Pascal Joly is a Professor of Dermatology and Head of the Department of Dermatology at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rouen in Rouen, France. He leads the French Reference Centre for autoimmune blistering diseases, and coordinates the auto immune blistering disease group of the European network on rare skin disorders (ERN). He gained his medical degree from Paris V University in Paris, France in 1990, his PhD in immunodermatology from Rouen University Hospital in 1994.