Michael Lavery, MD

Dr Lavery is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Florida. Dr Lavery obtained his medical degree from Queen’s University Belfast School of Medicine in Ireland, and subsequently completed an Internal Medicine Residency. Dr Lavery then completed a highly competitive 4-year dermatology residency program in Liverpool, United Kingdom followed by an ACGME accredited pediatric dermatology fellowship at Mayo Clinic Arizona/Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Throughout Dr Lavery’s training he has also worked in the dermatology department at the Mayo Clinic Rochester, has been awarded a scholarship to rotate through the pediatric dermatology department at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London and has provided dermatologic care to the Native American population in the Navajo Nation, Arizona. Dr Lavery has also worked at Temple University, Philadelphia where he completed a dermatology research fellowship studying chronic itch, and during a subsequent clinical fellowship was involved in the first global clinical trial on the use of Dupilumab to treat atopic dermatitis.

Dr Lavery’s clinical interests include general pediatric dermatology, vascular anomalies, congenital and genetic skin disorders, and chronic itch. He also has a passion for general and complex adult medical dermatology as well as dermatologic procedures. At the end of postgraduate training Dr Lavery has published more than 55 peer-reviewed articles and 4 book chapters. He regularly peer reviews articles for leading dermatology and pediatric dermatology journals, is an editorial board member for the dermatology journal: Skinmed: Dermatology for the Clinician and is on the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology. Dr Lavery has received numerous awards including the ‘Euroderm Excellence Award’ where he was selected as one of the top dermatology residents to attend a prestigious ‘invitation only’ European Dermatology conference. Dr Lavery has given presentations at numerous dermatology conferences including the American Academy of Dermatology, Society for Pediatric Dermatology, British Association of Dermatologists, World Congress of Dermatology, World Congress for Pediatric Dermatology, and the World Congress of the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology.

Outside of medicine Dr Lavery enjoys hiking, playing golf, soccer and tennis, as well as spending time with his family.