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Acknowledgements

Author Profiles

Jonathan P. Madany, MD, RN

Brooke Army Medical Center

Dr. Madany graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine. He is completing his pathology residency at the San Antonio Uniformed Service Health Education Consortium. His interests in addition to dermatopathology include dermoscopy and clinical pharmacology. He was a registered nurse prior to medical school.

Christine M. Lee, MD

Brooke Army Medical Center

Christine M. Lee, MD is an assistant professor at the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine and a dermatopathologist and surgical pathologist at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. She completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency and dermatopathology fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles.