As an undergraduate at Harvard University, Dr. Valerie Goldburt began her career studying the mechanisms of gene switching, completing her studies with honors. She co-founded the Harvard Undergraduate Society of Neuroscience, and served as business manager for its publication " The Harvard Brain ". During that time, she also served as a Teaching Fellow and a peer tutor. In addition, she received a number of grants from organizations including the Howard Hughes Institute, National Institute of Health, North American Philips Corporation and the Schepp Foundation.

Dr. Goldburt continued her interest in science and medicine as a graduate student at Columbia University in New York, where she completed a Master's degree studying the effects of ultraviolet light on DNA regulation. She attended Brooklyn's Downstate Medical Center, where she earned her Medical Degree. Concurrently, she pursued her interests in gene regulation by studying the effects of stem cell factor and receptor in mucosal immunology, completing a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology in a record two years. During her six years there, she was the Medical School representative for Downstate at the American Association of Medical Colleges conferences around the nation. An outstanding scholar, her entire medical school career was fully funded by a NIH grant.

Dr. Goldburt completed her internship at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan and a dermatology residency at Downstate Medical Center. Furthering her professional training, she was selected to attend the Resident Retreat for Future Academics for scholars and educators in dermatology, a program instituted by the Society for Investigative Dermatology. She studied under the tutelage of world-renowned dermatopathologist, Dr. Bernard Ackerman, at the Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology, and took advanced coursework in Immunology at Stanford University in California.

She has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe, giving dozens of presentations at professional meetings, and is well published. She has worked as a consultant on skin care for cosmetics corporations Lancôme and L'Oreal. She joined the practice at Advanced Dermatology and the Center for Laser and Cosmetic Surgery in 2007.

With her interest in the academic structure of medical education, Dr. Goldburt has always had a love of teaching and tutoring her fellow medical students. With entrepreneurial spirit, she founded Dermboard.com in 2004, an internet tool for prospective dermatology applicants, residents and fellows. It is now the most visited site of its kind on the web, garnering one million website hits annually. Musically trained at a Manhattan conservatory, Dr. Goldburt has performed as pianist and director at many University shows and has performed at Carnegie Hall.