Maria K. Hordinsky, MD

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, Twin Cities campus, and Director of the 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. Dr. Hordinsky is the current president of the North American Hair Research Society; Immediate Past Chair, Scientific Advisory Council of the National Alopecia Areata Foundation; Member, Board of Directors, Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation; Association of Professors of Dermatology, Representative to the Council of Academic Societies of the AAMC; Section Editor, UpToDate, Hair Diseases.

Dr. Hordinsky is also actively involved in several other dermatology organizations including the American Academy of Dermatology and Society for Investigative Dermatology. Dr. Hordinsky was a recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award and has over 120 publications. She regularly lectures and teaches on hair diseases and divides her time between seeing patients with residents and medical students in her private practice associated with University of Minnesota Physicians, doing clinical research, teaching, and administration.

• Mpls.St. Paul Magazine Top Doctors, 2012-2015
• Best Doctors in America®, 2011-2012, 2013
• Minnesota Monthly Best Doctors for Women, 2011, 2014
• Minnesota Monthly "Best Doctor", 2014
• Dermatology Foundation, National Research Service Award
• National Institutes of Health NIH Training Grant, University of Minnesota Department of Dermatology

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