Massachusetts General Hospital

BiographyPeter Schalock M.D. received his undergraduate degree from Linfield College, Oregon and his M.D. from Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. After an internal medicine internship at Legacy Health Systems in Portland, Oregon, he completed his residency in dermatology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire. Dr. Schalock is a board-certified dermatologist and an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School.

He has lectured nationally and internationally on contact dermatitis, patch testing, and occupational skin disease, as well as various topics of contact dermatitis. He has also authored numerous scholarly articles, edited a dermatology textbook and co-authored reviews, textbook chapters, and editorials. Professionally, he is a member of the numerous societies including the New England Dermatological Society, American Academy of Dermatology and the American Contact Dermatitis Society, where he serves on the Society's Board of Directors and Education Committee. As well as general dermatology, his clinical and academic interests are in allergic contact dermatitis/patch testing, occupational skin diseases (work-related skin conditions, rashes), and Nevi (moles).