John Alan Zic, MD, earned his medical degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. He then completed an internship in internal medicine and a residency in dermatology (serving as chief resident) at the University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital. Dr Zic currently is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Dermatology of Vanderbilt University's School of Medicine and director of the Vanderbilt Cutaneous Lymphoma Clinic.

Dr. Zic has served as principal investigator in numerous studies on cutaneous lymphoma. He serves on the international editorial board of the American Journal of Drugs in Dermatology while also serving as a review for numerous journals. His primary research interests focus on variables predicting response and survival of patients with cutaneous lymphomas. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Dermatology, the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphoma, the Society for Investigative Dermatology, and the Tennessee Dermatology Society.

While at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Zic has earned a Master Clinical Teacher appointment, a CANDLE Award for medical student mentoring/teaching, and a Grant Liddle Award for research mentoring of young physicians.