Ladan A. Straker, MD

Dr. Kristen Kelly is a board-certified UCI Health dermatologist with more than 25 years of experience using lasers to treat vascular birthmarks, scars and other dermatologic conditions. She specializes in cutaneous vascular lesions, skin cancer and other skin conditions, including acne and sun damage, and is a leader in the use of imaging technologies to accurately diagnose skin cancer.Kelly received her medical degree from UCLA, and completed an internship in internal medicine from St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach. She completed a residency in dermatology at the UCI School of Medicine. She is now chair of the medical school's Department of Dermatology.Her research is focused on vascular birthmarks, photodynamic therapy and light-based imaging, and the development and implementation of the latest energy-based technologies, techniques and treatments in dermatology. She has contributed to the work of the world-renowned UCI Health Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic for more than 20 years, and is past president and board member of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. Her recent projects include the study of Doppler optical coherence tomography and multiphoton microscopy for the noninvasive and early diagnosis of melanoma and other skin cancers.Kelly is the author or co-author of more than 100 research publications and numerous book chapters, and lectures widely at national and international conferences.

Dr. Bryan K. Sun is a board-certified UCI Health dermatologist who treats the full range of skin conditions and disorders. His clinical interests include genetic skin diseases. He earned a medical degree and a PhD from the physician-scientist training program at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He completed a residency in dermatology at Stanford Medical School in Palo Alto, Calif. Sun's research is focused on the genetic and molecular regulators of skin development and diseases. His research interests include determining the function of non-protein coding genomic elements in the skin with a focus on non-coding RNAs; discovering new disease-causing genetic mutations in the coding and non-coding genome and understanding their molecular mechanisms; and understanding the genetic and epigenetic effects of medications on the skin. He is the author or co-author of more than a dozen papers published in leading dermatology journals.