OUR MISSION
Quality patient care is our priority. Providing excellent clinical and service quality, offering compassionate care, and conducting innovative research and medical education are essential to our mission.
In pursuing this mission, the institute recognizes that adherence to ethical standards and compliance with applicable laws is critical to the practice’s ability to continue its collaboration with health care professionals, patients and the community.
Director of the Grimes Center of Medical and Aesthetic Dermatology
Director of the Vitiligo & Pigmentation Institute of Southern California
Pearl E. Grimes, MD, FAAD is a globally recognized dermatologic expert and a leading international authority on vitiligo and pigmentation disorders. As Director of the Vitiligo and Pigmentation Institute of Southern California, she treats patients from all over the world who seek her expertise and extraordinary patient care.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Dr. Grimes has received numerous awards in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field, including: the 2019 Alan Shalita Memorial Award; the 2017 Lifetime Achievement in Dermatology Award from the American Skin Association, the 2017 Everett C. Fox Memorial Award and Lectureship from the American Academy of Dermatology; the 2017 Goldman Humanitarian Award from the American Academy of Dermatology; 2017 Women’s Dermatologic Society Legacy Award, the 2011 Women’s Dermatologic Society Mentor of the Year Award, the 2011 Dermatology Foundation Practitioner of the Year, as well as longstanding inclusion on lists such as Los Angeles Magazine Super Doctor, Best Doctors of America and the Hollywood Reporter’s Top Hollywood Doctors (voted by her peers).
