Dr. Sergei Grando is a board-certified UCI Health dermatologist with more than 30 years experience treating skin disorders including eczema and other autoimmune blistering diseases.
He received his medical degree at Kyiv Medical University in Kyiv, Ukraine. He completed residencies in dermatology Kyiv Medical University and at the UC Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, Calif. He also received a doctorate in pharmacology and biochemistry at the National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education in Kyiv, and a doctorate of science in immunology and cell biology from the Central Institute of Dermatology and Venereology in Moscow, Russia.
Grando's research interests include pemphigus, keratinocyte adhesion and migration, and the cholinergic effects of tobacco products in non-neuronal tissue. He has published more than 225 papers, monographs and book chapters, and has been awarded numerous research grants from the National Institutes of Health and other funding agencies.
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Clinical Interests:
pemphigus, pemphigoid, eczema, autoimmune blistering diseases, general dermatology
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Professional Positions
- Professor — Department of Dermatology, UCI School of Medicine
- Professor — Department of Biological Chemistry, UCI School of Medicine
- Director — Immunobullous Clinic, Department of Dermatology, UCI School of Medicine
- Member — UCI Immunology Institute
- Fellow — American Academy of Dermatology
- Member — American Medical Association
- Member — International Society of Dermatology
- Member — American Association for Cancer Research
- Member — Medical Dermatology Society
- Member — Dermatology Foundation
- Member — Society for Investigative Dermatology
- Member — Panamerican Society for Pigment Cell Research
- Member — American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Gender
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Awards
- Best Doctors in America® (Dermatology), 2013
- Doctor of the Year, 2010, International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation
- Vice Chair, medical advisory board of the International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation
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Residencies
- V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University School of Fundamental Medicine|University of California
- Davis
- School of Medicine
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Languages Spoken
Russian, English
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Education
- V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University School of Fundamental Medicine
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Academic Profile