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Dr. Dirk Elston is professor and chairman of the Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina, in Charleston. He is the editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, and served as president of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Society of Dermatopathology. He is an honorary professor at China Medical University in Shenyang, China and guest professor at the Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University in Changsha, China. He is an honorary member of the German Society of Dermatology.Dr. Elston is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, did his dermatology residency at Walter Reed Medical Center and a dermatopathology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. He is the author of over 400 peer reviewed publications, is one of three authors of Andrews Diseases of the Skin,. Dr. Elston is highly rated in 52 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Muir-Torre Syndrome, Autosomal Recessive Hypotrichosis, Kimura Disease, and Graham-Little-Piccardi-Lassueur Syndrome. Dr. Elston is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Joel Cook grew up in Northeast Tennessee and came to Charleston to attend the College of Charleston where he graduated magna cum laude. Enamored with Charleston, he remained here for his medical school education at MUSC where he graduated second in his class. Following medical school, he completed an internship in internal medicine at the University of Virginia. His dermatology residency was at MUSC. He then completed the prestigious fellowship in Mohs and dermatologic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, Shadyside in 1997.Upon completion of his fellowship, Dr. Cook joined the faculty of the Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. He currently is a professor of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery and the division head of Dermatologic Surgery. He has held many national appointments including the board of directors of the American College of Mohs Surgery. He has published extensively on varied topics in cutaneous oncology and reconstructive dermatologic surgery. He is the director of the fellowship training program in Dermatologic Surgery.Dr. Cook is regarded as one of the country's leading experts on Mohs and reconstructive dermatologic surgery and frequently lectures at national and international meetings. His area of expertise is Mohs micrographic surgery and reconstructive dermatologic surgery. His special interest is flap reconstruction of post-surgical facial defects. Dr. Cook has completed over 55,000 Mohs procedures. Dr. Cook has participated in several multicenter national clinical trials for Mohs surgery and melanoma treatments. Dr. Cook is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Squamous Cell Skin Carcinoma, Keloids, Basal Cell Skin Cancer, and Multiple Familial Trichoepithelioma. Dr. Cook is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Anne LeClercq grew up in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. She then worked in Fairfax, Virginia for four years as a medical consultant before attending medical school at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She completed an internship in internal medical at the University of Virginia and a dermatology residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. She now sees patients in Mount Pleasant and North Charleston. She is a member of the American Medical Association, the South Carolina Medical Association and the American Academy of Dermatology. Her special interests include general, surgical and pediatric dermatology. Dr. Leclercq is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Sunburn, Basal Cell Skin Cancer, Hives, and Actinic Keratosis. Dr. Leclercq is currently accepting new patients.