Brittany P. Smirnov , D.O., is a native of the Washington D.C. area. She graduated from Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, MD, where she was ranked in the top 10% of her class. She received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree with a double major in Biology and Studio Art from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. Dr. Smirnov received her Doctorate of Osteopathy (D.O.) from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV. She completed a Traditional Rotating Internship at Broward Health Medical Center in Ft. Lauderdale and went on to complete a Dermatology Residency at Broward Health Medical Center where she worked with Dermatology Associates, P. A., of the Palm Beaches’ renowned Mohs surgeon John M. Strasswimmer, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.D., in our Delray Beach office. 

Dr. Smirnov decided to become a physician after suffering stress fractures in both legs as a 12-year- old. She chose Dermatology as her specialty because her father suffered from skin cancer when she was young. Dr. Smirnov believes that South Florida is the best place in the world to train for and practice Dermatology because of the diversity of the population and the high incidence of skin cancer. From 2007 – 2009, Dr. Smirnov represented the NIA in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on the post- baccalaureate IRTA committee. Her experience includes serving as a Post- baccalaureate IRTA Fellow, National Institute on Aging, Laboratory of Immunology and the Research Resources Branch, Confocal Imaging Facility.