Lionel Bercovitch

Dr. Lionel Bercovitch, the founding medical director of PXE International, is uniquely qualified as an advocate, clinician, and researcher for PXE. He became intensely involved in PXE following his diagnosis of Elizabeth and Ian Terry with the disorder in 1994.

Over the last 15 years, he has authored many papers on PXE, examined hundreds of people affected by PXE, and given much of his spare time to research on the condition. He does comprehensive clinical evaluations of PXEers, is actively involved in many clinical research projects and is a clinical resource for healthcare professionals and lay alike.

Dr. Bercovitch is Professor of Dermatology at Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, where he is a full-time pediatric dermatologist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital. He is also a Dermatologist at Brown University Health Service, Director of the Brown Contact Dermatitis and Occupational Dermatology Unit, and faculty leader of an innovative seminar course in biomedical ethics in the Department of Dermatology.

He is a graduate of the University of Manitoba Medical School in Canada, is board-certified (US) in Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology and Internal Medicine, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada in Ophthalmology.