Welcome to the Portland Dermatology Clinic LLP

On this website you will find information about the people and services at our Portland Dermatology Clinic location. Meet the Portland Dermatology Clinic's skilled Physicians and Surgeons, who are highly competent and very friendly.

Review the extensive facilities, necessary to provide the very best in effective treatments of skin related diseases and lesions. General questions such as how to find the Portland Dermatology Clinic, or what to do in case of an emergency are examples of what is answered on this site.

We provide current dermatology information & images on this website to help educate you on skin diseases & neoplasms.

Skin Cancer Affects Millions

More than 1 million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year. And one American will die from melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, every 65 minutes.

What is your risk of skin cancer?

Click here to review a short checklist to determine your likelihood of developing skin cancer. The physicians at Portland Dermatology Clinic are all Board Certified and members of The American Academy of Dermatology (Academy). Together, they believe awareness and education can help reduce the number of people who develop skin cancer.

Within this website, you will find helpful tools such as the self examination link to the Academy’s resources center. Performing regular self examinations can help you detect skin cancer in its earliest and most treatable form.

What You Can Do

• Get an annual skin cancer screening
• Skin examinations Protect your skin
• Be sun smart Discover how much you know about sun

Examination by a Dermatologist

Dermatologists also visually examine the skin to detect skin cancer. Sometimes a dermatologist will use a dermascope, a handheld microscope-like device, to examine a patient’s moles. In some cases, photographs also may be taken and used in follow-up examinations to help spot changes. If a dermatologist finds a lesion that appears to be skin cancer, the lesion will be removed and examined under a microscope (biopsy). A biopsy is the only way to confirm a skin cancer diagnosis.

Anyone who has had skin cancer or has an increased risk of developing skin cancer should be examined by a dermatologist regularly.

Regular dental, ophthalmologic, and for women, gynecologic check-ups should include an examination for pigmented lesions and other signs of skin cancer on the respective areas of the body.