Charles L. Heaton, former associate professor of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 29. He was 85.

After acquiring a BS from Texas A&M University in 1957, Dr. Heaton earned a doctor of medicine degree from Baylor University College of Medicine in 1961. He completed an internship at Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston and his residency at Baylor University College of Medicine in dermatology. From 1965 to 1967, Dr. Heaton was in the US Public Health Service, where he attained the rank of a lieutenant commander.

He joined the faculty at Penn in 1966 as an associate in dermatology. He moved up to assistant professor and then associate professor in the same department. Dr. Heaton was also a senior attending physician and the chief of dermatology at Philadelphia General Hospital in the mid-1970s. He received an honorary MA degree from Penn in 1973. He left Penn in 1978 to join the faculty at the University of Cincinnati, where he became an emeritus professor of dermatology.

Dr. Heaton was a diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology; an elected fellow of the American College of Physicians; an honorary life member of the American Academy of Dermatology; and a member of: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the American Medical Association, the Society of Investigative Dermatology, the American Venereal Disease Association, now the American STDs Association, the American Dermatological Association, and the Cincinnati Dermatological Society.

Dr. Heaton authored more than 35 articles in scientific journals and 12 chapters of various books. He also authored Audiovisual Course in Venereal Disease in 1972 and co-authored Manual of Dermatology in 1980 with DM Pillsbury. Dr. Heaton was selected as Leading Dermatologist in the National Publications of Leading Professionals 2020 for his lifetime of dedication to his profession.

He is survived by his sister, Kathleen Heaton.