About Dr. Lynn McKinley Grant
Dr. Lynn McKinley Grant consults on the development of disruptive and innovative medical curricula, using the arts as a pedagogy to initiate the conversation. The goal is to develop the five senses to enhance early clinical diagnoses of disease in all skin types, and to build empathy and cultural competency in health care providers.
Dr. Lynn McKinley Grant, MA, MD, FAAD, is an Associate Professor of Dermatology at Howard University College of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor and former Vice-Chair for Diversity and Community Engagement at Duke University School of Medicine. She is board-certified in Dermatology and Internal Medicine.
She earned her MD from Harvard Medical School and completed her post-doctoral training in Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center and Dermatology at New York University, and completed a Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute, Dermatology Branch as a Molecular Biology Fellow in Bethesda, MD.
As a medical student, she was a Fellow at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambarene, Gabon, where she recognized the importance of detecting the early signs of systemic disease in black and brown skin.
She was selected as a Top Doctor in the Washingtonian magazine 1995-2016.
Dr. Lynn McKinley Grant has published widely, is the Ethnic Dermatology Editor, Visual Dx Editorial Board 2011-present, and co-author of Visual Dx: Essential Dermatology in Pigmented Skin, and contributor to three Skin of Color Dermatology editions.
She received the American Academy of Dermatology Award for Arts and Humanities in 2016. In recognition of her commitment and service to the specialty and the Academy, she received the 2025 Honorary Membership in the American Academy of Dermatology. She is a Past President of the Skin of Color Society.
She is a member of the Colby College Art Museum Board of Directors.
Since 2021, Dr. Lynn McKinley Grant has led a funded research project documenting the life and impact of Dorothy Doyle Harrison, RN, PhD, on healthcare in Washington DC and globally.
Publications
Book & Book Chapters
- Lugo-Somolinos A, McKinley-Grant L, Goldsmith LA, Papier A, Adigun C, Culton D, et al., editors. VisualDx Essential Dermatology in Pigmented Skin. Philadelphia: Wolvers Kluwer, 2011.
- McKinley-Grant, Lynn, Cutaneous Manifestations of Systemic Disease, Dermatology for Skin of Color. A. Paul Kelly and Susan Taylor McGraw Hill, 2009, Second edition 2016 Hepatic Disease, Renal Disease, Sarcoidosis, Thyroid Disease
Journal Articles
- Cobb, Caryn B. C., et al. “The Skin of Color Society’s Meeting the Challenge Summit, 2022: Diversity in Dermatology Clinical Trials Proceedings.” JAMA Dermatology vol. 159,7 (2023): 757-762. doi: 10.1001 /jamadermatol.2023.1285
- Desai, Seemal R et al. “Embracing diversity dermatology: Creation of a culture of equity and inclusion in dermatology.” International journal of women’s dermatology vol. 7,4 378-382. 5 Aug. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2021.08.002
- Feaster, Brittany, et al. “Microaggressions in Medicine.” Cutis vol. 107,5 (2021): 235-237. doi:10.12788/cutis.0249
- Temiz, Laurie A et al. “COVID-19 compels closer scrutiny of disparities in dermatology.” Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology vol. 84,2 (2021): e103-e104. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.09.077
- Kakar, Rohit et al. “Hypersensitivity to romidepsin.” Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology vol. 70,1 (2014): e21-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.09.040
- Leung N, Oliveira M, Selim MA, McKinley-Grant L, Lesesky E Erythema dyschromia perstans: A case report and systematic review of histologic presentation and treatment. Int J Women’s Dermatol. 2018 Sep 27;4(4):216-222. doi: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2018.08.003. collection 2018 Dec. Review.
- Al-Hammadi A, Al-Ismaily A, Al-Ali S, Ramadurai R, Jain R, McKinley-Grant L, Mughal TI. Sultan Qaboos Topical, Biological and Clinical Challenges in the Management of Patients with Acne Vulgaris. Univ Med J. 2016 May; 16(2): e152-60. doi: 10.18295/squmj.2016.16.02.004. Epub 2016 May 15.
- McKinley-Grant, The Power of Art in Medicine: The Patient Listening Project http://www.edermatologynews.com/fileadmin/content_pdf/san/supplement_pdf/Novartis DermNews_2015_B_V7.pdf
- Burman, RD, McKinley-Grant L: Dermatologic aspects of thyroid disease, Clinics in Dermatology, July/August 2006.
- Moy JA, McKinley-Grant L, Sanchez M: Dermatology Clinics 2003 Oct; 21 (4): 733-42. cultural aspects in the treatment of patients with skin disease. Department of Dermatology, New York University Medical Center, 560 First Avenue, Office H-100, New York, NY 10016, USA.
- McKinley-Grant L, Idler W, Bernstein I, Parry D, Cannizzaro L, Croce C, Huebner K, Lessin S. Steinert P: Characterization of a cdna clone encoding human Filaggrin and localization of the gene to chromosome region Iq21 Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 1989, 86:4848-4852.
Invited Lectures and Presentations (selected)
- “As in Life and Death: Color, Shapes, Patterns and Humanity Matter” in Art and Medicine- Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference 2024, Rochester, NY, July 2024
- “As in Life and Death, Skin Colors Matter” – NMA Dermatology Webinar, May 2024
- “The Crossroads of the Humanities and Art – Dermatology: Patterns and Pigments Matter,” The Charles McDonald Lecture, Brown University Providence, RI, March 2024
- “Art and Medicine: The Intersection of Science and Humanity,” San Diego, CA, March 2024
- “Patterns and Pigments Matter in Art & Medicine,” University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, October 2023
- “Skin Care for Seniors: The Mirror of Health and The Reflection of Age,” Washington, DC, July 2023
- “As In Life and Death, Skin Colors Matter,” 2023 Virtual event with Mark Allen Everett, MD, Skin of Color Symposium, The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, May 2023
- UK Skin of Color Training Day, London, England, January 2023
- “The Use of Fine Art to Fine Tune Observational Skills, Podiatric Cherry Blossom Dermatology, April 2020
- “Skin Colors Matter in the Art and Humanity of Medicine,” University of Southern California, October 2020
- “The Early Diagnosis of Steven-Johnson Syndrome: Health Disparities in Medicine,” Steven Johnson Syndrome Foundation, August 2020
- “Microaggressions in Dermatology,” American Professors of Dermatology, Diversity Championship Workshop, Chicago, September 2019
- “The tolerance for Ambiguity in Art and Medicine,” The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, November 2019
- “Skin Signs of Diabetes,” NIH Women’s Health Initiative, Durham, NC April 2019
- “Atypical Lymphocytic Infiltrates and Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma in Skin of Color,” Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute Symposium, November 2017
- “Dermatology in Skin of Color,” North Carolina Dermatology Nursing Association Greensboro, North Carolina, October 2017
- “Global Health, Duke University, Southern Accent,” Guided visual analysis and lecture at the Nasher Museum, Durham, NC, October 2016
- Guided visual analysis and discussion of the “Hiroshima Panels”, American University Washington, DC, October 2015
- “Faculty Development through Art: Analysis and Discussion of Works of Art and Hands-on Art Workshops,” Marine War College, Quantico, Virginia 2015