San Diego's French Connection..Tour De France
San Diego, CA, March 30, 2016 (Newswire.com) - San Diego’s surprising connection to the Tour de France is a 60 year old dermatologist, Dr. Mitchel Goldman.
Tour de France’s hot and arduous mountain 2,200 mile route is grueling for anyone, so this is no minor achievement for a sexagenarian. In 2015, he cycled half the route: the last 6 mountain stages in the French Alps. One look at the doctor tells you he is extremely fit. Although small in stature, he is muscular and looks half his age. Goldman is nationally recognized for correcting children’s facial deformities and achieving natural looking youth enhancing treatments for women and men.
"I started biking because I couldn't afford a car. Then it became therapeutic for life's stressful events and now it is a passion."
Dr. Mitchel Goldman, Tour de France Cyclist and Dermatologist
Do the recent attacks in France deter Goldman? Not on your life. “I will not let any potential terrorist threats change my plans and I do not think any athlete would do so as well,” he claims.
This year on July 2nd, the “Tour” departs in Normandy at the foot of Europe’s highest mountain, the magnificent Mont-Saint-Michel known as the “Wonder of the Western World.” Goldman will be there with the other amateur cyclists who chose route segments and ride four hours ahead of the professionals.
Background
- Age 4 received first bike
- Biked as an undergraduate student at Boston University because he couldn’t afford a car
- Biked to medical school at Stanford University and joined bike club of faculty and med students to ride around the Stanford area on weekends
- As a dermatology resident (UCLA), rode with his brother on weekends around the LA mountains
- 1986: Started a dermatology practice in San Diego and rode to and from the office and weekends.
- Horrific accident: he was hit by a car while cycling... he didn’t ride again for 10 years. His best friend got him on the bike again
- At age 50, he joined Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) and has ridden the past 10 years cycles with the SD charity cycles (Million Dollar Challenge) from San Francisco to San Diego or the Ojai California CAF event or the NorCAL CAF event
- Rides to and from his office 4 days a week (13 miles each way)
- 2012: Joined elite cycling club, Swami’s and currently rides with 3 separate clubs on average 250 miles a week
Goldman said, “I started biking because I couldn’t afford a car. Then it became therapeutic for life’s stressful events and now it is a passion.” So, what does he do in his spare time? ...hikes around San Diego
Professional Background
- A graduate of Boston University (Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and Stanford University Medical School
- 1986 began practice in San Diego
- World-renowned, double-board certified dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon.
- Pioneered research on multiple laser techniques, skin rejuvenation, liposculpture and vein therapy
- Volunteer clinical professor of Dermatology University of California, San Diego with hospital affiliations with Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA
- Honorary Professor of Dermatology for the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Director of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery Fellowship Program
- Founding member of the Space Dermatology Foundation
- Associate editor of numerous medical journals including: Dermatologic Surgery, Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, Cosmetic Surgery and Venous Digest
- Reviewer for the Archives of Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and more
- Founder past president of the American College of Philology
- Dermatology Society and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
Contact Information:
Teri, Cosmetic Laser Dermatology
9339 Genesee Avenue, Suite 300
San Diego, CA
T 858-657-1002
Note: Complete CV available upon request
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JMB Associates Public Relations
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