About Dr. Zanelli
Dr. Zanelli is a Dermatologist certified by the American Board of Dermatology. He specializes in Aesthetic, Medical, & Surgical Dermatology and has
been named one of "America's Top Dermatologists" by the 2009 and 2011 Guide to
America's Top Dermatologists written by the Consumers Research Council
of America. Gaetano (Guy) Zanelli received his Doctor of Medicine degree with highest honors from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and has been in Dermatology practice in the Bay Area since 1995. He served as chief resident in dermatology at Thomas Jefferson
University in Philadelphia, and completed his internship in internal
medicine and fellowship in melanoma patient care at the University of
California, San Francisco.
Dr. Zanelli holds a teaching appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor of
Dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco, where his
activities include teaching diagnosis and treatment of skin disease to
residents and medical students. He recently served as the Bay Area
California State Chariman for the Dermatology Foundation Leaders’
Society.
Before finishing medical school Dr. Zanelli returned to San Francisco to do clinical research at the University of California’s Department of Dermatology at San Francisco General Hospital. During that time he organized and participated in the first trials of laser treatment for Kaposi’s Sarcoma, and this work was subsequently published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Dr. Zanelli has presented clinical research work at meetings of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery and has authored a book chapter on the dermatologic manifestations of mycobacterial infections.
