Dr. Alison Ehrlich is a board-certified dermatologist and the former founding chair and Director of Clinical Research in the Department of Dermatology at George Washington University. After many years in academic medicine, she now has her own private practice in the Washington D.C area where she continues to specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of allergic contact dermatitis and psoriasis as well as continuing her work in cosmetic dermatology. Following her residency in dermatology, she completed a fellowship in Clinical Research and Masters in Clinical Research through a combined NIH/Duke University program.

Dr. Ehrlich oversaw the combined clinics while at GW. She continues to participate in and lead clinical research studies; her current research focuses on pruritus (itch) and several forms of dermatitis, including allergic contact dermatitis and atopic dermatitis.

She has been active in dermatology leadership; Dr. Ehrlich has served as president of the DC Dermatological Society, board member and Vice President of the American Contact Dermatitis Society, and chair of the Access to Care Committee for the American Academy of Dermatology. She is a member of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s Scientific Advisory Board and a prior member of the Women’s Dermatological Society Board of Directors and the Noah Worcester Society Board of Directors.

Dr. Ehrlich has lectured both within the US and abroad on psoriasis and contact dermatitis and has published extensively on these topics. Her publications on contact dermatitis include recommendations on specialized trays for vaginal, stoma, and shoe dermatitis. For the past 20 years, Dr. Ehrlich has been the director of a referral patch testing clinic in the metro DC area where she tests patients who have experienced recurrent rashes.