Dr. Zippin is the current Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Dermatology and is the Director of the Contact, Occupational, and Photo Dermatitis Unit. Dr. Zippin obtained his undergraduate education at Cornell University where he received a Bachelor’s of Science with Honors. He then attended the Rockefeller/Cornell/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional M.D./Ph.D. program. After completing a general medicine internship at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, he trained in dermatology at the Weill Cornell Medical Center – New York Presbyterian Hospital. Following completion of his post-doctoral studies in 2010, Dr. Zippin joined the faculty of the Department of Dermatology at Weill Cornell Medical College.