Patient Care Get Free Skin Cancer Screening on May 31 By Lori Barrette May. 21, 2014 UR Medicine’s Department of Dermatology is joining forces with the American Academy of Dermatology and the Rochester Dermatologic Society to provide free skin cancer screenings 8 a.m. to noon ...
Patient Care Rochester Dermatologist Elected to American Academy Board By Lori Barrette May. 20, 2014 UR Medicine dermatologist Marc Brown, M.D., professor of Dermatology and Oncology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of ...
Patient Care Skin Smarts: 6 Steps for Sun Seekers By Lori Barrette Apr. 10, 2014 Heading south for the upcoming school break? Remember to protect your skin from the sun’s damaging rays. UR Medicine dermatologist Dr. Mary Gail Mercurio says the idea that a suntan makes you appear ...
Patient Care Just Add Water: Quenching Your Winter-Parched Skin By Lori Barrette Mar. 3, 2014 Freezing temperatures and harsh winds can wreak havoc on our skin. Mix cold, dry, windy weather with indoor heating and the result for your skin may be an itchy, scaly mess. UR Medicine Dermatologist ...
Community URMC Offers Free Skin Cancer Screenings May 11 By Leslie Orr Apr. 26, 2013 The University of Rochester Medical Center has partnered with the Rochester Dermatologic Society and the American Academy of Dermatology to host a free cancer screening on Saturday, May 11 from 8 ...
Research In Rochester, a Tale of Tainted Tattoos By Emily Boynton Sep. 6, 2012 If you end up with a rash on a new tattoo, you should probably think twice before brushing it off as an allergic reaction or a normal part of the healing process. A recent study in the New England ...
URMC Dermatologist Tapped for Two National Leadership Positions By Lori Barrette Aug. 3, 2012 Marc Brown, M.D., professor of Dermatology and Oncology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was elected president of the American College of Mohs Surgery and also named to the Board of ...
Research Scouring the Skin for Clues to Better Health By Emily Boynton Jun. 15, 2012 The skin is much more than the part of our body that gets sunburned in the summer and pasty in the winter: It is our largest organ and the barrier that separates us from the outside world. Persistent ...
Research URMC Researchers Exploring Keys to Melanoma Progression By Leslie Orr Jul. 18, 2011 Melanoma is devastating on many fronts: rates are rising dramatically among young people, it is deadly if not caught early, and from a biological standpoint, the disease tends to adapt to even the ...
Patient Care Contaminated Cocaine Triggers Decaying, Dying Skin By Emily Boynton Jun. 23, 2011 If the obvious reasons for avoiding recreational drug use aren’t off-putting enough, physicians have yet another detrimental consequence to add to the list – crusty, purplish areas of dead skin that ...
