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SOCS Member, Jenna Lester, MD, and UCSF opens ‘skin of color’ dermatology clinic to address disparity in care

March 27, 2019
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Jenna Lester (right), assistant professor, Department of Dermatology, UCSF Health, talks with patient Elba Clemente-Lambert (left) in an exam room in the Dermatology Clinic China Basin Location about a rash and itchy skin on Friday, March 15, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle

UCSF has started a new dermatology clinic specifically for people of color, who tend to have worse outcomes of various skin conditions, including cancer, than white people simply because doctors aren’t often trained to look at darker colored skin. Read more…