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Derma Birmingham

About Derma
Birmingham

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Our Mission

We provide compassionate and locally-owned dermatological care for all patients.

Our Vision

  • To raise the bar on the standards of quality medical care
  • Become a flagship institution, against which other dermatology practices are measured
  • To create an exponential impact on the field of dermatology through patient and medical education

Our Core Values

We hold ourselves accountable in everything we do.

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Grit

We will overcome the most challenging
obstacles through ingenuity
and hard work.

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Compassion

We care for our patients
and employees in every way.

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Integrity

We hold ourselves to the
highest ethical standards.

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Kinship

We nourish relationships with
our patients, our people, and our
community.

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Inclusion

All patients and employees deserve
respect as valuable members
of the community.

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Collaboration

We embrace the unique power
of teamwork to provide exceptional
dermatologic care.

Who We Are

Katherine Hunt, MD, FAAD

Dr. Hunt is a board-certified dermatologist and fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, specializing in a broad range of dermatologic care for all ages.

Dr. Hunt grew up in Hoover, Alabama and attended Hoover High School. She started her career in business and engineering at the University of Alabama.

As an undergraduate, she gained national attention and was named "USA Today National Academic All-Star" for creating a self-sustaining peer mentoring program which measurably improved students' computer science performance at Alabama.

Her extensive work experience at Huron Consulting Group and GE Healthcare helped her realize that she would be most fulfilled in the field of medicine, helping patients one-on-one.

Dr. Hunt completed her medical education and dermatology residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She served as chief resident during her final year. As an Assistant Clinical Professor, Dr. Hunt earned one of the highest patient satisfaction scores for the entire UAB system (100%).

She is now an Associate Clinical Professor and continues to see immunocompromised patients at UAB. She teaches dermatology and primary care residents on a daily basis.

Her specialties are:

  • Skin cancer
  • Patients with compromised immune systems
  • Undetectable cosmetic dermatology
  • Rashes

Fun facts about Dr. Hunt:

  • She co-authors the “Fungal Diseases” chapter of the premier dermatology textbook, Bolognia Dermatology
  • Dr. Hunt’s parents are retired teachers
  • She races in triathlons and plays board games for fun
  • Dr. Hunt has four children, a cat, and a dog
  • Her husband, Bryce Hunt, swam backstroke in the 2004 Olympics and is also a physician
  • Dr. Hunt gives lectures and writes publications on immunocompromised populations
  • Her great-great-uncle, Italo Marchiony, invented the ice cream cone in 1903

Cities We Serve

  • Birmingham
  • Hoover
  • Homewood
  • Vestavia Hills
  • Sylacauga
  • Chelsea

Neighborhoods

  • Bluff Park
  • The Preserve
  • Ross Bridge
  • Southside
  • Cahaba Heights
  • Trace Crossings
  • Blackridge