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| Members of the USA Student-Run Free Clinic provide free skin cancer screenings at community events. |
The grant is part of CeraVe’s Dermatology Expansion Program and awarded through the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, of which the USA SRFC is an active member. The grant supports the expansion of dermatology services in alignment with clinical guidelines by the American Academy of Dermatology.
“Through these funds, we plan to open a quarterly dermatological clinic where patients who are uninsured, underinsured, or who are having trouble accessing a dermatologist can receive dedicated dermatological care. This will include skin cancer screenings and biopsies,” said Chandler Hinson, M.B.A., M.S., president of the USA SRFC and a third-year medical student at the Whiddon College of Medicine.
In addition, Hinson said the clinic plans to use the funds to increase the number of skin cancer screening events in the community, offered in partnership with the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute and the Dermatology Student Interest Group.
The grant will allow the groups to provide free skin biopsies or excisions with dermatopathological workup for any skin malignancies. Funding also will support new privacy tents, imaging equipment, and dermatological software that allows for appropriate long-term imaging and skin surveillance.
“We are incredibly honored and excited, as this is the second major grant that we have won this year,” Hinson said.
Earlier this year, the USA SRFC received a $20,000 grant from The McKesson Foundation to support the Food as Medicine initiative.
