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Ruby Ghadially, MBChB, FRCP(C)Derm Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

Ruby Ghadially, MBChB, FRCP(C)Derm is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, Ontario Medical Association, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Society for Investigative Dermatology

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Akos Z Szabo, MD Resident Physician, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Heidelberg Medical Center, Germany

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