About Diane Hoss, MD

Dr. Hoss joined the faculty of the University of Connecticut Health Center in 1991, and worked there as a Dermatologist, Dermatopathologist and teacher until 2009. She established and directed the Hair Loss and Scalp Disorders Clinic at the Health Center from 1992 to 2007, where she evaluated and treated over 8,000 patients. While at the Health Center, she also initiated and directed the dermatopathologic evaluation of Scalp Biopsies by conventional and horizontal sections from 1993-2009. She evaluated scalp biopsy specimens sent from the Dermatology Department, private practice physicians in Connecticut and New England, and East Coast dermatologists and dermatopathologists. Dr. Hoss joined the faculty of the University of Connecticut Health Center in 1991, and worked there as a Dermatologist, Dermatopathologist and teacher until 2009. She established and directed the Hair Loss and Scalp Disorders Clinic at the Health Center from 1992 to 2007, where she evaluated and treated over 8,000 patients. While at the Health Center, she also initiated and directed the dermatopathologic evaluation of Scalp Biopsies by conventional and horizontal sections from 1993-2009. She evaluated scalp biopsy specimens sent from the Dermatology Department, private practice physicians in Connecticut and New England, and East Coast dermatologists and dermatopathologists. Dr. Hoss has widely lectured on the clinical and biopsy findings in alopecia patients at local and national meetings. She authored or co-authored over 30 articles and book chapters. In 1998, she described and named a disorder she called “scalp dysesthesia,” in which patients suffer from significant scalp pain or itch. She continues to collaborate with clinicians and pathologists in the alopecia field. In 2013, Dr. Hoss established The Hair Loss and Scalp Disorders Clinic at Vivid Dermatology in Farmington, CT.