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Acknowledgements

Author Profiles

Michelle D. Colbert, MD

Michelle D. Colbert M.D. is currently a PGY-2 Dermatology resident at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. She is pursuing a fellowship in dermatopathology. She received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is from Phoenix, Arizona.

Nneka I. Comfere, MD

Nneka I. Comfere M.D. is Professor of Dermatology and Laboratory Medicine & Pathology and Division Chair of Dermatopathology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.