St. Luke’s Dermatology Chairman Named to Influential National Position
Andrew C. Krakowski, MD, board certified pediatric dermatologist and faculty member of the St. Luke’s Dermatology Residency program, has been appointed to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Scientific Assembly Committee.
This prestigious five-year role helps shape the educational content and structure of the AAD’s Innovation Academy and its Annual Meeting, which is the largest dermatological gathering in the world. The committee plays a vital role in planning, evaluating and implementing the AAD’s academic programming, with a focus on innovative research, evidence-based care and clinical excellence.
“To have been selected to help guide academic activities over the next half-decade for the AAD, the country’s leading dermatological society, is quite an honor,” said Dr. Krakowski. “I must thank President-elect Dr. Murad Alam and the rest of AAD’s executive leadership for this unique opportunity.”
The Annual Meeting occurs in early spring, and the Innovation Academy takes place in late summer. The primary focus is to ensure the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based educational content that has dermatologic expertise, promotes cutting-edge research and enhances patient care through the development of comprehensive scientific sessions.
Dr. Krakowski said, “By committing to a five-year term, I will be helping to give a national voice to the subspecialty of pediatric dermatology and will work hard to ensure that children’s skin health remains a top priority.”
Additionally, Dr. Krakowski’s leadership at the national level will ensure the Network’s dermatologic expertise plays a role in advancing dermatologic education and care across the country.
St. Luke’s Dermatology Residency Program, which has already retained two graduates since being established in 2021, provides hands-on experience in medical, surgical, cosmetic and pediatric dermatology. The dermatology residents collaborate with other specialties within the Network, including pathology, rheumatology, infectious disease and oncology, to provide holistic care and deepen their knowledge base.
About St. Luke’s
Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network with annual net revenue of more than $4 billion. With 23,000+ employees at 16 hospital campuses and 350+ outpatient sites, it is the Lehigh Valley’s biggest employer.
The Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital.
Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania. In partnership with Temple University, the Network established the Lehigh Valley’s first and only four-year medical school. It also operates the nation’s oldest School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 50+ fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 500+ residents and fellows.
St. Luke’s has been named a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. It is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. In 2025, the Network earned straight A’s from Leapfrog across all of its 11 acute care hospitals. It has earned 100 Top Hospital designations from Premier 11 years in a row, including in 2021 when its flagship University Hospital was identified as THE #1 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of SLUHN’s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information.
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Sam Kennedy
