Lawrence A. Schachner graduated from medical school at the University of Nebraska in 1972. He completed his pediatric internship there in 1973. Following a pediatric residency and a dermatology residency at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, he joined the University of Miami department of Dermatology, establishing the Pediatric Dermatology Division in 1978. Since then, he has trained 28 fellows equally distributed amongst the United States and abroad and has impacted the education of many hundreds of pediatricians and dermatologists.
He served the University of Miami as Chair of the Department of Dermatology and Senior Associate Dean University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is a past president of the Society of Pediatric Dermatology. He is best known as a pioneer in the pediatric dermatology specialty, advancing it clinically with research and education.
Dr. Schachner has authored over 200 scientific publications and is well known as the lead author of the textbook "Pediatric Dermatology". In 2004, Dr. Schachner was named "Practitioner of the Year” by the Florida Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery. He is a 6-time recipient of the best teacher award from the residents of the University of Miami School of Medicine. He served as Vice-President of the International Society of Pediatric Dermatology 1992-95
Dr. Schachner’s interests include use of bioengineered skin in pediatric wounds, skin infections, infestations in children, sun protection in childhood, cutaneous signs of child and sexual abuse, and new therapeutic modalities for acne, eczema, and epidermolysis bullosa.
