OHSU melanoma event
Alexander Witkowski, M.D., Ph.D., speaks with OHSU patient advocate Robin Zimmerman after the melanoma event. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)
OHSU patient Christy Staats
OHSU patient Christy Staats, right, speaks with an event attendee. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)
Cheering OHSU on
Attendees watch the OHSU team receive certification for detecting the world’s smallest skin cancer. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)
OHSU earns recognition
Attendees watch the OHSU team receive certification for detecting the world’s smallest skin cancer. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)
Guinness World Records at OHSU
Guinness World Records judge Andrew Glass presents Alexander Witkowski, M.D., Ph.D., an award for detecting the world’s smallest skin cancer. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)
Detecting the world’s smallest skin cancer
Guinness World Records judge Andrew Glass presents Joanna Ludzik, M.D., Ph.D., an award for detecting the world’s smallest skin cancer. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)
Guinness World Record for smallest melanoma
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)
Reflectance Confocal Microscopy
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)
OHSU dermatologists recognized
Guinness World Records recognizes a team of OHSU dermatologists for the world’s smallest skin cancer detected. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)
Explanation of technology
Joanna Ludzik, M.D., Ph.D., describes the Reflectance Confocal Microscopy technology to event attendees as Alexander Witkowski, M.D., Ph.D., looks on. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)