Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Dermatopathology
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
Dr. Scumpia received his B.S. in Microbiology with Highest Honors in 2002 and his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2009. He then completed his residency in dermatology in 2013 and fellowship in dermatopathology in 2014 at the University of California, Los Angeles. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship research in the STAR Program in 2016 under the guidance of Dr. Steven Smale at University of California, Los Angeles. He was a Clinical Instructor of Dermatology and Dermatopathology at UCLA from 2015-2016. Dr. Scumpia is currently an Assistant Professor of dermatology and dermatopathology at UCLA and Staff Physician and Chief of Dermatopathology at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center since 2017. His laboratory focuses on translating discoveries into innovative diagnostics and therapeutics for skin diseases, including wounds, skin infections, and non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancer. He was the recipient of a Dermatology Foundation Career Development Award and an NIH Clinical Investigator K08 Award. He currently receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, VA Merit system, and LEO Foundation. His research contributions have also led to cofounding of two companies: Tempo Therapeutics, a biotech company that makes novel biomaterials for wound healing and aesthetics, and DermOQ, a cosmetics company delivering oxygen-rich ingredients to tissue.
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