Robert A. Schwartz, MD, MPH, DSc (Hon), FRCP Edin is in his third decade as Professor and Head of Dermatology at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Professor Schwartz joined the U.S. Government as a Member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, holding office under Presidents of both political parties. Professor Schwartz has served three terms on the Rutgers University Board of Trustees, is the Chairman of the university-wide Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee, and was the Faculty President of the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He is an International Regional Adviser of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Vice President of the International Society of Dermatology, and the Editor-in-Chief of Dermatologic Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley. Professor Schwartz was elected as a member of Academia Europaea (the European Academy of Sciences). He is an international authority on cutaneous oncology, HIV/AIDS, paraneoplastic syndromes, and health policy. Professor Schwartz authored or coauthored more than 5 books, 650 full articles, 300 book chapters and 300 other publications. He earned a degree in political science at the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Public Health at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, and a Doctor of Medicine at the New York Medical College. Professor Schwartz is board-certified in dermatology and in diagnostic and laboratory immunology.