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The Department of Pathology at South Coast Medical Center (SCMC) welcomes Dr. Ronald Barr, former head of Dermatopathology at University of California at Irvine Medical Center, who will be joining five other pathologists of Laguna Pathology Medical Group (LPMG).
Dr. Barr is Board Certified in pathology, dermatopathology, and dermatology, and will be heading Laguna Dermatopathology Consultants, a division of Laguna Pathology Medical Group.
Dr. Barr is a nationally recognized expert in dermatopathology, a subspecialty of pathology that deals with the microscopic interpretation of skin biopsies. He is sought out by dermatologists, those physicians who treat skin diseases, as an expert in the intepretation of skin biopsies of pigmented skin lesions such as nevi (moles)
and melanoma. He has authored many academic articles on a variety of skin diseases and has lectured extensively about the microscopic interpretation of skin tumors, atypical nevi, and melaomas. While at UCI, Dr.
Barr trained a generation of dermatologists, many of whom practice in Orange County. For years, Dr. Barr faithfully served dermatologists and patients in the communities of Orange County neighboring counties as their academic expert in the microscopi interpretation of challenging
skin biopsies. Now, Dr. Barr will elevate the level of the dermatopathology program at SCMC to that of a Center of Excellence, and reaffirm South Coast Medical Center's commitment to bringing the very best in cancer care to the communities that it serves.
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