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Partial Video Transcript:
"So you've been diagnosed with an actinic keratosis by your local dermatologist and there are a lot of different treatment options for actinic keratosis, but the first thing we need to do is educate you on what actinic keratosis actually is.
So to use our little model here, an actinic keratosis is a collection of atypical cells called keratinocytes, that are in the top portion of your skin or the epidermis. Now by definition an actinic keratosis does not have atypical keratinocytes that go all the way through the surface of the epidermis. They're just partial thickness, atypical cells. Once those atypical cells become full thickness, so all the way through the epidermis, then we call it a squamous cell cancer in situ or in the surface..."
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Dr. Reagan Anderson is Board Certified Dermatologist and a Mohs Micrographic Surgeon.
Education & Credentials:
• Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
• American Osteopathic Association Approved Internship, Family Practice
Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton
• Undersea/Diving Medical Officer, UMO/DMO
Naval Undersea Medical Institute
• Master of Christian Studies
Regent College
• Master of Public Health
School of Health Management, ATSU
• Dermatology Residency
Michigan State University/Oakwood Southshore Medical Center
• Board Certified Dermatologist
American Osteopathic Board of Dermatology
• Fellow Member of the American Society of Mohs Surgeons
• Certificate of Added Qualification for Mohs Surgery
American Osteopathic Board of Dermatology
• Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Rocky Vista University
• USMC First Reconnaissance Battalion Surgeon (former)
Practice Information:
Colorado Dermatology Institute
Colorado Springs, CO
http://www.coderm.com