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Dr. Kathryn J. Russell

Posted on March 16, 2015

Kathryn J. Russell, M.D. is a board-certified dermatologist and fellowship-trained Mohs micrographic surgeon. She is a managing partner at The Woodruff Institute. 

Dr. Russell grew up in Sarasota, Florida, and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Miami with a major in Biology and minors in Business Administration, Chemistry, and Psychology. During this time, she performed research in the Department of Dermatology and is included as an inventor on a patent. She received her medical degree from the University of Florida and went on to complete her internship in Internal Medicine from the University of California San Diego. She finished her dermatology residency at New York Medical College in New York City, where she was honored to serve as Chief Resident in her final year. She completed a fellowship in Mohs and Cosmetic Procedural Dermatology at the Skin Institute of South Florida which is dual certified by the American College of Mohs Surgery and American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. She is board certified in both Dermatology and Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery.

Dr. Russell joined The Woodruff Institute in 2014 and focuses on procedural dermatology including Mohs Surgery, skin cancer management, and non-invasive cosmetic procedures such as lasers, fillers, and neuromodulators. She has performed over 10,000 Mohs procedures. She is honored to be named as one of Naples Illustrated Top Doctors and Gulfshore Life/ Castle Connolly Top Doctors. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology (FAAD), a Fellow of the American College of Mohs Surgery (FACMS), and a member of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Collier and Lee Medical Societies.

Click here to read our blog, “STAFF SPOTLIGHT: Q&A with Dermatologist, Kathryn J. Russell, M.D.”