Chondrodermatitis Nodularis Helicis Questions & Answers

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Victor J Marks, MD Associate, Department of Dermatology, Section Chief, Dermatologic Surgery, Geisinger Health System

Victor J Marks, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American College of Mohs Surgery, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society

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Kyle A Prickett, MD Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology Fellow, Department of Dermatology, Geisinger Medical Center

Kyle A Prickett, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology

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David F Butler, MD Former Section Chief of Dermatology, Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System; Professor of Dermatology, Texas A&M University College of Medicine; Founding Chair, Department of Dermatology, Scott and White Clinic

David F Butler, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Dermatology, Association of Military Dermatologists, Phi Beta Kappa, Texas Dermatological Society

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Edward F Chan, MD Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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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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Kelly M Cordoro, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology and Pediatrics, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Kelly M Cordoro, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Dermatology, American Medical Association, Medical Society of Virginia, Society for Pediatric Dermatology, Women's Dermatologic Society, Association of Professors of Dermatology, National Psoriasis Foundation, Dermatology Foundation

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Russell Scott Akin, MD, FAAD Procedural Dermatologist, Midland Dermatology

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Christine A Papa, DO Instructor, Department of Dermatology, Kennedy Memorial Health System, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

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Hakeem Sam, MD, PhD, FRCPC Fellow in Procedural Dermatology (Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Division of Dermatology, Geisinger Health Center

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