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Acknowledgements

Author Profiles

Sydney Martin, BA

Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Sydney Martin is a visiting Predoctoral Dermatology Research Fellow at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She will be completing her Medical Doctorate at the University of Illinois College of Medicine expected in 2025.

Timothy Tan, DO

Consolidated Pathology Consultants

Dr. Timothy Tan is a dermatopathologist at Consolidated Pathology Consultants in Libertyville, IL. He joined the group in 2020 after completing residency and fellowship at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He is board certified in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology and dermatopathology. He earned his medical degree from Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Edidiong Kaminska, MD, MBS

Kaminska Dermatology PLLC

Dr. Edidiong Kaminska is a board-certified dermatologist. After completing her undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dr. Kaminska earned her master’s degree from the University of South Carolina at Columbia, and then went on to earn her Doctorate of Medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Kaminska then completed her dermatology residency at the University of Chicago. She is the medical director and founder of Kaminska Dermatology and serves as a reviewer for the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.