Eva

R.

Parker

MD

Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Faculty Lead for DEI, Department of Dermatology

Professional Bio

Eva Rawlings Parker, MD, DTMH, is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She delivers award-winning care, specializing in medical, inpatient, and cosmetic dermatology. Her academic expertise includes the health effects of climate change, HIV dermatoses, and tropical and infectious disease dermatology. She is a native Nashvillian and proud alumna of Harpeth Hall School.

Dr. Parker is passionate about ensuring access to dermatologic care for vulnerable and marginalized populations, providing care to people living with HIV, staffing Nashville General Hospital's dermatology clinic, and providing volunteer care to immigrant, refugee, and underserved populations in Nashville at Siloam Health and Shade Tree Clinic. Additionally, Dr. Parker is a member of the volunteer medical corps of Addis Clinic providing telehealth consultation services in Africa, has taught internationally in resource-limited settings, and is a supervisor/mentor at the Regional Dermatology Training Centre in Tanzania.

She is a member of the International League of Dermatological Societies' WHO Official Relations Committee, Deputy Chair of the American Academy of Dermatology's (AAD) World Congress Fund Review Task Force, and a member of the CDC's Global Chromoblastomycosis Working Group. With a B.S. in Environmental Science, Dr. Parker serves as Co-Chair of the AAD's Expert Resource Group on Climate Change and Environmental Issues, Associate Editor of the Journal of Climate Change and Health, and a member of the International Society of Dermatology's Committee on Climate Change and Cochrane's Climate-Health Working Group.

Dr. Parker actively publishes and speaks nationally and internationally on the dermatologic effects of climate change. Locally, she is president of both the Nashville Dermatological Society and Williamson County Medical Society.

Dr. Parker's areas of expertise and clinical interests: