Why we exist
A professional home built for a specialty that has grown faster than the infrastructure meant to support it.
Closing a gap in specialty training
Dermatologic therapies are evolving quickly: new biologics, novel delivery systems, and increasingly complex formulations are reshaping how the specialty treats patients. Pharmacists, sitting at the intersection of clinical dermatology and formulation science, are uniquely positioned to close that gap.
Nearly every clinical specialty has a pharmacist society behind it. Dermatology hasn't, until now. We exist to be that professional home: for pharmacists working across clinical dermatology and formulation science, and for the allied professionals and industry partners who work alongside them.
Our programs, publications, and standards are shaped by the members who join.
A community across the specialty
Clinical & Community Pharmacists
Practicing in dermatology clinics, specialty pharmacy, and compounding settings.
Researchers & Educators
Advancing formulation science and training the next generation of practitioners.
Allied Professionals & Industry Partners
Working alongside pharmacists in dermatology-adjacent research, manufacturing, and care.
Why I started this
I started this to connect pharmacists working across every side of dermatology: community practice, industry, and OTC and cosmetics, who didn't have anywhere to talk to each other about it.
Dermatological expertise is scarce and unevenly distributed, while the multi-billion-dollar beauty and wellness industry is largely unregulated, leaving patients to sort evidence from marketing on their own. Community pharmacists, often patients' most accessible healthcare professional, are an underused resource for closing that gap.
Dermatology is barely organized as a specialty within pharmacy, and misinformation fills the space where guidance should be.
Who's involved
What guides us
Evidence First
Clinical and formulation guidance held to the same evidentiary standard as any other specialty practice.
Open to the Whole Specialty
Membership built for pharmacists at every career stage: student, resident, and practicing professional alike.
Built Together
A Society shaped by its members, not handed down from the top.
Be part of what we're building
Members help set the Society's direction and shape what it becomes.