Dr. S Murugusundram is an interventional dermatologist, founder and th…read moree medical director of Chennai Skin Foundation & Yesudian Research Institute, the first of its kind in the country. He graduated from Kilpauk medical college and did his post-graduation in dermatology from Madras Medical College.
He is an innovative specialist in skin hair & nail with unique skills of systematic analysis, evidence based diagnosis and expertise in modern treatments with current updates of technology.
It has been his long cherished dream of starting an Institutional center for Skin Hair & Nail dedicated to his mentor Prof. Patrick Yesudian whose principles form the basis of this unique concept.
He is the founder Secretary of the Hair Research Society of India and the first Indian member of the European Hair Research Society and executive council of EHRS.
He is the founder and executive Editor of the International Journal of Trichology, world’s first and only indexed journal for hair.
He is the member of the International Society of Dermatology and the International Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.
He has described New clinical entities & Diagnostic techniques such as
Herbal scarring alopecia
Bariatric Blonde
First Asian case of Trichoteiromania
Dermascopic Trichogram
He has devised the systematic analysis and syndromic approach with guidelines of care for
Diffuse hair loss
Patterned hair loss
Alopecia areata
Trichotillomania
He has introduced novel accessories and modifications such as
Fixer and accelerator for Cryo surgery
Modification of lateral nail avulsion for ingrown toe nails
He has done successful research in the field of
Isolation and culture of hair follicle stem cells
New hair generation using bulge cells
He has done many case presentations and reviews in National and International conferences and published more than 25 clinical research papers in International Hair Research conferences
He has authored and contributed to many books such as
HIV & Skin – Handbook, IADVL textbook of dermatology, Issue on hair by the Cosmetic Dermatology Society of India, Dermatology Times USA, International Journal of Trichology, Contact Dermatitis, Hair Disorders in children, Archives of Dermatology.read less