Eli A. Silver, M.D. is a Napa native, graduating Napa High School first in his class. He received an A.B. degree in biology with honors from Harvard University and was awarded the John Harvard Scholarship for academic achievement of the highest distinction. While at Harvard, Dr. Silver took his junior year abroad at Imperial College in London, earning straight A's, obtaining the highest mark in physics in the course's history, winning the Sir Arthur Acland Prize for the best university-wide performance in the Humanities, and achieving perfect scores on the Medical College Admission Test. Before starting medical school, he conducted research at U.C. Berkeley in the fields of cancer, aging, and nutrition and co-authored an article published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition focusing on the benefits of high-dose vitamin therapy. Dr. Silver received his M.D. degree at the University of California Irvine, followed by an internship at the Alameda County Medical Center/Highland Hospital. He completed his dermatology residency at McGill University. Dr. Eli Silver is a Board Certified Dermatologist, a Diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Diane S. Silver, M.D. graduated Douglass College (the women's division of Rutgers University) Phi Beta Kappa, with membership in Pi Mu Epsilon (the national honorary mathematics society). After working as a computer programmer for the United States Navy, Dr. Silver attended Harvard University and received a master's degree in teaching mathematics (M.A.T.). She then received her M.D. degree from the University of Southern California, and interned at St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco, completing her dermatology residency at Stanford University, where her original research paper was the correction of acne scars by collagen injections. Before becoming a dermatologist, she was employed as a physician at the Napa County Health Department. Dr. Silver opened her solo practice in Napa in 1979. Dr. Diane Silver is a Board Certified Dermatologist, a Diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.
. Since 1979,Diane S. Silver M.D. has been providing Professional Dermatology care within the Napa Valley community. Dr. Diane S. Silver has a new welcome addition to her team,Dr. Eli A. Silver. Please call us today for an appointment to receive exceptional quality personal care.
Publications:
Doctors Eli and Diane Silver have published (as authors or co-authors) the following medical articles:
1. Hot Tub Folliculitis: A Clinical Syndrome; Western Journal of Medicine 1982; 137:191-194. Also at: Archives of Internal Medicine 1982; 142:1620.
2. Profiles of Patients Using Alternative Medical Care in Orange County; American Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Assembly,Official Program,2000; page 106.
3. Pseudoporphyria Induced by Oral Contraceptive Pills; Archives of Dermatology,February 2003; Vol. 139: No. 2,227-228. Also,Poster presented at American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting,2003. Also,Abstract,Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery,Jan./Feb.2004;Vol.8:No.1,45.
4. Acne Rosacea Occurring After Carbon Dioxide Laser Treatment; Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology,May 2001; 44: 877-878.
5. High-dose Vitamin Therapy Stimulates Variant Enzymes with Decreased Coenzyme Binding Affinity (increased Km): Relevance to Genetic Disease and Polymorphisms; American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,April 2002; Vol. 75: No. 4,616-658.
6. A Cerebriform Mass on the Right Buttock. Dermatologic Surgery,July 2003; Vol. 29: No 7,780-781.
7. Large Amelanotic Melanoma and Vitiligo; Vignettes: Archives of Dermatology,October 2009;Vol. 145 (No. 10),1198-1199.