Dr. Crystal Aguh is an Associate Professor of Dermatology and Director of the Ethnic Skin Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and earned her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, with honors, earning induction into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Aguh completed her residency at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, serving as the chief resident in her final year training. Dr Aguh’s area of research focuses primarily on cicatricial alopecia, with an additional interest in pigmentary disorders and acral lentiginous melanoma. She has authored three books on hair loss and has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and given multiple national and international talks on these topics.  As a result of her work, Dr. Aguh is the recipient of numerous prestigious research awards & grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Skin of Color Society, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and the Dermatology Foundation.