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Dr. Nicholas Perricone, MD, FACN
Nicholas Perricone, MD, FACN, is a board certified clinical and research dermatologist. A brilliant scholar, Dr. Perricone completed medical school in just 3 years, graduating with distinction. He completed his internship in Pediatrics at Yale Medical School and his Dermatology Residency at Ford Medical Center. Dr. Perricone is regarded as the Father of the Inflammation Theory of Aging. He is the author of the two New York Times # 1 Best Sellers, The Perricone Prescription, A Physician's 28 Day Program for Total Body and Face Rejuvenation, (HarperCollins Aug 2002) and The Wrinkle Cure (Warner Books.) Dr. Perricone's also hosts a series of award-winning Public Television specials airing nationally on PBS-TV. In September 2003, Dr. Perricone launched The Acne Prescription on The Today Show. His next book, The Perricone Promise, will be published by Warner Books in October 2004.

Dr. Perricone is Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Dermatology, is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and the Society of Investigative Dermatology. Dr. Perricone has served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Yale School of Medicine and as Chief of Dermatology at the state of Connecticut's Veterans Hospital.

Dr. Perricone is the recipient of the Eli Whitney Award, presented by The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association to an outstanding individual who has made significant contributions to science, invention, and technology.

Prior recipients include National Medal of Science beneficiary, Igor Sikorsky, (founder of Sikorsky aircraft) inventor of the first practical helicopter, which established the bedrock upon which today's helicopter industry rests, and Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome-the lightest, strongest, and most cost-effective structure ever devised.

Dr. Perricone is also the recipient of the American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) 2000 Norman E Clark, Sr. Lecture Award for his, "dedication and contributions towards advancing Complementary and Alternative Medicine."

Dr. Perricone holds dozens of US and international patents for the treatment of skin and systemic disease, and for the use of topical anti-inflammatories for reversing and preventing damage to skin caused by factors such as age, the sun, the environment, and hormonal changes.

He is the author of numerous scientific articles, is a contributing editor to the peer-reviewed medical journal Skin and Aging, and is a member of the editorial board of Archives of Gerontology & Geriatrics. He has contributed a chapter on antioxidants and aging for a recent textbook written by scientists from Stanford University.