Yolanda Rosi Helfrich, MD

Dr. Yolanda Helfrich is Professor of Dermatology, Chief of Medical Dermatology and the Program Director of the Dermatology Residency in the University of Michigan Department of Dermatology. She is a board-certified dermatologist who provides medical dermatology services to patients of all ages within our outpatient clinics.
She has a clinical specialization in the follow-up and diagnosis of high-risk skin cancer patients and runs a specialty clinic devoted to the care of patients with alopecia (hair loss). She also has a special interest in rosacea and has been invited to speak and write nationally about the pathogenesis and treatment of rosacea. She serves on the National Rosacea Society Medical Advisory Board.
Dr. Helfrich is a Michigan native. She grew up in Grayling and attended Grayling High School. She graduated with a B.A. in Latin and Ancient History from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. She subsequently attended medical school at the University of Michigan Medical School, graduating in 2001. Dr. Helfrich completed her internship in internal medicine and her residency in dermatology at the University of Michigan. She joined the faculty at the University of Michigan Department of Dermatology in 2005.

Throughout her career, Dr. Helfrich has had a strong interest in clinical research. She directed the Program for Clinical Research in Dermatology (PCRiD) in the department from 2008 until 2021, serving as Primary Investigator on numerous departmental and industry-sponsored clinical trials and research investigations of rosacea, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, lichen planus, and other dermatologic conditions. She also served on the Michigan Medicine Research Board of Directors Clinical Trials Subcommittee, helping the institution create a unified clinical research enterprise, and subsequently served as one of the inaugural Medical Directors of the Neurosciences and Sensory Clinical Trials Support Unit.