Alan Menter (born 30 October 1941, in

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

) is an English-born

dermatologist Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medical ...

, and former flyhalf

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player for the

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Rugby union

Menter played his first international game on the South African tour of France in 1968. The Springboks won both games. He captained both the Universities of Witwatersrand and Pretoria in South Africa through his University career (1961–70) as well as playing for Guys' Hospital Rugby team and the Harlequins during his Fellowship years in London from 1971 to 1973. He also represented the South African Universities Cricket team against New Zealand in 1961.

Personal life

Menter attended

Parktown Boys' High School Parktown Boys' High School is a public English medium high school for boys situated in Parktown, a suburb of Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is one of the oldest schools in Johannesburg. Parktown Boys' sister school is Pa ...

, followed by medical school at the

University of Witwatersrand The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( or ). The university ...

, South Africa in 1968. He completed his

dermatology Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medical ...

residency at Pretoria General Hospital at the

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. Menter is Jewish. He has resided in Dallas, USA since 1975

Professional life

Menter is a dermatologist, Chairman of the Division of Dermatology and Director of the Dermatology Residency program for Baylor University Medical Center, Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, and Principal Faculty at Texas A&M College of Medicine, all in Dallas. After obtaining his medical degree from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, Menter completed his residency in dermatology at the

in South Africa and fellowships at

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in London and St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin in London, as well as the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Menter is board-certified in dermatology. In August 2004, he founded the International Psoriasis Council, an international organization dedicated to raising international consciousness and understanding of psoriasis as a serious immune-mediated disease. He served as its initial President until December 2010 He is also a member of the

American Academy of Dermatology The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) is a non-profit professional organization of dermatologists in the United States and Canada, based in Rosemont, Illinois, near Chicago. It was founded in 1938 and has more than 20,500 members. The Academy ...

, American Dermatological Association, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, American Society of Dermatologic Surgery,

British Association of Dermatologists The British Association of Dermatologists is a charity established in 1920 whose charitable objects are the practice, teaching, training, and research of dermatology. It produces the ''British Journal of Dermatology The ''British Journal of De ...

, and The Society for Investigative Dermatology. He is past President of the Texas Dermatology Society (1995–96) and has been an honorary member of Solapso (Latin America Society for Psoriasis) since 2009. He has authored or co-authored more than 255 scientific journal articles, four books and multiple book chapter

Professor Menter was honored at the 2015 American Academy of Dermatology meeting by the Dermatology Foundation with the Clark W. Finnerud Award, intended to honor a dermatologist whose contributions as a clinical educator are exemplary.

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The Glory of the Game
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Rugby union

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