Dina Strachan

Strachan's mother, also a physician, waited until Dina was seven years old to pierce her ears, so that her twin brother would not pull on the earrings. This was later than most little girls of West Indian descent of her generation.{{cite web |last=Strachan |first=Dina |title=Jewelry, Jeans and Skin Allergy Testing |url=https://www.dinastrachanmd.com/media-dermatologist/musings-of-a-nyc-dermatologist/ |access-date=29 August 2024 |website=Musings of a NYC Dermatologist}}

Strachan obtained her undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard and Yale and trained as a dermatologist at the University of California-San Francisco. She joined the faculty at New York University.{{cite news |title=What Your Dermatologist Wants You to Know with Dr. Dina Strachan |url=https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/137117/what-your-dermatologist-wants-you-to-know-with-dr-dina-strachan |access-date=29 August 2024 |publisher=Voice America |date=April 28, 2022}}

In addition to running a private dermatology practice in New York City, Strachan has commented on treatments for skin problems and hair loss for The New York Times{{cite news |last1=Rothman |first1=Julia |last2=Feinberg |first2=Shaina |title=The Last Strand: Let’s Talk About Hair Loss |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/31/business/hair-loss-treatments.html |access-date=28 August 2024 |publisher=The New York Times |date=March 31, 2023}} and other media outlets.{{cite news |last1=Hilton Andersen |first1=Charlotte |title=The 37 Worst Pieces of Skin Care Advice Dermatologists Have Ever Heard |url=https://www.thehealthy.com/beauty/face-body-care/dermatologist-skin-care-advice/ |access-date=29 August 2024 |publisher=The Healthy |date=July 27, 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Colleen |title=23 drugstore sunscreens dermatologists actually use themselves |url=https://www.today.com/style/23-drugstore-sunscreens-dermatologists-actually-use-themselves-t113086 |access-date=29 August 2024 |publisher=Today |date=July 10, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Darrisaw |first1=Michelle |title=Black Skin Care 101: What Are Keloid Scars and How Can Black Women Get Rid of Them? |url=https://www.essence.com/beauty/black-skin-keloid-scars-how-to-prevent-treat/ |publisher=Essence |date=October 24, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Oliver |first1=Dana |title=What Black Men Need To Know About Growing And Grooming A Beard |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-men-beard-grooming-tips_n_573356a5e4b096e9f0935f17 |access-date=29 August 2024 |publisher=HuffPost |date=May 12, 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Catherine |title=Skin-Firming as Self-Flagellation |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/02/skin-firming-as-self-flagellation/516567/ |access-date=29 August 2024 |publisher=The Atlantic |date=February 19, 2017}}

In 2005, Strachan founded Findablackdoctor.com after failing to find a similar service online.{{Cite journal |last=Adams |first=Damon |date=2006-03-27 |title=Web sites let patients find like-minded physicians |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA166532934&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=00011843&p=HRCA&sw=w&userGroupName=durh54357&aty=ip |journal=American Medical News |volume=49 |issue=12}}

In 2018, Strachan published Moxie Mindset: Secrets of Building a Profitable, Independent Physicians Practice in a Competitive Market. In the book, she describes how her initial reluctance to entrepreneurship gave way to a business mindset that complemented her pride in serving her community.{{cite news |title=Moxie Mindset: Secrets of Building a Profitable, Independent Physicians Practice in a Competitive Market |url=https://aalbc.com/books/bookinfo.php?isbn13=9781948400619 |access-date=29 August 2024 |publisher=African American Literature Book Club}}

In 2024, Strachan authored a resolution for the American Academy of Dermatology, 005, to support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives and form a task force on antisemitism, anti-Arab bias, and Islamophobia.{{cite news |last1=Stalder |first1=Erika |title=Inside the DEI Battle in Dermatology |url=https://www.allure.com/story/american-academy-of-dermatology-dei-resolution |access-date=28 August 2024 |publisher=Allure |date=February 29, 2024}} She presented her rationale for supporting this version of DEI at the 2024 AAD national meeting.{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Kelsey |last2=Rutherford |first2=Fiona |title=A US Medical Association Is the Latest Battleground in Fight Over Diversity Programs |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-29/skin-doctors-push-to-scrap-dei-programs-citing-antisemitism?embedded-checkout=true |access-date=28 August 2024 |publisher=Bloomberg |date=February 29, 2024}}

• {{Cite book |last=Strachan |first=Dina D. |chapter=The Dermatological Manifestations of HIV Infection in Ethnic Skin |date=2009 |title=HIV/AIDS in U.S. Communities of Color |pages=133–157 |editor-last=Stone |editor-first=Valerie |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-0-387-98152-9_8 |access-date=2024-08-29 |place=New York, NY |publisher=Springer |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-98152-9_8 |isbn=978-0-387-98152-9 |editor2-last=Ojikutu |editor2-first=Bisola |editor3-last=Rawlings |editor3-first=M. Keith |editor4-last=Smith |editor4-first=Kimberly Y.}}
• {{Cite book |last=Strachan |first=Dina D. |title=Moxie Mindset: Secrets of Building a Profitable, Independent Physicians Practice in a Competitive Market |date=2018-03-12 |publisher=Purposely Created Publishing Group |isbn=978-1948400619}}

• {{Cite journal |last=Strachan |first=Dina D. |date=May 2001 |title=Evaluation of hair loss |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/9df5304a1f422a49f9c292f8077bed21/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=47705 |journal=Female Patient |volume=26 |issue=5 |pages=39–44}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Taylor |first=Susan |last2=Cook-Bolden |first2=Fran |last3=Rahman |first3=Zakia |last4=Strachan |first4=Dina |title=Acne vulgaris in skin of color |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology |date=2002 |volume=46 |issue=2 Suppl |pages=S98-106 |doi=10.1067/mjd.2002.120791}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Strachan |first=Dina D.| last2=Okereke| first2=Uchenna |title=Hair care practices and their association with scalp and hair disorders in African American girls |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology |date=2012 |volume=66 |issue=1 |pages=157–159 |doi=10.1016/j.jaad.2011.05.054}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Akoh |first=Christine C. |last2=Shankar |first2=Shruthi |last3=Strachan |first3=Dina D. |last4=Latkowski |first4=Jo-Ann M. |date=2022-08-01 |title=Diversifying the dermatology workforce: Physician characteristics vary by race/ethnicity |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0027968422000475 |journal=Journal of the National Medical Association |volume=114 |issue=4 |pages=369–376 |doi=10.1016/j.jnma.2022.02.011 |issn=0027-9684}}

Strachan was featured on the Netflix docuseries The Black Beauty Effect.{{cite news |title=Comcast and FaceForward Productions Partner For Upcoming Docuseries, ‘The Black Beauty Effect’ |url=https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/comcast-faceforward-productions-docuseries-the-black-beauty-effect |access-date=28 August 2024 |publisher=Comcast |date=June 22, 2022}}{{cite news |title=The Black Beauty Effect: Comcast and FaceForward Productions Partner for Three-Part Docuseries |url=https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/entertainment-news-comcast-and-faceforward-productions-partner-for-docuseries-the-black-beauty-effect-3844168.html |access-date=28 August 2024 |publisher=LatestLY |date=June 19, 2022}}

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• [https://nyulangone.org/doctors/1164466967/dina-d-strachan Profile from New York University]
• {{Official website|https://www.dinastrachanmd.com/media-dermatologist/#media-dermatologist-dr-dina-strachan}}

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