Medesthetics

MAR 2015

MedEsthetics magazines offers business education and in-depth coverage of the latest noninvasive cosmetic procedures for physicians and practice managers working in the medical aesthetics industry.

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Cheryl M. Burgess, MD, has gained national acclaim for her work in clinical and cosmetic dermatology. WHEN SHE WAS a medical student at the Howard University College of Medicine, Cheryl M. Burgess, MD, landed a summer job at the National Institutes of Health Department of Dermatology as part of its Public Health Service. Two others had been offered the same job—and had quickly quit. "It was our job to physically examine and interact with patients who had the most severe, obscure dermatoses," she says. "These people had disfi guring conditions such as neurofi bromatosis. Some of them worked in circus traveling shows, such as 'the Elephant Man,'" says Dr. Burgess. But where others shied away, Dr. Burgess found her calling. "Many of those patients told me, 'You are the fi rst person who ever sat and talked to me. You are the fi rst person to touch me.' I realized how much I was helping people. And by the end of the summer I knew that this was what I wanted to do." Capital Care By Maryann Hammers Photography by Mike Morgan 50 MARCH 2015 | MedEsthetics

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