Maria K. Hordinsky, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology

Contact Info
MD, University of North Dakota School of Medicine
Residency, University of Minnesota Medical School
Summary
If you would like to schedule an appointment with Dr. Hordinsky, please call (612) 625-5656. Maria K. Hordinsky, M.D. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Minnesota and is also the Director of the Department’s Clinical Research Division. Dr. Hordinsky is recognized for her expertise and research in hair diseases and the peripheral nervous system as it relates to hair follicle biology. She is an incoming member to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology and is a Board member of the Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation. She is also the Immediate Past President of the American Hair Research Society. Dr. Hordinsky was a recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award and has over 165 publications. She regularly lectures and teaches on hair diseases and divides her time between seeing patients with residents and medical students in her clinical practice associated with University of Minnesota Physicians, doing clinical research, teaching, and administration.
Awards & Recognition
Professional Associations
Scientific Advisory Council of the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (chair), Scientific Advisory Board of the Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation, Association of Professors of Dermatology (APD) (President), representative from the APD to the Council of Academic Societies/AAMC, American Dermatological Association (Board of Directors). Dr. Hordinsky has been a recipient of the University of Minnesota and Minnesota Medical Foundation’s Humanism in Medicine Award and is a former Department of Dermatology Teacher of the Year. She is an active participant in academic affairs and recently completed a term on the Dermatology Residency Review Committee (RRC) as well as being Vice Pre
Teaching
Academic Interests and Focus
Clinical
Clinics
Dermatology Clinic;Pediatric Specialty Care-Explorer Clinic
Board Certifications
Board Certification
Dermatology
Specializations
- Dermatology (Skin Care)
- Skin Cancer
- Pediatric Dermatology
Clinical Interests
General dermatology; Hair diseases in children and adults; Genetic dermatology; Cutaneous T cell lymphoma; Neurodermatology; Skin cancer