About Jules B. Lipoff, MD

Jules Lipoff, MD, is a board-certified dermatologist and assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. At Penn, his research focuses on access to care, teledermatology, and global health. He also teaches dermatology residents, medical students, primary care residents, and family medicine residents. Dr. Lipoff speaks nationally and internationally about telemedicine, and publishes extensively in the lay press and academic journals on a variety of topics. At Penn, his work has been supported by the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation. At the American Academy of Dermatology, he is the current chair of the teledermatology task force and a member of the ad hoc task force on Covid-19. Dr. Lipoff also cares deeply about volunteerism and advocating for the underserved. He is co-program director for the Penn-Guatemala dermatology resident exchange and outreach program. In 2014, he founded a Penn dermatology clinic for HIV/AIDS and immunosuppressed patients, which has expanded to improve access for all transgender and gender non-conforming patients. He volunteers at local free clinics monthly (Philadelphia STD Clinic, Puentes de Salud), performs physical exams in support of asylum seekers (in conjunction with Physicians for Human Rights and the Philadelphia Human Rights Clinic), and serves as a Senior Specialist Consultant for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). In college, Dr. Lipoff was chairman of the nation’s oldest college humor magazine, the Yale Record, interned for both The Onion and Mad Magazine, and studied with the Upright Citizens Brigade. His current creative work includes writing screenplays and serving as a medical consultant for television shows.