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Ilona J. Frieden, M.D.

Director of Pediatric Dermatology

Dr. Ilona Frieden, director of Pediatric Dermatology at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, is a world-renowned specialist in children's skin diseases. She has more than 20 years experience in treating conditions including birthmarks and hemangiomas, laser surgery of port-wine stains and in caring for children with common conditions such as eczema and rashes. She is founder and director of the Vascular Anomalies Clinic and treats patients in the Ectodermal Dysplasia Clinic of the Craniofacial Anomalies Center.

Frieden is a clinical professor of dermatology and pediatrics and a principal investigator in the Hemangioma Investigator Group, a multi-center collaboration for the study of hemangiomas. She is a member of the editorial board of several journals including Pediatric Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and Archives of Dermatology. She also is a member of the board of directors of the American Board of Dermatology and is chair of the Pediatric Dermatology Subspecialty Certification Committee.

Conditions & Treatments

Clinics

Birthmark and Vascular Anomalies Center
1701 Divisadero St., Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-7800

Center for Craniofacial Anomalies
513 Parnassus Avenue, S-747
San Francisco, CA 94143-0570
Phone: (415) 476-2271

Dermatology
1701 Divisadero St., Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-0316
Phone: (415) 353-7800

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Additional Languages

Spanish

Education

UCSF School of Medicine 1977

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Pediatrics 1980

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, Dermatology 1983