Dr. Norman Orentreich, a pioneering dermatologist, passed away at age 96 this year. Dr. Kane was quoted in Dr, Orentreich’s New York Times obituary.
Although Dr. Orentreich’s name was not listed on Clinique’s products, his role as its guiding dermatologist paved the way decades later for entrepreneurial plastic surgeons and dermatologists to develop and market skin-care brands under their own names.
“He was the groundbreaker there,” said Dr. Michael Kane, a plastic surgeon in New York who had patients in common with Dr. Orentreich and who started his own skin-care line, Kane NY.
The New York Times obituary is available at nytimes.com.