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Forum: Telangiectasia

Drs. Arndt, Dover, Kilmer, Tanghetti, and Tope discuss lasers and light sources in the treatment of telangiectasias and facial redness.

Forum Participants

Dr. Jeffrey Dover directs SkinCare Physicians of Chestnut Hill and is Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Section of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Medicine (Dermatology) at Dartmouth Medical School. His research interests are photomedicine, lasers in medicine, cosmetic laser surgery, and medical education.

Dr. Kenneth Arndt is Clinical Professor, Section of Dermatologic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Medicine (Dermatology) at Dartmouth Medical School; and Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School. Some of his research interests include Cosmetic Laser surgery, Laser treatment of vascular lesions, medical/laser education, and medical publishing & editing.

Dr. Suzanne Kilmer is the Director of the Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Northern California and Assistant Clinical Professor at UC Davis. Her clinical specialties include laser resurfacing, liposuction, Botox injection, laser removal of wrinkles, hair, tattoos, scars, moles, and vascular lesions, and microdermabrasion.

Dr. Emil Tanghetti is a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at UC Davis and a fellow in the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. He conducts clinical research and lectures extensively on new uses of vitamins A derivatives for photoaged skin, Acne, and psoriasis. He also trains physicians and nurses on the clinical uses of lasers and has conducted numerous clinical research studies in laser medicine.

Dr. Whitney Tope is the Associate Clinical Professor of the Department of Dermatology at UCSF. His clinical specialties include Mohs Micrographic Surgery, cutaneous oncology, reconstruction, laser applications in dermatology, photodynamic therapy (PDT), vascular anomalies, high risk skin cancer & lower extremity venous diseases.