Dr. Francisco Kerdel-Vegas is an internationally known dermatologist whose work and research has been awarded numerous national and international awards. He has authored five textbooks and over 150 articles in the fields of tropical and dermatological diseases. Having done his early schooling in Caracas, he completed his medical studies at the Central University of Venezuela in 1951. Following this, he became a clinical fellow and graduate student in dermatology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, at Harvard Medical School in Boston, and he continued his dermatologic training at the New Yor...