Dr. Bergstresser has served on the faculty of the UT Southwestern Medical School since 1976 and the Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences since 1980. Under his leadership, the Department of Dermatology has received a National Institutes of Health Skin Disease Research Center grant and the Academy of Dermatology 1992 Award for Excellence in Education. Dr. Bergstresser is an elected member of the American Dermatological Association, a member of the American Association of American Physicians and a Director of the American Board of Dermatology, consultant to the National Psoriasis Foundation Tissue Bank, and past-editor of the medical journal - Photodermatology, Photoimmunology and Photomedicine. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Work from his laboratory has concerned the effects of ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation on immunity in skin. His current research concerns the early diagnosis of melanoma.
