Authors: Brett M. Will1, David J. Elpern2 MD; Roy Grekin3, MD; Douglas W. Johnson4, MD Affiliations: 1 Medical Student, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; 2Practicing Clinical Dermatologist, Williamstown, Massachusetts; 3Department of Dermatology, Clinical Professor, University of California San … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2020
American Mohs: A Critical Review
Over 80 years ago, Fred Mohs, then a medical student, conceived of a novel approach to remove difficult-to-treat nonmelanoma skin cancers. The procedure, called Mohs Micrographic Surgery (MMS), has been refined over the ensuing years and now large numbers of … Continue reading
Music and Medicine: Bach Partitas on the Covid Ward
by David Elpern For almost a decade, I have used music when performing biopsies and excisions in my office. I got the idea from my friend Tim Lee, an ophthalmologist on Kauai. That led to a study published in 2014.1 … Continue reading
Ditching the Razor: Armpit Hair is Back!
Tayler D. Parker, BA1; Ashley E. Brown, MD1 McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX Corresponding author: Tayler D. Parker, BA, 6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030, email Tayler.D.Parker@uth.tmc.edu, phone: 806-445-4949 Tags: beauty, behavior, shaving, medical sociology, … Continue reading