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Kara Melissa Torres Culala, MD Training Officer, Dermatology Department, Tondo Medical Center; Faculty, Dermatology Department, Jose R Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Philippines

Kara Melissa Torres Culala, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Philippine Dermatological Society

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Dirk M Elston, MD Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Dirk M Elston, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology

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Richard P Vinson, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paul L Foster School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, Mountain View Dermatology, PA

Richard P Vinson, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, Texas Medical Association, Association of Military Dermatologists, Texas Dermatological Society

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Daniel S Loo, MD Associate Professor of Dermatology, Residency Program Director, Department of Dermatology, Tufts Medical Center

Daniel S Loo, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, Association of Professors of Dermatology

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William D James, MD Paul R Gross Professor of Dermatology, Vice-Chairman, Residency Program Director, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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Mohsin Ali, MBBS, MRCP, MRCPI Consulting Staff, Department of Dermatology, Amersham General Hospital, UK

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Peter Fritsch, MD Chair, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Peter Fritsch, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Dermatological Association, International Society of Pediatric Dermatology, and Society for Investigative Dermatology

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Sohail Mansoor, MBBS, MSc Dermatologist and Lead Physician in Dermatologic Surgery, Department of Dermatology, Barnet Hospital, UK

Sohail Mansoor, MBBS, MSc is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom

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Nicole Sakka, MBBS Foundation Year 2, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital, Liverpool, UK

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Marjan Shah, MBBS, Msc Dermatology (UK) Specialty Physician in Dermatology, Milton Keynes NHS Trust, UK

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Bassam Zeina, MD, PhD Consulting Staff, Department of Dermatology, Milton Keynes Hospital, UK

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