IMPACT Melanoma is excited for the 2023 Melanoma Awareness Month campaign, “Serve Your Skin,” - a collaborative, nationwide tennis tournament. Did you know May is also National Tennis Month, too? The tournament will take place at college and universities nationwide...
Sun Safety
WORK Inc., Lend Hand in Maintaining Sunscreen Dispensers in Boston Area
We’ve spoken quite a bit about our expansion of sunscreen dispensers throughout the City of Boston this past summer and into the fall. With 28 dispensers in all, we were in need of a helping hand this year! Through an introduction made by City Councilor Erin Murphy,...
Q&A with Boston City Councilor, Erin Murphy – Working to Expand the Reach of Practice Safe Skin Throughout the City
Back in 2015, the Practice Safe Skin program was officially launched when Councilor Matt O’Malley helped us initiate the installation of communal sunscreen dispensers around the City of Boston. Over the years, we’ve expanded the reach throughout Boston, and under the...
A Conversation with South Coast Dermatology’s Courtney Csikesz, M.D.
What got you interested in Dermatology? What do you appreciate about spending your days helping to keep your patients’ skin happy and healthy? I became interested in dermatology after meeting a 9-year-old boy with a rare blistering disorder (recessive dystrophic...
IMPACT Melanoma and VTAAC to Bring “No Sun for Babies” Program to Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
No Sun for Babies program educates new parents about the dangers of sun exposure to newborns’ skin. IMPACT Melanoma is pleased to continue its work in the Green Mountain State, earning Vermont grant monies for the fifth consecutive year. Having already introduced...
Good Fortune: Forging a Partnership with Lucky 13’s
As we prepare to welcome in 2022, we thought we’d take a moment to reflect on a major piece of our efforts in 2021, which was to bring more tattoo artists into the know regarding proper skincare, and, given how close they come to their clients’ skin, it made perfect...