I recently returned from my annual American Academy of Dermatology Conference. No less than 18,000 were in attendance from all over the world. The exchange of ideas and techniques with colleagues was exhilarating. Here is a summary of a few impressions I took away. We are in a new age of treatment for melanoma and […]
Given the following information, which of these people do you think is more likely to contract Eczema, a skin disease affecting primarily children, featuring rashes of dry, itchy, and scaly skin? Child A: Chad lives in a developed country (the United States) in the swanky section of a bustling city (Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York) […]
There is an Australian instrument called a Digory do. It is about a 5 inch wide, very long tube made out of wood and usually some sort of wax or plastic, covering up the top for a mouthpiece. It is played by breathing in and out almost simultaneously. An Australian patient of mine, who married […]
A nice internal medicine physician, originally Canadian, refers patients to me often from afar. I am very honored and humbled at the same time. Recently, he referred a patient in his early 60s. This patient had seen two dermatologists prior, in addition to his internal medicine physician, one who prescribed a corticosteroid and the other […]
It was a typical Tuesday afternoon and we started our second set of Mohs surgery patients. Emma had a squamous cell carcinoma on her left temple. After the initial excision, she already had a dime-sized hole in her head! Fortunately, her lesion cleared after two stages of surgery. We took her back to our amatory surgery center, […]
One routine Monday morning, I came in to Examination Room 5 to perform a full skin exam on Bob, the father of a young former patient I treated a decade ago for Morphea – a skin hardening condition. Prior to beginning, Bob thanked me for diagnosing his daughter’s condition, and I expressed my appreciation for […]
As physicians, we hear it time and time again – “By the time I came in to see you, my rash disappeared!” Well, no longer. More and more patients come into our clinic, showing us photos of their skin ailment on their mobile devices taken over a few days or even weeks at a time. […]
Prior to every surgery in our clinic, we conduct a final examination consisting of a patient assessment, an infusion of local anesthetic and a marking of the surgical area. It was during a recent examination of this type that I encountered a young man who was to have a scalp cyst removed. Normally, while waiting […]
Recently, a 77-year-old gentleman (accompanied by his ex-wife) came into our clinic seeking treatment for a growth on his right ear. He had been seen at the CHI Franciscan Urgent Care Clinic in Burien, and they referred him to us for urgent treatment. Within 48 hours, he was undergoing treatment in our clinic. Even though […]
Last week, a young man came into the clinic for his annual routine, full skin examination. He’s vigilant about getting examined because his family has a history of skin cancer. Both his parents are patients of ours, and his father has actually had multiple basal cell skin cancer’s removed, including Mohs surgery on his nose […]
