Mount Sinai St. Luke's and West Dermatology

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Patients often reveal key information about their health right as the physician is leaving the room (called hand-on-door syndrome). In a busy practice, some providers may choose to extend the visit whereas others may request to address these concerns at a later time. One of our dermatologists, Dr. Sheryl Miller, highlights the importance of taking the time to address patient's end-of-visit comments in order to improve patient care: "Addressing those hand-on-the-door concerns may not only increase patient satisfaction but may uncover pathology to life-altering diseases."

Congratulations to Dr. Alexis and Dr. Kaufman on your their new textbook chapter in "Dermatoanthropology of Ethnic Skin and Hair"! Dr. Alexis is the Chair of the Department of Dermatology at Mount Sinai St. Luke's and West. Dr. Kaufman is our clinical trials fellow.

Check out this recent article in the Huffington Post by one of our dermatologists, Dr. Meera Sivendran!

Choosing the right sunscreen may be challenging for skin of color patients, whose skin tone is not well suited to the use of traditional thick, white sunscreens. One of our dermatologists, Dr. Meera Sivendran, shared some suggestions for good sunscreen options in this recent Vogue article.

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Here's some advice for keeping your skin safe from Dr. Andrew Alexis, Chairman of the Department of Dermatology of Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West and The Director of The Skin of Color Center. https://twitter.com/NY1/status/884849269517291520

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Many patients with skin of color think that they are not at risk for skin cancers. Although it is true that individuals with skin of color are at lower risk, skin cancers do occur and are generally more aggressive and associated with higher mortality in skin of color patients than in white patients. Check out Dr. Kaufman and Dr. Alexis' recent article in Cutis for more information.

Have you gotten your moles checked this year? The Mount Sinai Department of Dermatology will be hosting several free skin cancer screenings during the month of May. No appointment necessary! See the flyer for details. Mount Sinai St. Luke's: Thursday, May 11th 5:00pm-7:30pm Mount Sinai West: Thursday, May 25th 5:00pm-7:30pm.

Dr. Andrew Alexis, Chairman of the Department of Dermatology, will be speaking this weekend at the Skin Spectrum Summit in Toronto, Canada. Check out this article for a recap his lecture at least year's summit!

The 13th Annual Skin of Color Society Scientific Symposium was a huge success, with dermatologists from around the world presenting their research on topics in skin of color. Dr. Andrew Alexis served as Chair of the Symposium and research fellow Dr. Bridget Kaufman presented two posters on her research. We are all looking forward to next year's Symposium!