Educating the Public — FAAD

The AAD Fellow (FAAD) designation — a member benefit available exclusively for fellows of the AAD — assures your patients and the public that you are the leader in diagnosing and treating skin, hair, and nail conditions. If you’re one of our 2,900 members using the FAAD designation to promote yourself as a board-certified dermatologist and distinguish your unique training and expertise from that of aestheticians, beauty bloggers, and influencers claiming to be the skin care experts, you are advancing the specialty’s commitment to quality, compassionate care.

More than 30 dermatologist social media influencers feature the FAAD designation on their Instagram handle, which means their combined 1.3 million followers see ‘FAAD’ associated with their name any time they share content on their feeds. We heard from many of them who told us how they’re using the FAAD designation, including these ideas:

Add the FAAD designation to your Instagram handle and/or professional biography

Use the FAAD designation in your email signature

Display the FAAD designation on your practice’s website.

Include the FAAD designation on your business card

Find out today how you can show your expertise through an FAAD designation at staging.aad.org/faaddesignation.

Your advanced skills and expertise are critical to diagnosing and treating skin cancer — along with 3,000 other diseases that impact patients. Whenever you use the new FAAD designation, your patients and the public will become increasingly familiar with this “badge of honor” and search for it when seeking your care.

Kudos to those of you using the FAAD designation in any capacity — and for those of you who haven’t downloaded it yet, now’s the time!