Faculty

Victoria Holloway Barbosa, MD MBA MPH

  • Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Clinical Interests: Actinic Keratoses, Basal Cell Carcinoma, Cutaneous Lupus, Dermatomyositis, Drug Allergies, Eczema and Atopic Dermatitis, Hair Loss Alopecia in Women, Infections of the Skin, Integrated Womens Health, Mole Surveillance, Occupational Dermatitis, Phototherapy, Pigmentation Disorders, Psoriasis, Rosacea, Screening for Patients with Sun Damage or Concerning Lesions, Seborrheic Keratosis, Skin Cancer, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Warts
  • Websites: Research Network Profile
  • Contact: vbarbosa@uchicago.edu

Victoria Barbosa is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Dermatology and the Director of the Hair Loss Program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Harvard University and her medical degree cum laude from the Yale University School of Medicine, where she was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha. She completed an internship in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and her residency in dermatology at Yale. She completed the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She also holds a master’s degree in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management



Dr. Barbosa is an internationally recognized expert in hair and scalp disorders and in treating dermatological conditions in skin of color. She joined the University of Chicago faculty in 2019. She has previously been the owner of a successful private practice, Millennium Park Dermatology, and was a Vice President in Research and Development at L’Oréal USA where she built and managed the L’Oréal Institute for Ethnic Hair and Skin Research.



Dr. Barbosa is the Immediate Past President of the Chicago Dermatological Society, the Secretary-Treasurer of the Illinois Dermatological Society, and a Scientific Advisor for the Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation. She was a founding board member of the Skin of Color Society

A Comparative Randomized Clinical Study Assessing the Efficacy of a 1% Selenium Disulfide-Based Shampoo versus 2% Ketoconazole Shampoo in Subjects with Moderate to Severe Scalp Seborrheic Dermatitis.
A Comparative Randomized Clinical Study Assessing the Efficacy of a 1% Selenium Disulfide-Based Shampoo versus 2% Ketoconazole Shampoo in Subjects with Moderate to Severe Scalp Seborrheic Dermatitis. Skin Appendage Disord. 2024 Dec; 10(6):497-504.
PMID: 39659649

Scalp Infection, Inflammation, and Infestation.
Scalp Infection, Inflammation, and Infestation. Dermatol Clin. 2023 Jul; 41(3):539-545.
PMID: 37236720

Diversity in the Dermatology Workforce and in Academic Medicine.
Diversity in the Dermatology Workforce and in Academic Medicine. Dermatol Clin. 2023 Apr; 41(2):249-256.
PMID: 36933913

Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Syndrome in Revision Arthroplasty for a Prosthetic Knee Infection: A Case Report.
Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Syndrome in Revision Arthroplasty for a Prosthetic Knee Infection: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connect. 2021 05 26; 11(2):e20.00805.
PMID: 34038391

Guidelines of care for the management of primary cutaneous melanoma. American Academy of Dermatology.
Guidelines of care for the management of primary cutaneous melanoma. American Academy of Dermatology. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011 Nov; 65(5):1032-47.
PMID: 21868127