Director of Clinical Registries and Quality Sciences

Dr. Etkin currently serves as the Director of Clinical Registries and Quality Sciences at the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).  Dr. Etkin oversees the AAD’s qualified clinical data registry, DataDerm. DataDerm is the leading US national repository for clinical data on dermatologic care, with over 15 million unique patients and over 59 million encounters.  Dr. Etkin also directs the AAD’s Quality Innovation team which develops performance measures, guideline derived products and approaches to quality improvement and care improvement in dermatology. 

Dr. Etkin was previously the Administrative Director of the Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC) at Northwestern University and Research Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery.  Prior to her time at Northwestern, Dr. Etkin was Director of Analytics for the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR).  With her previous roles, Dr. Etkin led collaborative efforts with registry partners and stakeholders, including surgeons, patient groups, industry, hospitals, and government agencies such as the FDA and CMS.  Dr. Etkin holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a PhD in Community Health Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health.