EP21: Dr. Dirk Elston, MD on the human connection, failure, bias, and the journey

***Please excuse my voice - I recorded this towards the end of a several weeks-long illness!***Find out how we can all use dry erase boards at work to avoid "group think"! Additionally, Dr. Dirk Elston speaks to his approach to a slide and the importance of imagination - not being boxed in and enjoying the journey. Dr. Dirk Elston, MD is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina, in Charleston. He is a past-president of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Society of Dermatopathology, has served on the board of directors of the International Society of Dermatopathology and the American Board of Dermatology, and serves as the Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Dr. Elston is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, did his dermatology residency at Walter Reed Medical Center, and completed a dermatopathology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. He is the author of over 600 peer reviewed publications, is one of the authors of Andrews Diseases of the Skin, Associate Editor in Chief of eMedicine dermatology, and has a textbook of Dermatopathology with Dr. Tammie Ferringer that received the Highly Commended Award in the British Medical Association Medical Book Competition. He received the 2008 Walter Nickel Award for Excellence in Dermatopathology Education, the 2013 Founder’s Award of the American Society of Dermatopathology, and the 2021 Gold Medal of the American Academy of Dermatology.