Drs. Montgomery and Elbuluk are from the Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Dr. Kerby is from the Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York. Arielle Carolina Mora Hurtado is from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison.
Cutis. 2024 Jul;114(1):16-20. doi: 10.12788/cutis.1054.
Skin of color centers (SoCCs) in the United States have helped increase the racial/ethnic diversity of and cultivate cultural competence in practicing dermatologists as well as increase skin of color (SoC) research and education to improve patient care. The objective of this cross-sectional survey study was to provide an in-depth analysis of SoCCs and SoC specialty clinics (SoCSCs) in the United States, including their patient care focus, research, and program diversity. As the US population diversifies, it is important to highlight the programmatic, research, and educational work of existing SoCCs so that they can continue to be supported and so efforts are made to encourage the establishment of future centers at academic medical institutions across the United States.
美国的肤色中心（SoCCs）有助于增加皮肤科医生的种族/民族多样性和培养文化能力，同时增加肤色（SoC）研究和教育，以改善患者护理。这项横断面调查研究的目的是对美国的肤色中心和肤色专业诊所（SoCSCs）进行深入分析，包括它们的患者护理重点、研究和项目多样性。随着美国人口的多样化，重要的是要强调现有的肤色中心的计划、研究和教育工作，以便继续得到支持，并努力鼓励在美国的学术医疗机构建立未来的中心。
