About the Author

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Dr Sarah Arron is a dermatologist and Mohs micrographic surgeon with a research focus on skin cancer. She is passionate about bringing innovation to the field of dermatology. A graduate of Harvard University and Cornell University Medical College, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003 for her residency and Mohs fellowship at UCSF. She then joined the faculty in Dermatology at UCSF, where she served as Director of the High Risk Skin Cancer Program and Chief of Mohs Surgery at the San Francisco VA hospital. From 2020 to 2021 she served as Vice President of Clinical Development at Rakuten Medical, Inc. where her research program aimed to bring innovative therapy to patients with cancer, including cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. As of September 2021 she is working in full practice in Burlingame, California.

Dr Arron is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology, the American College of Mohs Surgery, and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

Photo: UCSF/Sarah Arron

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