
- He is also a corresponding member to a number of other dermatology societies.

He is on the editorial board of:
- Cutis
- Journal of Dermatological Treatment
- Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology
- Journal of Drugs in Dermatology
- Mikologia Lekarska (Poland)
- Skin Medicine

Dr Baran has been an author and editor of several leading dermatological books, including 'A Text Atlas of Nail Disorders' (1996, 2003) and 'Textbook of Cosmetic Dermatology' (1998, 2005). He has also been the author of several chapters in other renowned books, and has had more than 450 articles published in the major Journals of Dermatology.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Dermatology > Nail Diseases (since 16 November 2005)

Robert Baran is a Section Head for Nail Diseases, part of the DERMATOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.