Present Address:

Skin Surgery Medical Group, Inc.
5222 Balboa Ave, Sixth Floor
San Diego, CA 92117
Tel: (858) 292-0204
Fax: (858) 292-1915
E-mail: lesmark@san.rr.com

Date of Birth:

April 18, 1951

Place of Birth:

Youngston, Ohio

Family:

Married, daughters Shari, Michelle & son Ben

1972 - 1976

University of California School of Medicine
San Diego, California
Degree: M.D.

1969 - 1972

Stanford University
Stanford, California
Major: Human Biology
Honors: Bachelor's Degree with Distinction

1971

Keio University
Tokyo, Japan
Stanford University Exchange Program

1967 - 1969

Arcadia High School
Arcadia, California
Honors: Salutatorian

1977 - 1980

Resident in Dermatology
University of California Medical Center
San Diego, California

1976 - 1977

Medicine Internship
Hospital of the Good Samaritan
Los Angeles, California

1973

Anesthesia Preceptorship
American Society of Anesthesiologists
City of Hope Hospital
Duarte, California

1975

Psoriasis Research
Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation
La Jolla, California
Studied with Richard B. Stoughton, M.D.
(sponsored by the National Psoriasis Foundation)

1987

Basic Colposcopy certification

1989

Advanced Colposcopy certification

1980 - 1995

Dermatology Teaching Staff
Mercy Hospital
San Diego, California

1980 - Present

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California Medical Center
San Diego, California

1983 - 1985

Chief
Pediatric Dermatology Clinic
University of California Medical Center
San Diego, California

1988-1991

Chief of Dermatology Teaching Staff
Mercy Hospital
San Diego, California

Scripps Mercy Hospital

Sharp Memorial Hospital

1980

Diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology

1977

Medical Licensure, California

1977

Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners

• Fellow, American Academy of Dermatology
• California Medical Association
• San Diego Dermatological Society
• San Diego County Medical Society
• Pacific Dermatologic Association
• Society for Pediatric Dermatology
• American Contact Dermatitis Society
• San Diego Dermatologic Surgery Society
• Medical Reserve Corps Disaster Service Worker Volunteer

1997

President, San Diego Dermatologic Surgery Society

1996

Secretary Treasurer, San Diego Dermatologic Surgery Society

1991

President, San Diego Dermatological Society

1988 - 1990

Secretary-Treasurer, San Diego Dermatological Society

1988 - 1990

Dermatology Section Secretary and Program Planner - Annual Session, California Medical Association

1986

Committee Member, Young Physicians Committee, San Diego County Medical Society

1985

President, San Diego Women Physicians

1. Mark L. West B: Choosing sex of offspring: Technical and social aspects. Stanford Quarterly Review, Winter 1973, 6-11.
2. Mark LA: In vivo suppression of epidermal deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis by cyclic adenosine monophosphate elevating compounds using a hairless mouse model of psoriasis. UCSD School of Medicine Thesis Project.
3. Mark LA: Goltz Syndrome. Arch Dermatol 1979, 115:1442.
4. Mark LA: Scleromyxedema-like lesions of patients in renal failure contain hyaluronan: a possible pathophysiological mechanism. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, 2005, 1-4.