Michael H. Gold M.D., Medical Director
Dr. Michael H. Gold is the founder of Gold Skin Care Center and Advanced Aesthetics Medi Spa located in Nashville, Tennessee. The Center began serving the Nashville community in 1990. Dr. Gold is a board certified dermatologist who oversees the various facets of the Center's operations, a combination of medical and surgical dermatology, cosmetic dermatology, aesthetic services and research endeavors. Dr. Gold has earned a national and international reputation for providing patients with leading edge technological advances and has expertise in all facets of dermatology and aesthetic care. He is the author of over 75 published scientific articles.
Dr. Gold completed his undergraduate studies at Tulane University in 1981 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School in 1985 and was part of the first class to utilize and graduate from the North Chicago Medical School campus. He performed an internship in internal medicine at Emory University in Atlanta before returning to the Chicago area to complete his training in dermatology at Northwestern University Medical Center. At Northwestern, Dr. Gold trained under the leadership of Henry H. Roenigk, M.D., a world renowned expert in cosmetic, surgical dermatology, who prepared Dr. Gold for the exciting work which laid ahead for him in the field of dermatology.
Throughout his dermatologic career, Dr. Gold has pioneered research initiatives that have gained both national and international exposure. In 1989, Dr. Gold became the first dermatologist to begin study on the use of topical silicone gel sheeting for the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids. The first paper in the dermatologic literature on this subject appeared in 1992, which demonstrated the effectiveness of topical silicone gel in the reduction in size, decreased thickness, and color change back towards normal for these difficult to treat lesions. In 1994, Dr. Gold published a detailed controlled clinical trial utilizing topical silicone gel sheeting for hypertrophic scars and keloids and introduced the concept of prevention using topical silicone gel sheeting. A large controlled trial, published in 2000, confirmed earlier data showing that the use of topical silicone gel sheeting prophylactically could prevent hypertrophic scars and keloids in susceptible individuals.
Dr. Gold is also the only United States dermatologist who participated in an international panel which published in 2002 the international guidelines on the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids. Dr. Gold has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Asia on treating hypertrophic scars and keloids and remains an expert in this field today.
Dr. Gold also has extensive research interest in the laser field for aesthetic dermatology. He performed the first clinical trial on the use of the intense pulsed light source for hair removal and reported its beneficial aspects in 1996. Dr. Gold performed and published the 3-months intense pulsed light for hair removal trials, 1-year intense pulsed light / hair removal clinical trials, 2-year intense pulsed light / hair removal clinical trials, the treatment of blond hair with the intense pulsed light and the treatment of skin types 5 and 6 with the intense pulsed light.
Dr. Gold has presented this data at national and international symposia and is regarded as the world's expert in intense pulsed light therapy for hair removal.
In addition, Dr. Gold has helped develop and worked with a variety of medical device companies on utilizing intense pulsed light therapy for other indications, including vascular, pigmentary and photorejuvenation efforts. He also has helped pioneer the use of other laser therapies, including new resurfacing lasers, non-invasive laser resurfacing lasers and non-ablative lasers, as well. Most recently, Dr. Gold has worked in the field of radiofrequency, helping develop a new generation of "skin tightening" lasers.
Gold Skin Care Center incorporates the private practice of dermatology, dermatologic surgery and aesthetic surgery in a clinical practice setting. In addition, Dr. Gold is the founder of Tennessee Clinical Research Center, a full-service clinical research organization which performs clinical trials for a variety of pharmaceutical and medical device companies. He also introduced Advanced Aesthetics Medi Spa in 1991, which provides patients with more advanced levels of treatments than they would find in a normal day spa and provides one-stop convenience for all their skin care needs. Dr. Gold recently introduced The Laser & Rejuvenation Center in 2005, offering the very latest in skin rejuvenation and housing the largest and most advanced selection of lasers in Middle Tennessee.
Dr. Gold is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the Department of Dermatology and has regularly taught medical residents, dermatology residents and nursing students in the clinic setting. Dr. Gold is part of numerous medical and dermatologic specialist groups, including the American Academy of Dermatology, The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, The International Society for Dermatologic Surgery, The American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, The International Society of Cosmetic Laser Surgeons and the Noah Worcester Dermatologic Society (one of the most prestigious dermatologic organizations in the United States).
Dr Gold has been active in serving the Nashville community since his arrival in 1989. He has served on the Boards of the Jewish Federation of Nashville, the Jewish Family Service, being President of that organization in 1999 and 2000, and has served for the on the Board of Nashville Cares, the largest social service AIDS organization in the Nashville area. Dr. Gold has taken care of the Nashville AIDS population since opening his clinic and works hand-in-hand with the Comprehensive Care Center, Nashville's HIV clinic, assuring that patients with HIV/AIDS are given the highest quality dermatologic care.
Dr. Gold has been married to Cindee for the past 24 years and has two children, Ilissa 20 and Benjamin 17.
