Re: Integrity in the field of Mohs
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| From: | RSRICHMOND@aol.com |
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Sue Becker in Albany wrote a very clear description of what a Mohs service
ought to be - and what hers apparently is.
The Mohs surgeon I described is well trained. He just doesn't want to do the
frozen sections - he has quite a lot of Mohs patients, but also does a lot of
skin surgery as well as medical dermatology. He was really wanted to shuck
off the lab stuff onto a pathologist.
The problem here is that the pathologist is in no position to spend the large
amount of money it would take to outfit a proper laboratory. And that's
always the situation - somehow or other, the pathologist is always consigned
to worn out equipment and inadequate facilities. For this reason, I think
that Mohs support is much better done by the dermatologist or surgeon, with a
properly trained histotech.
Bob Richmond
Samurai Pathologist
Knoxville TN
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