Peter Rullan

Dr. Peter Rullan has been in private practice in Chula Vista since 1983. He is married and has four children. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is one of 20 physicians in his family over the last four generations. Dr. Rullan did his undergraduate training at the University of Chicago. He received his Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Puerto Rico. He did his Internship and Dermatology training at the University of California, Irvine. He became Board Certified in Dermatology in 1983. Dr Rullan has the distinct honor of being a Diplomate of 3 Boards: the American Board of Dermatology, : the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery and the American Board Facial Cosmetic Surgery.

Dr. Rullan is Past-President of the San Diego Dermatologic Surgical Society; of the San Diego Dermatology Society; and of the Chula Vista Rotary Club. He served on the Board of the California Academy of Cosmetic Surgery for 8 years. Dr. Rullan is widely published and has been featured multiple times on local and national television news segments (CBS, ABC, KUSI, FOX). He is an author in 13 chapters on Chemical Peels in 12 medical textbooks, He has lectured and conducted clinical training seminars both locally and internationally in the art of chemical peeling over 100 times. He is a Volunteer Clinical Faculty at UCSD School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology and at the San Diego Naval Hospital’s Department of Dermatology.

His areas of special interests and training include the treatment of Acne and Psoriasis, Chemical Peels for Acne Scars, Skin Rejuvenation and Pigmentation, Tumescent Liposuction and Lipotransfer, Skin Cancer Treatment with Mohs Surgery and Reconstruction, Immunodermatology and Sclerotherapy of Spider and Varicose Veins. He also has dozens of other publications in peer-reviewed journals such as The American Academy of Dermatology, The Archives of Dermatology, the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery, the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS), the Journal of Facial Plastic Surgery and the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. He is one of only 20 physicians in the U.S. that were part of a 5-year prospective study on the safety of Artefill/Bellafill injections for the correction of facial wrinkles.

Lectures (+100): Nationally and Internationally including:

• Faculty Speaker at the 23rd world Congress of Dermatology in Cancun, Mexico
• Faculty Speaker at the 22nd World Congress of Dermatology in Korea.*Faculty Speaker at the 24th World Congress of Dermatology in Milan, Italy 2019
• Featured Speaker at the convention of the Chinese Academy of Dermatology meeting 2012
• The Featured Speaker at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Arizona
• Featured speaker at the Brazilian society of Cosmetic Dermatology.
• Medical Director of the CACS sponsored “Live Phenol Peel Course” 2012 and 2013
• 1st National Sales-force Training for Artecoll- gave live Demonstration on Injection Technique
• “The Lost Art of Chemical peels” and Live Demo @ Masters of Aesthetics, San Diego, 8/18
• “Live Medium and Deep peel Workshop” @ Annual meeting ASDS in Phoenix, 10/08
• “Treatment of Acne Scars in all skin types” Lecture and Live Demo, @ DASIL 2018, Buenos Aires, 10/18
• “The Lost Art of Chemical peels” @ DASIL 2018
• “Hetter Deep Peels” @ IMCAS, Paris, 2019
• “Pearls from the Masters in Dermatologic Surgery” @ AAD Annual Convention, in Washington DC, 3/19
• “The Lost Art of Chemical peels” and “Hetter Peels” @ the World Congress of Dermatology, in Milan, Italy, 6/19.
• Aesthetic 2019 New Delhi, India: Chemical peel Workshop, August 9-11, 2019
• ASDS 2019, Chicago: Speaker, Chemical Peel Session

Awards

• Most scholarly article of 2004: American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery”- awarded by the Trustees of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery for his work with Phenol Peels
• Selected as “America’s Best/Top Doctors” (2002-2021) “San Diego’s Best Doctors” as reported in the “San Diego Magazine”.