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Dr. Elise Olsen is the medical director of the Duke Laser Hair Removal Clinic. Dr. Olsen is a professor of both dermatology and oncology at Duke and is the founder and director of the Duke Dermatopharmacology Study Center and the Duke Hair Disorders Research and Treatment Center.

Dr. Olsen serves a consultant to dermatologists from all over the world who have patients with difficult to diagnose or treat hair disorders. She is particularly interested in the conditions that cause hair overgrowth and was part of the original group of investigators to evaluate laser as a means of removing hair.

She is a founder and past president of the North American Hair Research Society. Dr. Olsen lectures widely on hair disorders, has written many articles on the subject and is the editor of two editions of the internationally recognized textbook, "Hair Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment," published by McGraw-Hill.