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SOCS Observership Grant Recipients
2021
Mentee: Simi Cadmus, MD
Mentor: Crystal Aguh, MD
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Department of Dermatology
Mentee: Caryn Cobb, BA
Mentor: Valerie Harvey, MD
Hampton Roads Center for Dermatology
Mentee: Elisabeth George, BA
Mentor: Susan Taylor, MD
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Mentee: Nwanneka Okwundu
Mentor: Amy McMichael, MD
Wake Forest Baptist Health-Department of Dermatology
Mentee: Angel Pagan, BS
Mentor: Emma Guttman-Yatsky, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mentee: Matthew Pimentel, MD
Mentor: Simi Oguleye, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Mentee: Natalia Rodriguez
Mentor: Susan Taylor, MD
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Mentee: Autumn Saizan, BS
Mentor: Nada Elbuluk, MD, MSc
Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California
Mentee: Pearl Ugwu-Dike, BS
Mentor: Michi Shinohara, MD
University of Washington
The 2021 SOCS Observership Grants were made possible thanks to the support from EltaMD, Inc., SENTÉ and SkinMedica/Allergan.
2020
Mentee: Brittany Feaster, MHS
Mentor: Amy McMichael, MD
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Mentee: Alexis Holmes
Mentor: Donald Glass, II, MD, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Mentee: Padmavathi Karri, BSW
Mentor: John Harris, MD, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Mentee: Karan Lal, DO, MS
Mentor: Rashmi Sakar, MD
Maulana Azad Medical College
The 2020 SOCS Observership Grants were made possible thanks to the support of SkinMedica/Allergan.


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Did You Know
Skin of color patients comprise the majority in California, New Mexico and Texas…and soon will be the majority in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, New York and Florida.
By 2050, more than 50% of the US population will have skin of color.