Did you know that many Skin of Color Society leaders throughout our 15-year history also serve in leadership roles in other major dermatologic organizations, as well as other important public roles in health, medicine and the community? 
We proudly recognize that active involvement in SOCS provides unique opportunities for members to serve and contribute, develop leadership skills, gain meaningful growth experiences, benefit from mentors and from mentoring, and hone communication abilities as leaders—all in a highly supportive, dynamic atmosphere. In reality, SOCS serves as a leadership accelerator—giving members exciting and rewarding experiences that poise them for other leadership roles in larger organizations and within their own practices, institutions, communities and the global profession of dermatology.
Mentor Janiene D. Luke, MD, (left) with mentee Melanie E. Tawfik, MD.
Thanks to support from Procter & Gamble, the Skin of Color Society was able to send members Janiene D. Luke, MD, as mentor, and Melanie E. Tawfik, MD, as mentee, to the 17th Annual Procter & Gamble Science Behind Symposium (also known as the Dermatology Technology Symposium) recently held at the company headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In commemorationoftheSkin ofColorSociety’s 15thanniversary, SOCSFounder Susan C.Taylor,MD shareshermemoriesaboutestablishingtheorganization,and thoughtsaboutitsgrowthand evolutioneversince…
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