World's Smallest Melanoma

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Guinness World Records recognizes OHSU skin cancer team
Guinness World Records recognizes OHSU skin cancer team

Joanna Ludzik, M.D., Ph.D., and Alexander Witkowski, M.D., Ph.D., receive official certification from Guinness World Records judge Andrew Glass as OHSU patient Christy Staats looks on. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Guinness World Records recognizes OHSU skin cancer team
Guinness World Records recognizes OHSU skin cancer team

Joanna Ludzik, M.D., Ph.D., patient Christy Staats, Guinness World Records judge Andrew Glass, and Alexander Witkowski, M.D., Ph.D. Glass awarded each team member a certificate for their newly earned record for detecting the world’s smallest skin cancer. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Guinness World Records recognizes OHSU skin cancer team
Guinness World Records recognizes OHSU skin cancer team

Joanna Ludzik, M.D., Ph.D., demonstrates the Reflectance Confocal Microscopy device, an imaging tool that helps clinicians monitor and diagnose skin lesions without needing to cut into the skin. This tool was used to help diagnose the world’s smallest skin cancer. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)