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 ...
The dermatologist assessed the lesions as actinic, applied liquid nitrogen to the lesions, and took biopsies. The biopsy returns as an early form of easily treatable skin cancer. Although the dermatologist treated the patient with cryotherapy, the patient’s lesions returned…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
