Malignant Melanoma Expert Witness

Malignant Melanoma Expert Witnesses

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Cancer, Epidemiology, melanoma treatment Expert

This well-published and highly distinguished expert earned her BS and MS in Biology from Peking University in China. She then went on to complete her PhD in Genetics from Iowa State University. She pursued two Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biological Chemistry and Medicine from UC Irvine. This expert is active in her field as a member of several professional organizations, including the American Association of Cancer Research, the Society for Melanoma Research, the ...

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Malignant Melanoma Expert Witness Case Studies

Patient Succumbs To Skin Cancer Following Delayed Diagnosis

Apr 16 2019 Malignant Melanoma

This case involves a 52-year-old woman in Florida with a history of prolonged sun exposure who consistently visited a dermatologist for treatment of moles. The patient presented to the dermatologist with lesions on her neck, cheek, chest, and foot. The…

Dermatologist Fails To Conduct Biopsy For Patient With Melanoma Symptoms

Jan 24 2019 Malignant Melanoma

This case involves a 52-year-old female patient who regularly saw a dermatologist. The defendant dermatologist noted an abnormal finding on the patient’s cheek. Although the dermatologist noted the finding in the patient’s records, he failed to ever biopsy it. The…

Dermatopathology Expert Comments on Delayed Diagnosis of Malignant Melanoma

Jan 31 2017 Malignant Melanoma

This case involves an elderly female patient and her diagnosis and subsequent treatment of malignant melanoma. The patient initially underwent a shave biopsy of a mole on her face under the care of her dermatologist, which indicated the presence of…

Fatal Error in Skin Cancer Diagnosis Linked to Physician Oversight

Sep 27 2016 Malignant Melanoma

This case involves a middle-aged female patient who was diagnosed with malignant melanoma. The patient first presented to a local dermatologist to have a suspicious mole on her right shoulder examined, at which point a biopsy was taken and the…

Dermatology Experts Evaluate Repeated Failure to Diagnose Melanoma

Jul 12 2016 Malignant Melanoma

This case involves a female patient in Montana who was diagnosed with advanced melanoma. The patient had a known family history of melanoma, and her mother died from it a few years before the events in this case. The patient had a…

Dermatology expert witness opines on undiagnosed cancerous nail lesions

Apr 8 2014 Malignant Melanoma

This case takes place in Alaska and involves a forty-two-year-old female patient with no significant past medical history. The patient made repeated complaints to her primary care physician about of the unusual appearance of the fingernail of her right thumb.…

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Amputation, Cancer, Dermatology

Malignant Tissue Missed During Mohs Micro-Surgery

Apr 11 2013 Malignant Melanoma

This case involves a female patient who presented to a dermatology facility because of two suspicious spots that appeared on her face. One of the lesions was determined to be cancerous, and the dermatologist performed a Mohs microsurgery on one…

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