Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 31, 2026
CONTACT:
Kathleen Reichert
American Skin Association
212-889-4858
kathleen@americanskin.org
AMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES PODCAST SERIES, SKINSIGHT PODCAST: A PATIENT’S GUIDE, TO EXPAND PATIENT-CENTERED EDUCATION
March 31, 2026, New York, NY – American Skin Association (ASA) is pleased to announce the launch of its public-facing podcast, SKINsight Podcast: A Patient’s Guide, a series designed to provide patients and their families with accessible, expert-driven insights into common skin conditions. Funded through an educational grant from Sun Pharma, episodes are now available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Enhancing ASA’s ongoing commitment to advancing skin health education, SKINsight Podcast: A Patient’s Guide introduces an engaging, patient-centered platform that brings together leading dermatologists and individuals living with skin disease. Each approximately thirty-minute episode features a dermatologist host, a guest expert dermatologist, and a patient sharing their lived experience. This unique format offers listeners a comprehensive and relatable perspective on diagnosis, treatment, and beyond.
The SKINsight Podcast series is launching four episodes addressing conditions that impact millions of Americans:
- “A Patient’s Guide to Alopecia Areata”
- Host: Nicholas Brownstone, MD
- Guest Dermatologist: Benjamin Ungar, MD
- Guest Patient: Anne Becker Schwartzberg
- “A Patient’s Guide to Psoriasis”
- Host: Nicholas Brownstone, MD
- Guest Dermatologist: Mark Lebwohl, MD
- Guest Patient: Glenn Speer
- “Insight on Skin Cancer”
- Host: Jesse Lewin, MD, FAAD, FACS
- Guest Dermatologist: Courtney Ensslin, MD, FAAD, FACMS
- Guest Patient: Jaqueline Mills
- “A Patient’s Guide to Atopic Dermatitis”
- Host: Nicholas Brownstone, MD
- Guest Dermatologist: Emma Guttman-Yassky, MD, PhD
- Guest Patient: Harry Lewis
“Through SKINsight Podcast, ASA is expanding its educational mission into a dynamic and widely accessible format,” said Howard P. Milstein, Chairman of ASA. “By meeting patients on platforms they use every day, we ensure that accurate, science-based information about skin health is available to those who need it most.”
To learn more about American Skin Association or contribute, please visit americanskin.org.
ABOUT AMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION
A unique collaboration of patients, families, advocates, physicians, and scientists, ASA has evolved over nearly four decades as a leading force in efforts to defeat melanoma, vitiligo, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and other skin diseases. Established to serve the now more than 100 million Americans — one-third of the U.S. population — afflicted with skin disorders, the organization's mission remains to: advance research, champion skin health, particularly among children, and drive public awareness about skin disease. ASA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. For more information, visit americanskin.org.
American Skin Association has earned Candid's 2026 Seal of Platinum Transparency and the Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator.
