Livingston Dermatology 201 S. Livingston Ave. Livingston, NJ 07039
For appointments call: 973-994-1170

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet Our Doctors


CHRISTOPHER SCIALES, M.D.

 

Christopher Sciales, M.D. is a native New Yorker who moved to New Jersey in 1989.  His mother is a Pediatrician, his father an Internist and his grandfather was a General Practitioner.  He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Fordham University and attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Following a year residency in Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, Dr. Sciales completed his Dermatology residency at the New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey.  He became a diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology in 1992. Dr. Sciales is the owner of Livingston Dermatology Associates in Livingston, New Jersey since 1993 and the owner of Warren Dermatology Associates since 1996.  Dr. Sciales is on the medical staff of Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey and Morristown Hospital in Morristown, New Jersey.  He is currently Clinical Instructor at Saint Barnabas and the East Orange Veterans Administration Medical Center Hospitals.


JEFFREY M. WHITWORTH, M.D.

 

Jeffrey Whitworth was born in Pocatello, Idaho. His father is a General Surgeon in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Raised in Oklahoma, Dr. Whitworth graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. After graduating, he completed an internship in General Surgery at the Oregon Health Science University in Portland, Oregon.  Dr. Whitworth then came to Newark, New Jersey for Dermatology training at the New Jersey Medical School.  While in residency, he met his wife Dr. Roseline  Ahkami, also a dermatologist with Livingston & Warren Dermatology Associates. After completing his residency, Dr. Whitworth completed two fellowships: one in Dermatopathology (at the NJ Medical School), and the other in Mohs Surgery and Hair Transplantation (with Dr. Dough Stough in Hot Springs, Arkansas). Dr. Whitworth is Board Certified in Dermatology.  He is also an assistant professor of dermatology at the New Jersey Medical School. He has practiced in the offices of Livingston & Warren Dermatology since 1996, currently performing Mohs Surgery and Hair Restoration Surgery.


ROSALINE AHKAMI, M.D.

 

Rosaline Ahkami grew up in Clifton, New Jersey.  Throughout her childhood, she knew she wanted to be a doctor like her father, an Obstetrician-Gynecologist.  She graduated with honors from Colby College where she earned her Bachelors in biology.  She received her Medical Degree from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School in 1994.  She completed her internship at the New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center.  Before starting her residency, Dr. Ahkami spent one year as a dermatology fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. During her fellowship she was involved in dermatology research and published many papers in dermatology journals.  She then completed her residency at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, where she met her husband Dr. Whitworth. Dr. Ahkami is a diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology. She began her association with Livingston & Warren Dermatology in June of 1998. Dr. Ahkami also enjoys teaching the dermatology residents at the East Orange VA Medical Center, which is an affiliated teaching hospital of the New Jersey Medical School.

 

 


 


MICHAEL WIEDERKEHR, M.D.



HELEN C. HALIASOS, M.D. 

 

 

JANET M. COLE

NURSE PRACTITIONER

 

Janet M. Cole, RN, MSN-C, DNC was raised in Livingston, New Jersey. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Bloomfield College. She was the Head Nurse in a large dermatology practice in Passaic County for eight years and earned the Dermatology Nurse Certified credential in 1998. In 2002 she completed her Master’s Degree in Nursing at Seton Hall University and is Board Certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as an Adult Nurse Practitioner. She is licensed to see adolescent and adult clients and is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American Nurses’ Association and the Dermatology Nurses’ Association. She is the recipient of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association’s 2002 Writer’s Award.

 

MSN               =          Master of Science in Nursing

APN-C            =          Advance Practice Nurse Certified

DNC                =          Dermatology Nurse Certified