Recognizing Skin Cancer and Melanoma in Patients of Color
Speaker: George Cohen, MD
1 CME Credit
George Cohen, MD
Dr. George Cohen is a 1977 graduate of Howard University College of Medicine. He finished his residency at Howard University Hospital Department of Dermatology in 1981 and has been a practicing board certified dermatologist for over 39 years.
Dr. Cohen has worked as a dermatologist in private practice, for large HMOs, for the Veterans’ Affairs Hospital and has worked as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force Reserves.
He has held numerous academic positions including Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of South Florida, Associate Professor at the University of Florida and most recently has Clinical Professor and the founding program director at the Florida State University College Medicine division of Dermatology.
His areas of interest and expertise include; medical dermatology, telemedicine, treatment of keloids and the skin cancer in the Afro-American population.
What to expect:
- Identify features that enhance early skin cancer and melanoma detection in patients of color
- Understand risk factors that may increase skin cancer and melanoma in patients of color
- Identify and understand how to access high-risk anatomical areas in patients of color
- Identify potential areas of misdiagnosis in patients of color
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