Ronald R. Brancaccio, M.D. is the Director of the Skin Institute of New York and is Clinical Professor of Dermatology at New York University School of Medicine and practices dermatology in New York City. He received his M.D. from George Washington University and completed his residency at the Univesity of Oregon Health Sciences Center. He completed a FIDE Fellowship in tropical dermatology at the Hospital das Clinicas Faculdade de Medicina de Universidade de Sao Paulo.

Dr. Brancaccio has served as President of the American Contact Dermatitis Society and on its Board of Directors. He has been President, Vice President and Secretary of the Dermatologic Society of Greater New York and is currently program chairman. He is an active member of the American Academy of Dermatology and is a past Chairman of The Committee on Contact Dermatitis. He serves as Section Editor of the American Journal of Contact Dermatitis. Dr. Brancaccio was chosen to be the Alexander A. Fisher Lecturer of the American Contact Dermatitis Society and is an Honorary member of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology. He has authored 25 publications, dealing primarily with skin allergy.